Heading to the circuit<\/p>\n
Cut to track, and Brad is as ready as he\u2019ll ever be, light-heartedly recounting that he got six straight hours\u2019 sleep, before revealing that he spent the following two hours waking up at regular intervals, reminiscent of a child at Christmas, asking himself, \u201cIs it time yet? Is it time?\u201d <\/p>\n
He spends the first half of the day exploring the track and taking in his surroundings as Lando and Martin Brundle show him how it\u2019s done first, undertaking their own tests in the MCL60. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re here to have fun, just pure fun,\u201d Martin reminds him, while Lando attempts to give him some pointers. For a moment, having seen Brad appear in the film trailers, you forget he\u2019s an actor and not an actual driver \u2013 the conversation, at times, feels extraordinarily reminiscent of two drivers discussing a lap, rather than a F1 world champion and a novice. <\/p>\n
Brad immersed himself in the world of Formula 1 in preparation for his role in the film, watching hours of footage, while training with professional drivers and driving modified F2 cars. He was also given unprecedented access to the sport. He took part in actual Grand Prix weekends during the two-year filming process, describing the experience as \u201cone of the most extraordinary\u201d of his career. <\/p>\n
The preparation gave him a solid grounding for the test while allowing him to mix comfortably with drivers like Lando in real-life scenarios. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re never in second [gear]?\u201d Brad asks.<\/p>\n
\u201cRarely,\u201d Lando replies. \u201cYou could do Turn 1 in second, because it is pretty bumpy. You\u2019ll feel it. The car is bouncing around, so you can do second, but you are shifting out of second before you even get to full throttle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was late on the throttle,\u201d Lando then points out as Martin screeches past them. <\/p>\n
\u201cIs that what you heard? I love that knowledge,\u201d Brad replies, before detailing the circuits he enjoyed the most during the filming process. \u201cI loved Abu Dhabi, I think, just because we spent so much time there. Hungary was fun and scrappy. Spa, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taken back to his first time in a Formula 1 car, Lando replies: \u201cHungary was my first test I did in Formula 1. It is fast there, high downforce.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heading to the circuit Cut to track, and Brad is as ready as he\u2019ll ever be, light-heartedly recounting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-533936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}