Actor Damson Idris talks about what it was like being on track with the likes of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix while filming the movie "F1." (1:18)Open Extended ReactionsAs "God Save the King" played out on the grid ahead of the 2023 British Grand Prix, Damson Idris -- co-star of the new Formula 1 movie -- found himself in exalted company. Dodging between real F1 mechanics working on real F1 cars ahead of the real British Grand Prix, Idris and Pitt were being strafed by two movie cameras, attempting to capture a pivotal scene in the $300 million movie. Shot on track at Grand Prix weekends, Pitt and Idris drove beefed-up F2 cars that were specially adapted by the Mercedes F1 team so they wouldn't look out of place on the F1 grid. Damson Idris drove a modified Formula 2 racer for the on-track scenes of the upcoming F1 movie.