has had an immense role in the production of the upcoming F1 movie, pointing out 'specific' flaws in the storyline and technical issues, according to producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

The F1 film, which is expected to release at some point in June 2025, has been in production throughout the past couple of seasons with filming taking place at several Grand Prix locations, including Silverstone, the Hungaroring, and the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Hamilton has played a key role too. The seven-time world champion came close to featuring in Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski's 2022 box office smash, Top Gun: Maverick, and was brought in to help produce the F1 movie, offering his expertise during the scriptwriting process to maximise the realism on screen.

Explaining the Brit's impact, Bruckheimer said: "Lewis Hamilton saw a part of it, gave us a critique of how the drivers actually do various things. The level of specifics that he gave us, like in Silverstone in Turn Three you're in second gear, and he could hear with his ear we (Brad Pitt) were in third gear.

"So it's that kind of thing that he's bringing to the movie, and he said... when he finishes a race, especially like Singapore, where it's very hot, he can barely get out of the car, they lose 10 pounds... and it's not only him, it's all of them. They're just completely exhausted - we're going to show what it takes to be an F1 driver."

Bruckheimer was full of praise for the Mercedes driver, adding: "Everything that he has brought to this movie, I can't even express our thanks to him and all the folks from F1 who made this all possible.

"But the authenticity that he brings, we just can't imagine what goes into what a driver does and what the sport brings to an audience. Sometimes we don't like to hear some of the things he says, because it costs us more money to fix things, but we're all in, we want to make it great, and he's certainly helping us."

It remains to be seen whether or not Hamilton will play any significant role in the film, although the trailer released ahead of the British Grand Prix earlier this year teased a cameo from Guenther Steiner, while numerous drivers were spotted in the background of scenes.

Not everyone has been excited to see themselves on the big screen though. "The interesting part is that, since we teamed up with Mercedes, the other teams said, 'Wait a second, this movie is going to be about Mercedes and we're going to look bad'," Bruckheimer explained.

"Red Bull said, 'We're going to be the villains'. It took us three years to convince them that they weren't going to be the villains and we finally got to a place where all the teams are really leaning into us to really help us."