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Former racing driver Martin Donnelly had a ‘reality check’ seeing his near-fatal crash recreated in F1 the Movie | News Channel 3-12

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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Almost everything in the summer blockbuster “F1 the Movie” is fictional, but the protagonist’s spine-chilling origin story really happened exactly as depicted on screen. Brad Pitt’s character Sonny Hayes is haunted by a high-speed crash which initially cost him his Formula One dream, but for the man who survived that crash in real life, there would be no Hollywood ending. In 1990, Martin Donnelly was a promising Briti…

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Former racing driver Martin Donnelly had a ‘reality check’ seeing his near-fatal crash recreated in F1 the Movie

Almost everything in the summer blockbuster F1 the Movie is fictional, but the protagonist’s visceral origin story really happened to former driver Martin Donnelly, exactly as it is depicted on the screen.

7 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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