F1: Bringing real Formula 1 sound to cinema 

Discover how the F1 sound team turned a real Grand Prix into a cinematic experience. 

Director Joseph Kosinski and his team worked directly with the Formula One Media & Broadcast Center during the 2023–2024 season, integrating their recording equipment into Formula 1’s broadcast pipeline, including DPA Microphones placed on cars and around the track. 

The result: access to 4K footage from more than 20 trackside cameras and uncompressed audio from nearly 100 microphones surrounding the circuit. 

Described as “a marriage of a big-scale Hollywood movie with the pinnacle of live sports broadcasting,” the collaboration aimed to place audiences inside the cockpit and make them feel the force of real race speed. 

Read the full story (Variety Magazine) to see how real race moments made it into the film.