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Netflix’s latest docuseries offers an intimate look into the world of female motorsport. Premiering on May 28, 2025, the seven-episode series follows 15 young women as they navigate the challenges of the 2024 F1 Academy season. Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, the documentary delves into the personal and professional lives of these racers, highlighting their determination to make a mark in a traditionally male-dominated sport. With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, viewers witness the highs and lows of the racing world, from intense track moments to personal struggles and triumphs. In this article, we will explain everything that you need to know about Netflix’s latest Documentary ‘F1: The Academy’.

What the Documentary Is About:

The docuseries chronicles the journey of 15 female drivers competing in the 2024 F1 Academy season. The series provides a behind-the-scenes look at their training, races, and personal lives, aiming to inspire and pave the way for greater female representation in Formula 1.

Susie Wolff is speaking out about the newly released Netflix series F1: The Academy and bringing more women into the world of F1!

The 42-year-old former racing driver was the first woman to drive a Formula 1 car during a grand prix race weekend, but now, she’s the managing director of F1 Academy, a female-only racing league, and executive producer of the new docu-series for Netflix.

In a new interview, Susie dished on the growing female fanbase in Formula 1,d spotlighting female talent in F1: The Academy, and how she hopes the new docu-series helps continue changing the stigma of women drivers.

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“I think first and foremost it’s important that they see the sport they love is creating opportunity for female talent. It’s showing that the sport they love is no longer just a man’s world because without Formula One,...

Male-dominated sport? No problem. That’s the attitude Susie Wolff adopted before she went full throttle into the racing world.

The 42-year-old former professional racing driver and current managing director of F1 Academy — a female-only racing league — is using her experience and expertise as the most recent female driver to get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car during a Grand Prix weekend to help clear a path for other women in motorsport.

In just two F1 Academy racing seasons (and currently in its third), Wolff has already made huge steps forward with the program designed to develop and promote female talent in motorsport, and now F1 fans, and maybe even some new ones, can witness the impact of the league with Netflix’s new docuseries, F1: The Academy, produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.

Wolff tells The Hollywood Reporter the series is “showing that the sport they...

We present our interviews from the Netflix’s F1 Academy red carpet Premiere this evening. Attending were Managing Director of F1 Academy Susie Wolff, CEO of Formula 1 Stefano Domenicali, F1 Academy Drivers Abbi Pulling, Bianca Bustamante, Chloe Chambers, Alisha Palmowski, Ella Lloyd, Chloe Chong, Maya Weug, and Tina Hausmann.

F1: The Academy Will Be Available On Netflix From 28 May 2025

Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

F1 Academy Premiere Interviews

Plot:

The adrenaline-fueled docuseries follows female drivers as they battle it out during the 2024 season of the F1 Academy Racing Series. Through exclusive, behind-the-scenes access, F1: The Academy highlights the drama of the races, as well as the personal stories and high stakes for these incredible drivers and the teams around them, as they break barriers in one of the most demanding sports in the world.

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If you think Formula 1 is all podium Champagne and men in racing jackets, think again. Netflix’s newest sports series, F1: The Academy, is here to shift gears — and perspectives — by spotlighting the rising generation of women tearing up the track. In the 2024 F1 Academy racing series, it was the women breaking barriers in one of the most demanding (and male-dominated) sports in the world.

The seven-part series offers unprecedented access to the adrenaline, grit, and emotional turmoil on race day, and everything that leads up to it. At the center of it all is Susie Wolff, a former professional driver and now managing director of F1 Academy. In 2014, Wolff was the first woman in 22 years to participate in a Formula 1 weekend, and remains one of the most respected people in motorsport. Wolff now leads the new stable of drivers with a rare blend...

Drive to Survive was created by James Gay-Rees in collaboration with Netflix and Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (Fia) to give fans a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most celebrated motorsports. The show is notoriously known for blending racing drama with real-life racing incidents and footage and then pushing the drama slider to the max.

