Formula 1: Drive to Survive | |
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Genre | Docudrama |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 60 |
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Running time | 27–51 minutes |
Production company | Box to Box Films |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | 8 March 2019 – present |
Formula 1: Drive to Survive is a television documentary series produced in a collaboration between Netflix and Formula One, to give a behind-the-scenes look at the drivers and races of the Formula One World Championship. The series has received one season per year since 2019, and a total of six seasons have been released, with the latest season aired on 23 February 2024. A crossover event with Full Swing broadcast on Netflix in November 2023 called The Netflix Cup .
On 24 March 2018, Formula One announced that Netflix had commissioned a ten episode docu-series giving an exclusive behind the scenes look at the 2018 Formula One World Championship. [1] [2] On 24 July 2019, Formula One announced that a second season would premiere in 2020 covering the 2019 Formula One World Championship, involving all 10 teams. [3] [4]
The series is executively produced by James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin for the production company, Box to Box Films. Sophie Todd is the production's showrunner. [5]
Gay-Rees subsequently went on to reveal to The Fast Lane Podcast that Drive to Survive had originally been conceived as a series revolving solely around Red Bull Racing before it evolved into a series about F1 in general. [6]
Filming began for the 2020 season in March but was suspended until July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 10 | 8 March 2019 | ||
2 | 10 | 28 February 2020 | ||
3 | 10 | 19 March 2021 | ||
4 | 10 | 11 March 2022 | ||
5 | 10 | 24 February 2023 | ||
6 | 10 | 23 February 2024 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "All to Play For" | 8 March 2019 |
2 | 2 | "The King of Spain" | 8 March 2019 |
3 | 3 | "Redemption" | 8 March 2019 |
4 | 4 | "The Art of War" | 8 March 2019 |
5 | 5 | "Trouble at the Top" | 8 March 2019 |
6 | 6 | "All or Nothing" | 8 March 2019 |
7 | 7 | "Keeping Your Head" | 8 March 2019 |
8 | 8 | "The Next Generation" | 8 March 2019 |
9 | 9 | "Stars and Stripes" | 8 March 2019 |
10 | 10 | "Crossing the Line" | 8 March 2019 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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11 | 1 | "Lights Out" | 28 February 2020 |
12 | 2 | "Boiling Point" | 28 February 2020 |
13 | 3 | "Dogfight" | 28 February 2020 |
14 | 4 | "Dark Days" | 28 February 2020 |
15 | 5 | "Great Expectations" | 28 February 2020 |
16 | 6 | "Raging Bulls" | 28 February 2020 |
17 | 7 | "Seeing Red" | 28 February 2020 |
18 | 8 | "Musical Chairs" | 28 February 2020 |
19 | 9 | "Blood, Sweat & Tears" | 28 February 2020 |
20 | 10 | "Checkered Flag" | 28 February 2020 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date [8] |
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21 | 1 | "Cash Is King" | 19 March 2021 |
22 | 2 | "Back On Track" | 19 March 2021 |
23 | 3 | "Nobody's Fool" | 19 March 2021 |
24 | 4 | "We Need to Talk About Ferrari" | 19 March 2021 |
25 | 5 | "The End of the Affair" | 19 March 2021 |
26 | 6 | "The Comeback Kid" | 19 March 2021 |
27 | 7 | "Guenther's Choice" | 19 March 2021 |
28 | 8 | "No Regrets" | 19 March 2021 |
29 | 9 | "Man On Fire" | 19 March 2021 |
30 | 10 | "Down to the Wire" | 19 March 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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31 | 1 | "Clash of the Titans" | 11 March 2022 |
32 | 2 | "Ace in the Hole" | 11 March 2022 |
33 | 3 | "Tipping Point" | 11 March 2022 |
34 | 4 | "A Mountain to Climb" | 11 March 2022 |
35 | 5 | "Staying Alive" | 11 March 2022 |
36 | 6 | "A Point to Prove" | 11 March 2022 |
37 | 7 | "Growing Pains" | 11 March 2022 |
38 | 8 | "Dances With Wolff" | 11 March 2022 |
39 | 9 | "Gloves are Off" | 11 March 2022 |
40 | 10 | "Hard Racing" | 11 March 2022 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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41 | 1 | "The New Dawn" | 24 February 2023 |
42 | 2 | "Bounce Back" | 24 February 2023 |
43 | 3 | "Matter of Principal" | 24 February 2023 |
44 | 4 | "Like Father, Like Son?" | 24 February 2023 |
45 | 5 | "Pardon My French" | 24 February 2023 |
46 | 6 | "Nice Guys Finish Last" | 24 February 2023 |
47 | 7 | "Hot Seat" | 24 February 2023 |
48 | 8 | "Alpha Male" | 24 February 2023 |
49 | 9 | "Over The Limit" | 24 February 2023 |
50 | 10 | "End of the Road" | 24 February 2023 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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51 | 1 | "Money Talks" | 23 February 2024 |
52 | 2 | "Fall from Grace" | 23 February 2024 |
53 | 3 | "Under Pressure" | 23 February 2024 |
54 | 4 | "The Last Chapter" | 23 February 2024 |
55 | 5 | "Civil War" | 23 February 2024 |
56 | 6 | "Leap of Faith" | 23 February 2024 |
