Kerry Condon suggests there will 'be a little bit of a wait' before F1 sequel release

Kerry Condon says there "might be a little bit of a wait" before the F1 sequel is released.

The 43-year-old actress played APXGP technical director Kate McKenna in last year's motorsport blockbuster but has revealed that the sequel's production will have to be worked around the F1 calendar and the availability of director Joseph Kosinski.

In an interview with ScreenRant, Kerry said: "Yeah, I have heard about that, and they all love the script, but I guess it's going to be when Joe, our director, is available, and then also we have to go with the F1 schedule. So it might be a little bit of a wait, but I think that's okay."

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed earlier this year that a sequel to F1, which proved critically and commercially successful when it was released last summer, was in development.

Bruckheimer – who has served as a producer on the Top Gun and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises – explained that the team had a "really good" story in the pipeline and had been pitching ideas to seven-time F1 world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, who served as a producer on the original flick.

He told People in February: "We're working on the story. It's really good.

"We're talking to Lewis Hamilton. We're getting it going through him and pitching him the ideas and see what he thinks."

Bruckheimer was coy about the prospect of stars such as Brad Pitt returning for the sequel.

The 82-year-old producer said: "We'll see. I'm not going to tell you yet."

F1 starred Pitt as former racing prodigy Sonny Hayes, who makes an unlikely return to Formula 1 30 years after sustaining career-threatening injuries in a horrific crash, with Damson Idris playing his young team-mate Joshua Pearce.

Bruckheimer's revelation comes after F1 chief Stefano Domenicali had hinted that a sequel was in development.

Speaking in a question-and-answer session at Apple TV's press day in Santa Monica, California, the Italian executive said: "Stay tuned. We’re going to tell you something more in the future. Never say never.

"But we need to digest more the success of this movie because it was something unique. And if you want to think of a new one, it has to be really, very, very good.

"Therefore, if this will happen, it will not be for next year. But maybe next year we’re going to be here [at the press day], and hopefully we have something more to announce [then]."

Domenciali also recalled how the F1 movie came about through a meeting he had with Apple boss Eddie Cue, Bruckheimer and Kosinski.

He said: "I remember very clearly in February 2021, when you, together with [Kosinski and Bruckheimer], came to my office to discuss this new idea.

"I was fascinated by it, of course, but also worried about creating the right ecosystem and making sure that the project was real and authentic.

"Because for us, it was really crucial to make sure that we could present our world in a context of Hollywood and a movie and be real...

"[It was] an incredible experience."