<figure id="attachment_3297107" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3297107" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3297107" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/13538340-Lewis-Hamilton.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3297107" class="wp-caption-text">Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton dismissed the idea of having a role in the new movie. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
MELBOURNE: Lewis Hamilton revealed Thursday he was working on a sequel to the blockbuster Brad Pitt film &#8216;F1: The Movie&#8217;, with a script being written.
The film released last year starred Pitt and Damson Idris and was directed by Joseph Kosinski, who made &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; among others.
Producers included Jerry Bruckheimer and seven-time world champion Hamilton.
&#8220;We are already working on the first script,&#8221; the Ferrari driver said in Melbourne ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
&#8220;We had our first meeting maybe mid-to-late the second part of the end of the year &#8212; me, Jerry and Joe talking about different ideas, different directions that we could go with the script.
&#8220;So it&#8217;s really exciting. I&#8217;m super excited. Now I&#8217;ve been through it, and it was already very intense the first time going. Now I&#8217;m used to it. So I know what to expect.&#8221;
In the first film, Pitt played a grizzled veteran brought in to shore up a foundering Formula One team run by his one-time teammate, played by Javier Bardem.
The team&#8217;s talented rookie driver (Idris) resented the older man, with their difficult relationship forming the emotional backbone.
It was a huge hit, raking in more than US$630 million worldwide.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been amazing to see how big an impact it&#8217;s had, how many people have loved the movie,&#8221; said Hamilton.
&#8220;I&#8217;m still getting texts from people who are still only just watching the movie and how it&#8217;s opened their eyes up to what this sport is about
&#8220;Sequels often aren&#8217;t always great,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But we&#8217;ve got a great team, got a great cast, great writer. So I&#8217;m not concerned about that.
&#8220;But we&#8217;re going to take our time and make sure we get it just the way it needs to be.&#8221;
Asked if he might be tempted to have a role in the sequel, he replied: &#8220;I don&#8217;t really have a lot of desire to be on camera, and I&#8217;ve had loads of opportunities to be in movies.
&#8220;I really liked the idea of being in the background. It was an amazing experience, and it&#8217;s so much more enjoyable, I think, than actually being on camera.&#8221;

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