Best Formula 1 TV shows and movies to watch after Drive to Survive | 08MVI52 | 2024-02-27 21:08:01
Best Formula 1 TV shows and movies to watch after Drive to Survive | 08MVI52 | 2024-02-27 21:08:01
With F1 drama Drive to Survive season 6 out on Netflix, it may be days – or even just hours for these with great episode-to-episode DRS – till it's throughout.
In the event you've binged the entire of Drive to Survive and need some extra Method One content material to keep you ticking over until the first race of the 2024 season subsequent weekend, here's a run down of the perfect films and TV collection out there.
From legends of the game 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 before Netflix hit gold with Drive to Survive.
The personality-led sports activities collection is a documentary, however does embrace 'pretend' commentary to make it extra thrilling for viewers, and tends to dramatise a couple of otherwise fleeting moments in the sport.
However in taking a naturally high-stakes competition – crammed with hazard, dare devils, group rivalries, billionaires – and heightening the drama just a tad, Netflix have attracted tens of millions of viewers to the game.
A poll& in 2022 of almost 1,900 self-identified grownup US F1 fans showed that 53% credited& Drive to Survive& as a cause they started watching races.
So with all eyes on Bahrain subsequent weekend – when the season kicks off for the 2024 yr – here's a look back at one of the best F1 movies, documentaries and films of all time.
Rush
Ron Howard's 2013 movie Rush is a dramatisation of the high-profile rivalry between the late Niki Lauda, who died in 2019, and rebel of the sport James Hunt, who died in 1993 aged 45.
Daniel Brühl performs 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.
Meanwhile Hollywood star Chis Hemsworth portrayed womanizer Hunt – nevertheless some critics of the movie stated Hunt's bad-boy, womanizing persona might have been over-hyped in the flick.
The film – with a musical rating from Hans Zimmer – follows the 1976 season after the drivers met on Method Three some years before, and was written by The Crown's Peter Morgan.
Rush is has an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, and 8.2/10 on IMDb.
It's out there 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 workforce in their try and shove the dominant Italian group Scuderia Ferrari off the highest spot.
The 1966 24-hour race – which was motor-racing, somewhat than F1 as we know it now – noticed a private feud between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari play out on the world stage.
In the film, Matt performs automotive designer Carroll Shelby while Christian portrays his formerly retired British driver Ken Miles, who're employed by Ford and tasked to beat his rival in the huge endurance race.
Ford vs Ferrari has a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, and eight.1/10 on IMDb.
It is out there to observe on Amazon Prime Video for £2.49, or it is free for Disney+ subscribers.
Senna
Brazilian three-time F1 champion Ayrton& Senna was killed in an accident which occurred when he was main the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix whereas driving for British racing group Williams.
At simply 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 to be on the life and dying of Brazil's nationwide legend, from his debut in 1984 to what would grow to be his final ever race.
The film relies totally on archived footage and residential video clips offered by his family.
Senna was Lewis Hamilton's childhood icon.
Senna has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, and eight.5/10 on IMDb.
It's obtainable to observe on Amazon Prime for £2.49.
1 – Life on the Restrict
Maybe the documentary which includes probably the most input from the most important legends of the sport earlier than 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 severe mind damage.
The movie additionally 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 seven.9/10 on IMDb.
It is out there to observe on on the ITV hub.
Brawn: The Unimaginable Formulation 1 Story
If you'd like the closest factor to Drive to Survive, Disney+'s 2023 providing Brawn: The Unattainable Method 1 Story is for you.
The documentary collection, launched in November, is hosted by Keanu Reeves – part of the attraction for F1 newbies – follows the story of an unlikely winner in the 2009 F1 collection: Brawn GP.
In 2008 Honda's racing staff fell into administration in a first for the game, and their rivals united and obtained the group again onto the race monitor.
With Ross Brawn at its helm, the group went on to get a document breaking double-win that season in an unimaginable turn of occasions.
Brawn: The Unattainable Method 1 Story has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, and eight.5/10 on IMDb.
It is out there to observe on Disney+.
Brad Pitt F1 film out this yr
Hold onto your steering wheels, because Brad Pitt is starring in the newest F1 blockbuster – probably referred to as Apex, though this is not confirmed – set to be launched in 2025.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski – the person behind Prime Gun: Maverick – the untitled American sports drama will even star Lewis Hamilton and Damson Idris.
Filming formally started at Silverstone in the 2023 season, and it continued to Abu Dhabi and will probably be capturing in Daytona this yr.
In an interview with Sky Sports, Pitt described how he is enjoying a fictional retired racer Sonny Hayes, who strikes away from the sport after an enormous crash within the 1990s.
That's until a struggling F1 group proprietor, performed by Javier Bardem, recruits Hayes to hitch APXGP as its second driver and to help convey on young, keen driver Joshua Pierce, performed by Damson.
'Brad appears like he's ageing backwards,' Hamilton joked throughout a British GP press convention. 'He appears great for his age. It was an enormous matter once we have been discussing the primary story however he's super fit, he's been training.
'On the end of the day, it's a film so there might be a Hollywood aspect to it that may make it plausible. I can't inform you how excited I'm 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 might be streaming on Sky Sports on the F1 channel, with some broadcasted on the Sky Sports Most important Event. It can be watched on F1TV.
British Grand Prix Silverstone will air on July 7 on each Sky Sports activities and Channel 4.
The primary 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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