{
  "id": 14187266,
  "title": "Classic F1 turns Port of Nice into street circuit for Bradley Cooper's \"Ocean's\" Prequel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/classic-f1-turns-port-of-nice-into-street-circuit-for-bradley-coopers",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:29:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/classic-f1-turns-port-of-nice-into-street-circuit-for-bradley-coopers-oceans-prequel/10864892/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Classic Formula 1 cars are racing around the Port of Nice, providing the clearest look yet at how Bradley Cooper's Ocean's prequel plans to incorporate motorsport into its early 1960s European road course setting. The footage, circulating on Instagram, shows the working harbour transformed into a vintage-style race track. Temporary structures for production and protective barriers line both sides of the track, with film trailers and crew staging areas positioned alongside the port authority building. The cars, including a dark red one with a white stripe resembling a Brabham F1 car, follow a retro-branded path through the port, marked by Martini, BP, and Shell branding. The narrowest section of the circuit features a hairpin turn with hay bales at the water's edge, where overtaking occurs between cars. The project, an untitled prequel to the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix, depicts Danny Ocean's parents participating in a heist during the race weekend. Bradley Cooper, who wrote, directed, and starred in the film, assumed these roles after Lee Isaac Chung's departure due to creative disagreements. The production team filmed in Paris, Monaco, and Nice, with Margot Robbie starring and producing alongside a cast including Wagner Moura, Monica Barbaro, Vicky Krieps, George MacKay, and Omar Sy.",
  "summary": "Classic Formula 1 cars are racing around the Port of Nice, and the footage doing the rounds on Instagram is the clearest look yet at how Bradley Cooper's Ocean's prequel plans to put motorsport on screen once again. As you can see, the working harbour has been transformed into an early-1960s European road course. If you wanted proof that this film is treating its racing seriously, this is ...…",
  "key_points": [
    "Classic F1 cars race on Port of Nice track",
    "Ocean's prequel depicts 1960s European road course",
    "Production filmed in Paris, Monaco, Nice"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}