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[revmeister]

Just saw the movie and was wondering what cars they used for the race in Iron Man 2? They looked great and sounded even better.

Loved the scenic shots of Monaco. Enjoyed the movie too.

[Victor_RO]

Apparently built on blueprints of unnamed 1970s F1 cars with big American V8s. At least the ones that got chopped up. Others were CGI, and some of the others in the shot from the start included a '75 Ferrari 312T.

[revmeister]

I would have liked to have seen a little more of the race before the villain took over. The look and feel of the shots were fantastic. That's what I want to see on the F1 broadcasts! LOL.

Good timing to have the movie released right around the time of the real Monaco GP.

[King Six]

They did the filming during the '09 Monaco grand prix apparently, they looked like some retro cars. It even said historique grand prix or some **** like that.

[Lights]

It wasn't filmed in Monaco though. They were trying to but then they met a guy named Bernie:

The action sequence of the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco had to be shot at the parking lot of the Downey Studios in California as though initially allowed to film at the Grand Prix circuit, Bernie Ecclestone retracted permission. By the time permission was retracted, one Rolls-Royce Phantom was sent there where driving sequence on the circuit was filmed.

No idea what kind of cars they used. A lot of CGI though.

Edited by Lights, 22 May 2010 - 11:53.

[FerrariF1Fan]

They did the filming during the '09 Monaco grand prix apparently, they looked like some retro cars. It even said historique grand prix or some **** like that.

The Monaco Historic GP exists and is run every year, so no need to use swear words:

http://www.monaco-hi...grand-prix.com/

[revmeister]

I found a good site with pictures and descriptions of how the scenes were shot.

http://jalopnik.com/...-man-2/gallery/

Good old Bernie...think money was involved in the deal going down?

[King Six]

The Monaco Historic GP exists and is run every year, so no need to use swear words:

http://www.monaco-hi...grand-prix.com/

Oh my bad, I didn't mean it in any offensive way... I guess i type like I talk.... London innit.

[Captain Tightpants]

They were trying to but then they met a guy named Bernie:

Bernie probably pulled the plug when it became apparent that shooting was going to spill over into the race program and interfere with the race. It's a pretty elaborate sequence, and probably not something that could be done in a single take.

[cheesy poofs]

Just saw the movie and was wondering what cars they used for the race in Iron Man 2? They looked great and sounded even better.

Six of the F1 cars that appear in the movie were on loan from Historic Grand Prix Association.

[Lights]

Bernie probably pulled the plug when it became apparent that shooting was going to spill over into the race program and interfere with the race. It's a pretty elaborate sequence, and probably not something that could be done in a single take.

Well that's the odd thing. If Bernie actually did it because of the race program? They prepare the Monaco track like 2 weeks before F1 even gets there, or not? I thought the historic GP takes place weeks before F1, for that they need to prepare the track aswell. They didn't even need to shoot it during the F1 weekend, or the historic one. I don't think they remove the track preperations during those 2 weeks.

Edited by Lights, 22 May 2010 - 15:10.

[Captain Tightpants]

Why else would Bernie revoke the filming rights? I doubt money would have been the issue; the budget was close to two hundred million dollars US, and would have included things like location booking.

[revmeister]

Bernie probably pulled the plug when it became apparent that shooting was going to spill over into the race program and interfere with the race. It's a pretty elaborate sequence, and probably not something that could be done in a single take.

They likely would have only done the wide shots on location, all the others stuff would have been done on a lot.

The scenes looked pretty convincing at any rate. The tunnel shot looked very real.

Perhaps Bernie was concerned about branding issues, such as having F1 associated with a movie...there could be any number of reasons.

Bottom line.... they didn't need Bernie!

[smartie_f1]

They filmed in casino square on the Monday after the GP. My friends and I were there watching. We weren't sure what was being filmed as all the action boards said the film was called 'Rasputin'. Was really interesting to watch the filming going on. We didn't know they were going tobe filming. We were just wandering around Monaco, doing touristy things and came across the set up.

[chdphd]

[aditya-now]

I would have liked to have seen a little more of the race before the villain took over. The look and feel of the shots were fantastic. That's what I want to see on the F1 broadcasts! LOL.

So you want to see F1 cars being whiplashed and thrown around, all of course with close up HD pictures?

Indeed, among the cars seemed to be a Lotus 76, a Fittipaldi, a Penske, the first Renault Turbo, the Ligier JS7 and the Ferrari 312T2. Most of the cars alienated with CGI.