Lewis Hamilton gave four-word verdict on Brad Pitt before he 'fainted' at Las Vegas GP

Lewis Hamilton has been moving intimately with Brad Pitt, who became the centre of attraction astatine the Las Vegas GP by appearing to 'faint' connected the tarmac

Lewis Hamilton erstwhile said racing courses through Brad Pitt's veins - truthful it was nary astonishment to spot the Hollywood A-lister embodying his quality erstwhile helium 'fainted' connected the Las Vegas Grand Prix track.

Hamilton, 39, enactment successful 1 of his champion performances of the play by finishing runner-up to team-mate George Russell astatine the Las Vegas Strip circuit this weekend. Away from the track, the seven-time world champion has been moving arsenic a advisor to Pitt and his colleagues, shooting a Formula One-themed movie.

The Fight Club prima plays the relation of F1 operator Sonny Hayes and was spotted successful Vegas filming a caller country astatine the way wherever helium was required to illness aft a crash.

Fans saw the 60-year-old abruptly autumn to the level successful scenes that would person been concerning had astir radical not known astir the caller film. Despite the information that Pitt is an actor, Hamilton thinks determination is simply a racer wrong him.

Hamilton gave an absorbing four-word connection successful a erstwhile interrogation astir Pitt. He told Sports Illustrated: "It's successful his DNA" erstwhile asked astir Pitt's racing and driving instincts.

Speaking astir Pitt's probe with Hamilton, the Brit told Sports Illustrated: "We [Hamilton and Pitt] went to a way successful L.A. I took him retired and sat successful the rider seat, and helium drove. I utilized to beryllium a driving manager erstwhile I was younger.

"It was a mode of making immoderate wealth part-time whilst I was racing. So I’ve sat with God knows however galore non-racing drivers. You tin archer instantly the bully ones, the atrocious ones. Straight away, helium was connected it. You could archer helium has it—it's successful his DNA. He’s conscionable not been capable to hone successful connected it similar we have, but he's got large potential."

Hamilton has provided the directors and writers with each sorts of cognition astir what happens wrong the car, connected the track, and successful the pit lanes. The movie's producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, offered an penetration into Hamilton's power successful a erstwhile interview.

He said: "Everything that helium has brought to this movie, I cannot adjacent explicit our acknowledgment to him and each the folks from F1 who made this each possible. The authenticity that helium brings, we conscionable cannot ideate what goes into what a operator does and what the athletics brings to an audience.

"Sometimes we bash not similar to perceive immoderate of the things helium says due to the fact that it costs america much wealth to hole things, but we are each in, we privation to marque it great, and helium is surely helping us."