Hamilton on an F1 movie sequel: “the worst thing we could do is to rush into it”

Lewis Hamilton has thrown the brakes on a sequel to the F1 movie – at least for the immediate future – after rumours of a follow-up film bubbled up last week.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the film has been broadly well received and took $140m at the box office in its opening weekend, leading to speculation that work had already started on a second instalment.

But the Ferrari driver, who worked as a producer on F1: The Movie, thinks it’s too soon to think about what’s next for Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes and Apex GP.

“We literally just finished it,” said Lewis in the build-up to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. “I think the last thing we want right now is a sequel.

“It’s been four years in the making, it was a lot of work, particularly for Joe [Kosinski]. It’s time away from your family, it’s time away from the kids. You need this to just simmer for a while, you know? Let’s enjoy it.

“I think the worst thing we could do is to rush into doing a sequel. Most sequels are way worse. I think if we do do a sequel, I would say let’s really, really take our time in getting it even better.”

And it turns out he has a plan for that too. “I’ve asked them to do a debrief. Let’s review what we did, what we could’ve done better. I don’t know if they do that in the movie business, but it’s something obviously I’ve learned from [F1]. So I want to try to apply that to future programmes.”

Anyone got any good ideas for the sequel? Tom Cruise signing for Red Bull? Samuel L Jackson made team principal of Alpine? Jennifer Lawrence elected FIA president? Come one, we know you can do better…