Brad Pitt is undoubtedly the star of the Formula 1 Hyped With High Hopes film entitled F1But let's not forget that without cars, there is no race. Mercedes-Benz played a substantial support role, on the screen and off screen, and he started a real car inspired by the film's fictitious race team.
The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 2026 “APXGP Edition” is a salad of words, but it bears the name and reflects the 11th focal team of the F1 grid. In the cinematographic world, however, it is not Cadillac but Apex Grand Prix, or APXGP, which holds the place. The character of Pitt, Sonny Hayes, is the old thorny man in the team of the Hosthot Joshua Pearce (played by Damson Idris).
We will have to wait for the F1Exit to find out if the mentor and the mentoré get along or even win races. But the special edition Benz tells us a little in advance, if only to repeat the level of granular detail put in all that concerns the next film. There was no shortage of Mercs on the screen. There were, of course, official F1 F1 safety and medical cars, but also road vehicles such as AMG SL, a class G and GT.
Mercedes-AMG says that the APXGP edition is “closely based on the film”. Its distinctive painting finish has specialized conceptions specific to APXGP which bind to the movie car have been applied by hand. A prolonged nightlife AMG still improves dark exterior coloring by adding black chrome to grill, badge, AMG crest and Mercedes at the back of the vehicle.
For a pop pop, and coinciding again with the fictitious racing car, the APXGP edition has 21 -inch wheels in matte racing as well as similar colored accents around the grille, side thresholds, a rear apron, a rear diffuser and front wings, which also have a checkered flag design. Cute.
Gold, fiber carbon and black breed also control inside the APXGP edition. You will find a black leather / black nappa microfiber padding with gold contrast seams. Gold seams are mainly used wherever the seam occurs, such as the performance direction, the door panels, the central console and the dashboard. The carbon fiber garnish also includes gold threads. The floor mats are embroidered with the APXGP logo, you guessed, Race-Or.
Regarding performance, the vehicle has a fixed rear wing in carbon fiber. With the AMG carbon fiber packaging, the front separator, the side threshold garnish and the rear diffuser also obtain carbon fiber treatment. The brakes are a graciousness of the high -performance AMG carbon ceramic braking system, finished in black brake calipers.
In terms of suspension and adjustment, these are standard things with the Active AMG driving control suspension and a 4.0 -liter twin -turbo AMG V8 of 577 horsepower under the hood. But you get an AMG track rhythm for the capture of tracking data, plus a lift system for additional release on speed bumps and others.
The prize has not been published, but the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 APXGP edition is limited to only 52 units. It is a strange number, that a spokesperson for Mercedes-Benz USA would only confirm is linked to the film but could not disclose more. F1 Beginnings on June 25 in the world but June 27 in North America. We do not know if the film will be a success, but there will be 52 GT 63 threatening to remind us anyway.
