Oscar Piastri ignored Brad Pitt on F1 movie set

Oscar Piastri’s mother says the McLaren driver ignored Brad Pitt while filming scene for the Formula One movie

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri reportedly ignored actor Brad Pitt while filming a scene for a Formula One film, according to comments made by his mother in a recent interview.

Piastri appeared briefly in the film alongside several other drivers from the Formula One grid. Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. were also involved in cameo appearances.

Speaking to Australia’s Herald Sun, Piastri’s mother, Nicole, said she realised her son had appeared next to Pitt in a scene after watching the film.

“We watched the F1 movie, he made no mention of that, and in one scene he’s standing next to Brad Pitt in the driver line-up when they’re singing the national anthem,” she said.

Nicole said she later asked her son about the moment.

“So when I spoke to him the next time, I said, ‘I know you’ve met Brad Pitt’, he said, ‘I’m pretty sure I haven’t’. I go, ‘Mate, I saw you. I saw him standing next to you'.”

According to Nicole, Piastri told her that he had not spoken to the actor while filming the scene.

“He goes ‘What are you going to say to that old guy?’ So, fame has not changed him one bit,” she added.

In the same interview, Nicole also reflected on Piastri’s early interest in motorsport and said his involvement with cars began at a young age.

“There was no stopping it,” she said. “I tried really hard, but both grandparents are mechanics, and his dad is into cars; he has a car tuning business, so it was happening pretty young.”

She said the family also attempted to balance his racing ambitions with education during his teenage years.

“He was on an academic scholarship, and the school was breathing down my neck saying, ‘Where’s this kid we’re paying to educate?’ and he was off go-karting.”

Piastri now competes in Formula One for McLaren-Mercedes and has recorded nine race wins during his career.