Best Formula 1 TV shows and movies to watch after Drive to Survive | IS78P6Q | 2024-02-25 21:08:01
With F1 drama Drive to Survive season 6 out on Netflix, it could be days – and even just hours for these with great episode-to-episode DRS – until it's all over.
For those who've binged the whole of Drive to Survive and need some more Method One content to maintain you ticking over till the first race of the 2024 season subsequent weekend, here is a run down of the perfect films and TV collection out there.
From legends of the sport like Niki Lauda to Ayrton Senna and Hollywood actors like Matt Damon and Brad Pitt, the world of F1 was explored in gripping movies and tear-jerking documentaries for years earlier than Netflix hit gold with Drive to Survive.
The personality-led sports collection is a documentary, but does embrace 'pretend' commentary to make it more exciting for viewers, and tends to dramatise a couple of in any other case fleeting moments in the sport.
But in taking a naturally high-stakes competition – full of hazard, dare devils, workforce rivalries, billionaires – and heightening the drama just a tad, Netflix have attracted tens of millions of viewers to the sport.
A poll in 2022 of almost 1,900 self-identified adult US F1 followers confirmed that 53% credited Drive to Survive as a purpose they began watching races.
So with all eyes on Bahrain next weekend – when the season kicks off for the 2024 yr – here's a glance again at one of the best F1 movies, documentaries and films of all time.
Rush
Ron Howard's 2013 film Rush is a dramatisation of the high-profile rivalry between the late Niki Lauda, who died in 2019, and rebel of the game James Hunt, who died in 1993 aged 45.
Daniel Brühl plays Lauda, who was a dedicated engineer in addition to a world-class driver and famously virtually died in a horror crash within the 1976 German Grand Prix which noticed half his face burnt.
In the meantime Hollywood star Chis Hemsworth portrayed womanizer Hunt – nevertheless some critics of the film stated Hunt's bad-boy, womanizing persona might have been over-hyped within the flick.
The movie – with a musical rating from Hans Zimmer – follows the 1976 season after the drivers met on Formulation Three some years before, and was written by The Crown's Peter Morgan.
Rush is has an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, and eight.2/10 on IMDb.
It's obtainable to observe on Netflix now.
Le Mans '66 – Ford v Ferrari&
Starring Matt Damon and Christopher Bale, Ford v Ferrari (or Le Mans '66 in some European nations) follows an formidable staff of their try and shove the dominant Italian group Scuderia Ferrari off the top spot.
The 1966 24-hour race – which was motor-racing, quite than F1 as we all know it now – saw a personal feud between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari play out on the world stage.
In the movie, Matt plays automotive designer Carroll Shelby while Christian portrays his formerly retired British driver Ken Miles, who are employed by Ford and tasked to beat his rival in the huge endurance race.
Ford vs Ferrari has a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, and 8.1/10 on IMDb.
It is out there to observe on Amazon Prime Video for £2.49, or it's free for Disney+ subscribers.
Senna
Brazilian three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna was killed in an accident which occurred when he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix while driving for British racing group Williams.
At just 34-years-old Senna died of multiple cranium fractures when his automotive veered off the Ferrari Autodrome at nearing 200 miles an hour and hit a concrete wall virtually head on.
The 2010 documentary seems on the life and demise of Brazil's national legend, from his debut in 1984 to what would develop into his final ever race.
The film relies totally on archived footage and home video clips offered by his family.
Senna was Lewis Hamilton's childhood icon.
Senna has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, and 8.5/10 on IMDb.
It is out there to observe on Amazon Prime for £2.49.
1 – Life on the Limit
Maybe the documentary which incorporates probably the most enter from the most important legends of the sport before Drive to Survive, 1 was released in 2013 to tell the stories of a era of drivers.
Narrated by Michael Fassbender, Michael Schumacher seems in the documentary alongside an entire host of famed faces. In December 2013, the German racing legend had a horror skiing accident, which left him with a extreme mind damage.
The movie also provides perspective from the likes of the late Niki Lauda, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Bernie Ecclestone and Jackie Stewart.
1 – Life on the Restrict has a 82% Rotten Tomatoes score, and 7.9/10 on IMDb.
It is obtainable to observe on on the ITV hub.
Brawn: The Unimaginable Formulation 1 Story
If you would like the closest thing to Drive to Survive, Disney+'s 2023 offering Brawn: The Inconceivable Method 1 Story is for you.
The documentary collection, launched in November, is hosted by Keanu Reeves – a part of the attraction for F1 newbies – follows the story of an unlikely winner within the 2009 F1 collection: Brawn GP.
In 2008 Honda's racing group fell into administration in a primary for the sport, and their rivals united and received the staff back onto the race monitor.
With Ross Brawn at its helm, the group went on to get a report breaking double-win that season in an unimaginable turn of events.
Brawn: The Inconceivable Components 1 Story has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, and 8.5/10 on IMDb.
It is out there to observe on Disney+.
Brad Pitt F1 film out this yr
Maintain onto your steering wheels, as a result of Brad Pitt is starring in the newest F1 blockbuster – probably referred to as Apex, though this isn't confirmed – set to be released in 2025.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski – the man behind Prime Gun: Maverick – the untitled American sports activities drama will even star Lewis Hamilton and Damson Idris.
Filming formally began at Silverstone in the 2023 season, and it continued to Abu Dhabi and can be capturing in Daytona this yr.
In an interview with Sky Sports activities, Pitt described how he's enjoying a fictional retired racer Sonny Hayes, who moves away from the game after a huge crash within the 1990s.
That's till a struggling F1 staff proprietor, performed by Javier Bardem, recruits Hayes to hitch APXGP as its second driver and to assist deliver on younger, keen driver Joshua Pierce, performed by Damson.
'Brad appears like he's ageing backwards,' Hamilton joked during a British GP press conference. 'He appears great for his age. It was an enormous matter once we have been discussing the primary story however he's tremendous match, he's been training.
'At the finish of the day, it's a movie so there might be a Hollywood aspect to it that may make it believable. I can't inform you how excited I am to have Brad Pitt in a Formulation 1 film. It's unimaginable.'
The way to watch this season of F1 races on TV in the UK
The 2024 F1 season shall be streaming on Sky Sports on the F1 channel, with some broadcasted on the Sky Sports Primary Occasion. It may also be watched on F1TV.
British Grand Prix Silverstone will air on July 7 on each Sky Sports activities and Channel 4.
The first race of the 2024 season kicks off in Bahrain with qualifying on Friday February 29, and the race on Saturday March 2.
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