The article reflects on the experience of watching the film F1, which stars Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a once-promising driver whose career was disrupted by a serious crash. Now given a second chance by his former teammate, the film tracks Sonny's return alongside a young, social-media-savvy driver and a struggling tech director. The narrative emphasizes themes of redemption and the mixed reactions of the media as they try to hype an underdog comeback that struggles to gain momentum, paralleling the tension and highs of classic sports narratives.
Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, once a rising star on the racing circuit whose career was derailed for decades by a catastrophic crash.
Sonny comes on board, joining a young driver, Joshua, who's better at accruing social-media followers than he is steering through a tight corner.
The press smells a story, and some reporters even try to build up the arc of a triumphant comeback, but you can tell they're struggling to muster the requisite enthusiasm.
It's the kind of moment—Cold War jingoism aside—you spend your whole moviegoing life chasing: the thrill of being overtaken by a feeling so completely.
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