Sergio Perez's racing number is 11. The film features 11 different Easter eggs referencing that number. The film is 11 minutes, 11 seconds and 11 frames long and his arrival in Miami (the film's climax) was shot on December 11th. Can you find the other 9 references.
Parks Bonifay actually barefoot skied behind the F1 car. The rigging was all done at the Red Bull Technology Campus. The Alligator snap was also real.
The hotel room that Sergio Perez shot wasn't actually NYC, it was in Milton Keynes in the UK. The DOP rigged Christmas lights outside the window matching the lights of the Manhattan Bridge. Sergio was fresh off a 14 hour flight in from Mexico City and was actually jet lagged, great for being in character.