The documentary Bad Ass Wilson: His Life, His Legacy, began filming in July and is targeted for a late 2025 premiere.

About the Documentary

Dedicated to the late racecar driver Justin Wilson (1978-2015), the project led by Marshall Pruett and production house CoForce has completed 18 interviews to date and continues to build toward an end-of-year debut that features Wilson’s inspiring career which spanned Formula 1, IndyCar, and endurance sports car racing.

Linear and digital distribution plans for the film are currently in the works along with finalizing the official release date and locations.

Interviews

Will Buxton, Broadcaster

Before Lewis Hamilton was starting to make waves, Justin was the guy. He was the British hope. He was the one that everybody was talking about.

Doug Boles, IndyCar President

The legacy he leaves is an example of what a true IndyCar leader is, not because of the wins or the poles, but because of who he was, off the track, and the ability really to pull us together.

Scott Dixon, Six-Time IndyCar Champion

He was one that you didn’t want in your mirrors, because he was so calculated. And the pressure; he was just relentless.

Michael Shank, Team Owner, Meyer Shank Racing

For me in my life at the time, he brought MSR its first major worldwide race win after years of trying, and he was part of that, and you can’t undo that. And the history we all made together on that 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 is something that catapulted us to where we sit here today.

Barry Waddell, Driver Coach

He was dyslexic and I think there’s a statistical significance of that, (like) Jackie Stewart, and a lot of people; I do think he had inherent advantage in the way his brain processed information.

Oriol Servia, IndyCar Rival

He made it into Formula 1, and IndyCar, always fighting clean, which is not everyone’s case. So you knew you’re going to have a tough fight. It was going to be clean.

James Hinchcliffe, Rival, Broadcaster

This sport is so difficult to stand out. There’s no secrets on how to be fast anymore. You know, the sport’s so evolved. There’s so much technology behind it. You know exactly why Alex Palou is as good as he is, and Scott Dixon is good as he is, and Max Verstappen is as good, as it doesn’t matter. You can pick apart the data, and you can really figure it all out, right? It’s all quantitative now. But Justin had this thing, this two-tenths that he always had in his pocket that you couldn’t figure out. It was awesome to see.

Dario Franchitti, Three-Time Indy 500 Winner

We do it now, when we sit, a bunch of the old drivers and we talk about the old days, or those who we raced against, those that are still here, those that aren’t, we know. There’s the ones that you go, ‘Yeah, he was special,’ and Justin was. Justin was definitely on that list.