La 2023 season of F1 yes recently concluded and to the next back on track are missing more a few months. To make up for this lack, here are 9 Formula 1 themed films and TV series not to be missed during the winter break!
Ferrari: at the cinema from 14 December
Il film directed by Michael Mann, with A e Penelope Cruz in the guise of Enzo and Laura Ferrari, will be released in Italian cinemas on Thursday December 14, 2023. "Classic Ferrari for sale" is the title, short and concise, which evokes in every person who reads it, or who hears it, avery precise image: red racing car.
With a screenplay based on the book by Brock Yates”Enzo Ferrari – The Man and the Special", the film Ferrari is set in the summer of 1957, period of crisis for Enzo, put on its knees from bankruptcy. Together with his wife Laura, with whom he built the company 10 years earlier, he finds himself having to deal with the loss of a child and the recognition of another.
Seeking redemption, the former pilot decides to bet everything on a car race: the Mille Miglia. The result of this choice is the paradigm of the very existence of Enzo Ferrari: success goes hand in hand with death.
Formula 1 themed films and TV series available on Netflix
Formula 1 has been around for a few years is experiencing one of the best times of its history, with the number of enthusiasts increasing more and more. Accomplice to this success, especially among the younger ones, was the TV series "Drive To Survive". The Netflix series, now in its sixth season, retraces the most salient episodes, Between unpublished backstory and interviews. It will be available on the streaming platform la next season starting from February 23, 2024.
They are on Netflix available also other films and documentaries on Formula 1 from the past. One of them is "Rush", a 2013 film that brings the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. This film by Ron Howard is considered one milestone of sports cinema, thanks to the magic created by the narrative rhythm combined with the great performance of the actors.
As regards the documentaries, we cannot help but recommend you “Fangio – The man who tamed the machines”. This docu-film retraces the sporting career of the 5-time champion of the world. The alternation of archive videos with interviews with people who have experienced the Circus first hand allows you to understand the extraordinary nature of the man behind the legend of Juan Manuel Fangio.
Staying on the subject of documentaries, it is available on Netflix “Senna”. This documentary features family films, videos and interviews from the time gives the viewer the portrait of Ayrton Senna. In every frame we see the strength and energy of the great Brazilian driver, who yes contrasts with bitter awareness by the viewer of the tragic end of one of the most iconic figures in the world of Formula 1.
What Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ offer
Another streaming platform that makes available films and documentaries about Formula 1 è Amazon Prime Video. Among these it is present “Michael Schumacher – The Red Baron”, a 2012 documentary lasting 48 minutes that traces the life of the 7-time world champion. It's about a objective bibliography told by a narrator who uses archive videos to show the stages of Schumacher's racing career.
It is also available on Prime Video "Lauda", a documentary that takes a look close to the terrible accident of 1976 involving Niki. Subsequently travels on the journey of the legendary F1 driver at regaining mobility until returning to the track. "1" it is a documentary that tells the story of a generation of pilots charismatic people who always ran to the limit, sometimes risking their lives, in the deadliest period of Formula 1.
From 15 November, is available on the streaming platform Disney + la docuserie “Brawn: the Impossible Formula 1 Story”. Divided into four parts, relives the success of the British team taken over for a pound and which won both the drivers' and constructors' titles in the same year, 2009.
While waiting for the 20 single-seaters to return to the track, all we can do is wish you one good vision!
