Driven

Trivia: The manager of the Formula One team Williams (Frank Williams) moves around in a wheelchair, just like the manager in Driven. This is caused by a car accident.

Trivia: During the park scene before the final race, there is a racing driver with green and white overalls who enters the park with his son. This driver is the director Renny Harlin, and his real-life son Lukas.

Trivia: In the scene of real Champ car drivers doing pre-race rituals, Kenny Brack (the driver of the Shell car) is holding a photo of a baby and then tapes it inside his race suit. The baby you see in the picture is director Renny Harlin's son, Lukas.

Trivia: The reporter in the Toronto press conference is Brian Jennings, the film's visual effects supervisor.

Factual error: At the "Prototype Exhibition" party, Jimmy and Joe hop in two cars for a run through the Chicago streets. But, CART cars do not have built-in starters, they need external ones.

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