Almost everything in the summer blockbuster F1 the Movie is fictional, but the protagonist’s visceral origin story really ...

In a recent interview on Beyond the Grid podcast, actor Brad Pitt revealed who the real-life F1 driver was who inspired the ...

This brutal real-life F1 crash was a big inspiration for one that appeared in Joseph Kosinski's F1: The Movie, starring Brad ...

Martin Donnelly crashed into the barrier at the Spanish Grand Prix going 140 mph. The Belfast driver was thrown out of his Lotus 102 and left motionless on the track. In 2010, Donnelly told ...

Brad Pitt has revealed that former driver Martin Donnelly was the inspiration for his character in 'F1 The Movie'. Pitt shared his filming experience during Grand Prix weekends.

Martin Donnelly tells BBC Sport about how his career-ending accident in 1990 became the inspiration for Brad Pitt's character in F1: The Movie.

Formula 1 driver Martin Donnelly, who lives in Norfolk, suffered serious injuries in a crash in Jerez, Spain, in 1990. Speaking at the premiere of F1 in London, Pitt thanked him for "putting his ...

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Martin Donnelly tells BBC Sport about how his career-ending accident in 1990 became the inspiration for Brad Pitt's character in F1: The Movie.