Brad Pitt finally drove a real Formula 1 car. The 61-year-old actor went to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin last Thursday for a private test with McLaren, a few days after the New York premiere of the F1 film in which he stars. It was his first time at the controls of a real championship race car.<\/p>\n
McLaren organized this private test session with the MCL60, the 2023 car that enabled Lando Norris to reach the podium seven times and Oscar Piastri to secure two. Norris was present on Wednesday to drive the car before Pitt took over the next day.<\/p>\n
The British team had teased the event on social media by posting a photo of an orange suit marked with the initials “BP”, accompanied by the message: \u00ab It’s a Sonny day in Austin \u00bb (C’est une journ\u00e9e Sonny \u00e0 Austin), a play on words with the English expression “sunny day”<\/i> (\u00ab journ\u00e9e ensoleill\u00e9e \u00bb), Sonny here referring to the character played by the actor.<\/p>\n It’s a Sonny day in Austin \ud83d\udc40#McLaren<\/a> #F1<\/a> #F1TheMovie<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/u8EIc7TdPa<\/a><\/p>\n\n