Brown is the current chief executive officer of the McLaren F1 team. During the competition's two-week break, McLaren driver and current F1 leader Oscar Piastri visited Terry Black's barbecue in Austin last week, and probably made the pit stop with his McLaren team in conjunction with Pitt.

Brad Pitt relished his experience of driving a Formula One car - describing it as "really extraordinary" - as F1: The Movie takes a pit stop at cinemas this weekend.

The actor stars alongside Damson Idris and Javier Bardem as a washed-up racer who returns to Formula One to save a failing squad in a new movie by ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ director Joseph Kosinski.