Almost everything in the summer blockbuster F1 the Movie is fictional, but the protagonist’s visceral origin story really ...

Martin Donnelly tells BBC Sport about how his career-ending accident in 1990 became the inspiration for Brad Pitt's character ...

Martin Donnelly crashed into the barrier at the Spanish Grand Prix going 140 mph. The Belfast driver was thrown out of his ...

Martin Donnelly, who suffered serious injuries in a crash at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix, revealed he met Brad Pitt ahead of the premiere of the F1 movie having been an inspiration for major plot ...

Martin Donnelly tells BBC Sport about how his career-ending accident in 1990 became the inspiration for Brad Pitt's character in F1: The Movie.

The story of Martin Donnelly, right, inspired a new Brad Pitt film. Aimee Dexter. BBC News, East of England. Susie Fowler-Watt. BBC News, East of England. Published. 28 June 2025.

Brad Pitt is starring in the film inspired by the traumatic events that Martin Donnelly went through in 1990 (Image: Ian West/PA) During Donnelly's early racing career, he made a name for himself as a ...

Formula 1 driver Martin Donnelly, who lives in Norfolk, suffered serious injuries in a crash in Jerez, Spain, in 1990. Speaking at the premiere of F1 in London, Pitt thanked him for "putting his ...

Martin Donnelly, who is from Belfast but moved to Norfolk in 1984, suffered serious injuries in a crash during practice at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix while driving for Lotus.

Formula 1 driver Martin Donnelly, who is from Belfast but now lives in Norfolk, suffered serious injuries in a crash in Jerez, Spain, in 1990.