Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski started dreaming up a movie about Formula One racing while watching “Drive to Survive.” ...

Maverick" filmmaker Joseph Kosinski started dreaming up a movie about Formula One racing while watching "Drive to Survive." ...

The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 “APXGP Edition” pays homage to the movie’s fictional team and will be limited to only 52 examples.

(Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) FILE - Actors Brad Pitt, left, and Damson Idris appear on the grid before the British Formula One Grand Prix race at the Silverstone racetrack, Silverstone ...

“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski came to Formula One like many Americans ... of the biggest movie stars in the world, Brad Pitt, drive a real race car at 180 miles an hour ...

(Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) FILE - Actors Brad Pitt, left, and Damson Idris appear on the grid before the British Formula One Grand Prix race at the Silverstone racetrack, Silverstone ...

"Top Gun: Maverick" filmmaker Joseph Kosinski came to Formula One like many Americans ... and letting one of the biggest movie stars in the world, Brad Pitt, drive a real race car at 180 miles ...

These Formula One cars, they deal in grams,'' Kosinski ... If Lewis says that we're in a good place.'' The Brad Pitt factor ''This movie needed an icon kind of at the center of it,'' Kosinski ...