Making a show about a global phenomenon, with the outcome decided long before a TV season ever makes it to audiences, seems like it could be a hindrance.
Mining drama from something already definitively decided months ago is a challenge that “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” has faced since it debuted its inaugural season in 2019.Over that time, though, this Netflix documentary series has unlocked a nifty trick to better tell the stories of the drivers and teams that make up this worldwide auto racing circuit: It moves backwards.
Series executive producer James Gay-Rees said that it’s been a helpful guiding force from the start.“It’s really liberating.
Big props have to go out to Nat Grouille, the executive at Netflix that we’ve worked with since day one on this.
He really did open our minds to how we could build this show,” Gay-Rees said.
“One of
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