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When fiction meets reality: the story of the Porsche Customer Racing team from F1® The Movie

June 13, 2025 | 4 min read

In F1® The Movie, audiences will catch a glimpse of the film’s hero, Sonny Hayes, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R at the 24 Hours of Daytona for the fictional Chip Hart Racing team. Now, it’s about to go racing for real – at Le Mans.

Say the words “Chip Hart Racing” to a motorsport fan and it’s likely they’ll shoot you a quizzical look. But while it might not be a familiar name in the Le Mans paddock right now, that’s set to change. Why? Because it’s the name of a fictional race team running the Porsche 911 GT3 R race car in Apple Original Films’ F1® The Movie launching in theatres and IMAX^® from Warner Bros. Pictures in North America on June 27, 2025, and internationally beginning June 25, 2025. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, and Javier Bardem, with Pitt also serving as one of the producers – a list which also includes seven-time F1 world champion and current driver, Lewis Hamilton.

In the film, Sonny Hayes (played by Pitt) drives a 911 GT3 R racecar for Chip Hart Racing at the legendary 24 Hours of Daytona. In reality, however, actual real-life, competing race cars from Wright Motorsports – a US-based Porsche Customer Racing team – contributed to the action-packed, on-track footage you see in the movie.

In order for F1® The Movie’s production team to capture real racing at the famous Florida race circuit for the film, the Chip Hart Racing GT3 R raced for real at 2024’s Rolex 24 At Daytona GTD class as part of the Wright Motorsports team, who compete in North America’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, one of the world’s leading endurance and sprint racing competitions.

The Chip Hart Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R racecars provided for filming in Daytona. Photo: @oshively

But the Chip Hart Racing story isn’t ending with the movie’s imminent theatrical release. That’s because Porsche and Apple Original Films are bringing Chip Hart Racing to Le Mans. One of three Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R racecars will compete in the 2025 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the distinctive blue Chip Hart Racing livery from the film.

“We’re truly bridging fiction and reality,” says Michael Dreiser, Director Motorsport Sales at Porsche AG, about the announcement. “This is an exciting moment for both Porsche Motorsport and its fans. It’s going to be great to see Chip Hart Racing make the jump from F1® The Movie to the racetrack when it competes at Le Mans this year.”

“From Daytona to Le Mans, it’s been incredible to watch Chip Hart Racing blossom from a fictional racing team to being a genuine competitor in international motorsport,” adds Patrick Long, former Porsche Factory Driver, driving instructor, and actor in F1® The Movie. “It’s going to be exciting to see that mix of excitement, tension, and passion that you associate with top motorsport be played out in real life. And, of course, at such a legendary venue – and in the exact same car.”

The Porsche 911 GT3 R in between takes and pitstops for filming of F1® The Movie. Photo: Scott Garfield | @stillscott

What Porsche car will feature a Chip Hart Racing livery at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans?

A version of the Chip Hart Racing livery will appear on a Porsche 911 GT3 R at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans race. It’s the same Porsche model that Sonny Hayes drives in F1® The Movie.

Porsche customer racing teams are able to run the 911 GT3 R in worldwide motorsport events that adhere to GT3 regulations. Based on the 992.1 generation Porsche 911, the 911 GT3 R boasts a power output of up to 573 PS from its six-cylinder, 4.2-litre race-tuned engine.

When is the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans race?

This year marks the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, perhaps the most famous race weekend in the motorsport calendar. It will take place on the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France over the weekend of 14-15 June 2025.

The Chip Hart Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R filming at Daytona. Photo: @oshively

What is F1® The Movie?

F1® The Movie tells the tale of “the greatest that never was”, Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse.

Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition – and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

The film was shot during actual F1 Grand Prix weekends, ensuring that Sonny and Joshua’s race cars competed against many of the titans of the current F1 grid. A production by Monolith Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer/Plan B Entertainment/Dawn Apollo Films Production for Apple Studios, F1® The Movie was directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman. Kosinski directed from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, story by Kosinski & Kruger.

When is F1® The Movie released?

F1® The Movie is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be released internationally from 25 June 2025 and in the US and Canada on 27 June 2025.

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