57 | 7 | "C’est la Vie" | 23 February 2024 |
58 | 8 | "Forza Ferrari" | 23 February 2024 |
59 | 9 | "Three's a Crowd" | 23 February 2024 |
60 | 10 | "Red or Black" | 23 February 2024 |
The show has received recognition for the additional insight it offers fans, [9] and is credited with attracting new audiences (particularly American) to the sport. [10] [11] [12] The condensing of season-long themes into single-episode narratives has drawn praise for adapting "the natural drama of a racing season into a narrative that can encourage a fan to tune into the real thing." [13]
However, Drive to Survive has been criticized for including fake or misplaced commentary and team radios, [13] [14] [15] [16] staging certain scenes, [13] [17] [18] placing undue importance on test and practice sessions, [16] [17] and over-dramatizing or misrepresenting certain events and relationships within the Formula One paddock. [14] [16] [19] The continued criticism from both audiences and drivers led to discussions between Netflix and team managers and between Formula One and drivers. [20]
Max Verstappen notably refused to participate in interviews for seasons 3 and 4 as he believed that the show dramatized some drivers by portraying them as villains and that the show manufactured fake rivalries. [21] [22] [23] However, Verstappen confirmed his participation in season 5 after reaching an agreement with the producers to "keep it real". [23] [24] [25]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Non Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials | Nick Fry, Steve Speed, James Evans (for "The Next Generation) | Nominated | [26] |
2020 | British Academy Television Craft Awards | Best Sound: Factual | Nick Fry, Steve Speed, James Evans, Nick Adams | Nominated | [27] |
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards | Sound - Entertainment & Non Drama | Steve Speed, Nick Fry, James Evans, Hugh Dwan | Nominated | [28] | |
2021 | Sports Emmy Awards | Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary | Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Nominated | [29] |
British Academy Television Craft Awards | Best Sound: Factual | Nick Fry, Steve Speed, James Evans, Hugh Dwan | Won | [30] | |
Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Sports Program | Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Nominated | [31] | |
Golden Reel Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary | Steve Speed, Nick Fry, Hugh Dwan, James Evans (for "Down to the Wire") | Nominated | [32] | |
Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Non Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials | Doug Dreger, Nick Fry, Steve Speed (for "Man on Fire") | Nominated | [33] | |
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards | Sound - Entertainment & Non Drama | Steve Speed, Nick Fry, James Evans, Hugh Dwan | Won | [34] | |
2022 | American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Non-Scripted Series | Dan Ablett, Kevin Austin, Otto Burnham, Shane McCormack, Graham Taylor (for "Man on Fire") | Won | [35] |
British Academy Television Craft Awards | Best Sound: Factual | Doug Dreger, Andrew Yarme, Nick Fry, Steve Speed, Hugh Dwan, James Evans | Nominated | [36] | |
Sports Emmy Awards | Outstanding Documentary Series - Serialized | Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Won | [37] | |
Outstanding Editing - Long Form | Nominated | ||||
Producers Guild of America Awards | Best Sports Program | Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Nominated | [38] | |
2023 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Non Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials | Nick Fry, Steve Speed (for "Gloves Are Off") | Won | [39] |
Golden Reel Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary | Steve Speed, Nick Fry, James Evans, Hugh Dwan (for "Gloves Are Off") | Won | [40] | |
2024 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Non-Fiction, Variety, or Music/Series or Specials | Doug Dredger, Steve Speed, Nick Fry (for "Over the Limit") | Pending | [41] |
Golden Reel Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary | Steve Speed, Nick Fry, Adam King, Doug Dreger, Ivan Onek, James Spooner (for "Over the Limit") | Pending | [42] | |
Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Sports Program | Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Pending | [43] | |
In 2020, a series similar to Drive to Survive was released on F1 TV based on the 2019 Formula 2 Championship, called Chasing the Dream . [44] Subsequent second and third seasons were produced, each covering the 2020 and 2021 F2 Championships, premiering in 2021 and 2022 respectively. [45] [46] The fourth and fifth seasons, based on the 2022 and 2023 F2 Championships, were released on F1 TV as well as free-to-air on YouTube during the respective years. [47] [48] Other motorsports have jumped on the "Drive to Survive Train" with Formula E, NASCAR and IndyCar all showing their own respective docuseries.
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