F1: The Academy
Gender: sports documentary
Directed by Susie Wolff. With Susie Wolff, Bianca Bustamante, Aurelia Nobels, have Pulling, Lia Block, Chloe Chamber, Tina Hausmann, Lola Lovinfosse
“There are no friends in the paddock.” After the great success of Drive to survive on male formula 1 (now in the seventh season), which marked a turning point in the documentary story of the “behind the scenes” of the Sports Starom, it is available on Netflix also the female counterpart.
F1: The Academyproduced by the Hello Sunshine of Reese Whiterspoon, It is a seven episodes documentary that traces the 2024 season of the F1 women’s championship with the aim of selecting a woman to bring to the best known male tournament. The series enters the secrets (human and professional) of the drivers who run under the guidance of the director of the competition Susie Wolff: we discover champions and athletes such as Bianca Bustamante or Aurelia Nobels and, above all, have a coach who immediately emerges as one of the favorites.
“F1: The Academy”. (Netflix)
Not just sports and engines: perhaps with the idea of expanding the public, The documentary does not disdain more “melodramatic” and pop elements. However, helping to throw a vivid and interesting look at the attempt of women to “appropriate” of a tendentially male universe. And this is one of the crucial keys with which to read the transformations of contemporary global sport.
For those who love sports narratives made of adrenaline and emotions.
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