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9/10
And the Season Ends
polsixe15 March 2020
The Brazil race has some happy moments for Pierre and Red Bull, Carlos Sainz and McLaren also get a close look.

A good season series, much more focus on the personal interplay between drivers and team managers, not so many slo-mo cars with crashes and skid plate sparks. The fake, after the fact race commentary is still off-putting.

If you're a racing fan you'll like this series
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10/10
The perfect ending to the season
geoff-sales1529 February 2020
The 9 previous episodes have been perfectly constructed and built up for this season finally.

This season more so than the first has shown us how incredibly difficult success in Formula 1 is to achieve, not just from a drivers perspective, but also for the constructors and every single man and woman that works to deliver this sport.

I've followed F1 since 1983 and I can honestly say Formula One, Drive to survive is as entertaining as almost any race I've seen, be it on the TV or trackside.

The human element that's brought to the forefront in this documentary is beautifully judged in each and every episode and this finally is brilliantly edited.

The insight into how these drivers secure one of only 20 seats at the top is told with real sympathy and brings out the human element for all the 'cast'. Episode 10 wraps this up perfectly and the best part about it is the actual sport and events that unfolded delivered the script for Netflix.

Kimi Raikkonen's only contribution to the series comes in the final 20 seconds and whilst it goes against the constant message of agony that some of these drivers go through, is brilliantly well placed, genuinely hilarious and displays how perfectly edited this show is.

The footage and sound is as good as it gets. A must for any true F1 fan.
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