F1 follows the story of racer Sonny Hayes, a driver who had to retire from Formula 1 after a devastating crash. The character, played by Brad Pitt, later returns to the sport with some persuasion from Javier Bardem's Ruben Cervantes.

Joseph Kosinski builds a high-powered movie out of Bruckheimer clichés, but that wouldn't matter if the races were as dramatic as they are flashy.