Formula 1 Releases Trailer of Upcoming Netflix Series

Earlier today, Formula 1 and Netflix announced the details of their documentary series, ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’. The series will air on the service from 8 March 2019 onwards.

Formula 1: Drive to Survive is said to be a 10 part series. It is also interesting to note that a series such as this has been given exclusive and intimate access to Formula 1. This is the first time something of this magnitude has been granted by the sport.

The series is conceived from the makers of the F1 documentary, Senna. It is said that it will reveal the true story of the sport. Formula 1: Drive to Survive not only focuses on the fight to be World Champion, but it will give fans a closer into the personal lives of the F1 stars.

With the next generation of drivers making the big step among the ‘Big Boys’, Formula 1 has opened its doors to the world. Viewers will be granted up close access to the top drivers, team principals and F1 owners.

The series will highlight the latest action on the track, as well as life away from the circuit. All this to provide a ‘unique insight’ to the teams and the personnel that make the F1 championship what it is.

The global series will showcase each stage of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. Right from the season opener in Melbourne to the dramatic final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.

Ian Holmes, Director of Media Rights said: “As we move into a new generation of Formula 1 we are thrilled to announce our new docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive. This truly unique series embodies the sport and helps us to showcase and unearth the untold stories on and off the track. Partnering with Netflix to create an original series puts us at the forefront of becoming a media and entertainment brand and attracting new fans to the sport”.

Paul Martin, Box to Box Films: “Netflix was the perfect platform on which to tell the inside story of this incredible sport. F1 has long been a world of colourful characters and super-sized ego’s, thrills and drama, victory and tragedy but until now that world has been largely hidden and secretive from fans. Formula 1: Drive to Survive takes the viewers right into the heart of this world and shows what it is like to live, work and race within the world’s fastest sport.”

The executive producer of the series is Academy-Award winner James Gay Rees of Senna fame and Paul Martin for Box to Box Films. In addition to that, Sophie Todd will act as the showrunner for the series.