Oscar Race: 'F1' Team, Tate McRae, Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat Submit Songs

Tate McRae , Ed Sheeran and Doja Cat just got one step closer to the Oscars.

That’s because the team behind F1 , the acclaimed summer blockbuster from Warner Bros. and Apple that stars Brad Pitt as an unlikely Formula 1 race car driver, has chosen their songs — “Just Keep Watching,” “Drive” and “Lose My Mind,” respectively — as its submissions for the best original song Oscar race.

With the implementation of “the Menken rule” in June 2008, the Academy’s music branch capped the number of songs that any single film can submit at three (and dictated that no more than two from any single film can ultimately be nominated), which has forced films with killer soundtracks, like F1 , to make some tough decisions.

Tate McRae , Ed Sheeran and Doja Cat just got one step