will.i.am And Lil Wayne Wrote A Song About Formula 1, And It Sucks!

Formula 1 fever is in full swing, with support for the series bigger than ever thanks to the popular Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive, more American races, and interest from celebrities like Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves. But the latest bit of media to center around the top tier of motorsport is utterly cringeworthy: a new music video for a song by will.i.am and Lil Wayne entitled The Formula, which includes footage filmed the weekend of the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and features all the current F1 team's cars, including Max Verstappen's Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes.

You can watch the music video below, but spoiler alert: it's horrible!

Maybe it's the bad CGI, or the cringey lyrics (I know, the kids will love it and I'm just old), or perhaps it's just that will.i.am is wearing what looks like a bad knock-off Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team jacket, but this in no way brings good publicity to the sport.

Choice lines include "You're a small fry, need ketchup," and "My car fly like a Jetson," with special mention made of Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen with Lil Wayne's lines, "Got 'em braided like Lewis, got a Mercedes like Lewis," and "Yo girl my co-captain, driving like Max Verstappen." This is quality songwriting right here!

The backup dancers in ill-fitting pit crew outfits don't lend the video any credibility, either.

There are other flaws too, like will.i.am's Mercedes regalia bearing an IBM logo, despite the fact that IBM was a Red Bull sponsor until 2021 and no longer sponsors any team. There's also a mock-up of an F1 car that initially looks like Mercedes' all-black car, except for the fact that it has an IBM logo, again, and it bears the race number 33, which belongs to Max Verstappen.