For the past six years, they have given viewers high-quality footage of what happens behind the paddock, shown rivalries that even the racers didn’t know existed, and stirred the pot enough to create friction among people involved in the racing scene. Surprisingly, they have also given enough confidence to casuals to give opinions about races and drivers they otherwise have no clue about.

This year, we expect nothing different, other than the fact that we won’t get to see the iconic team principal Guenther Steiner, who left Haas to be replaced by Ayao Komatsu.

A new sports docu-series around F1 Academy is coming to Netflix!

The streamer just announced that F1: The Academy will be premiering this May, and will follow the young, female drivers battling it out over the 2024 F1 Academy season.

Reese Witherspoon‘s Hello Sunshine produces the series, and she celebrated the announcement by sharing the news on her Instagram story, writing, “Let’s start this race !”

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Here’s a synopsis, per Tudum: The seven-part series offers unprecedented access to the adrenaline, grit, and emotional turmoil on race day and beyond. At the center of it all is Susie Wolff, a former professional driver and now managing director of F1 Academy, and the first woman to participate in a Formula 1 weekend in 22 years. As one of the most respected women in motorsport, Wolff leads the new stable of women drivers with a rare blend...

Drive to Survive lives, breathes, and thrives on drama. From its very first season to the latest, the stakes have snowballed into grand proportions as the legacy and reputation of F1 team principals now comes into play.

Ironically, the series was always supposed to be about Formula 1 and its on-track racing. But Netflix quickly deduced that the real action unfolds behind the scenes and the races only held a fraction of the drama as compared to the seething age-old rivalry between the team bosses on the grid.

Drive to Survive [Credit: Netflix]

Now, with each progressive season of the documentary series, the fans get to witness the never-ending catfights between F1 veterans. As every team boss seems intent on taking their rivals down, the fights get dirtier and messier with time. As entertaining as the races may be, Drive to Survive has now shifted most of its narrative focus on the...

We here at Tubefilter have written a lot about the continuing prevalence of sports content on social platforms, streaming, and traditional TV. As broadcast and linear TVs’ market share continues to decline, sports content viewership has remained strong–and sports are finding deeper connections with passionate audiences on platforms like YouTube and Reddit, too.

But while we’ve mostly focused on sports like golf and basketball, there’s been a sleeper roaring in the wings: Formula 1.

If you’ve been in digital fandom spaces at all, you’ll know Formula 1–the international, ultra high speed, single-seater motor car races–experienced a massive resurgence during Covid, with much of that fresh traffic generated by hit Netflix documentary Drive to Survive. The U.S. fanbase alone now comprises over 45 million people.

And the demographic where it’s seeing the most growth? 16- to 24-year-old girls.

In fact, Formula 1is making tracks...

The Formula 1 stars were out in full force for the F1 75 Live launch event held at The O2 Arena on Tuesday night (February 18) in London.

All 10 F1 teams and 20 drivers – Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso, Gabriel Bortoleto, George Russell, Isack Hadjar, Jack Doohan, Kimi Antonelli, Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Liam Lawson, Max Verstappen, Nico Hulkenberg, Oliver Bearman, Oscar Piastri, Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda – were in attendance!

Along with their Team Principles and others, the teams unveiled what their 2025 F1 cars will look like.

The night was hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, and featured performances by Machine Gun Kelly, Kane Brown, Take That, Are We Dreaming and Tems.

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The 2025 Formula 1 season is starting in just a few weeks. This year’s first race is the Australian Grand Prix on March 16th in Melbourne, Australia.

Known for portraying empowered female characters on-screen, Reese Witherspoon is now venturing to highlight women in the world of Formula 1 racing with Netflix. The streaming giant is currently working on a new sports documentary following the success of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, which shared insight into the lives of drivers and races of the Formula 1 World Championship.

Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Credit: YouTube/Netflix

The new documentary, however, will shift its focus on Formula 1’s women-only developmental division, F1 Academy, which was founded by Formula 1 in late 2022 and aims to nurture female drivers who can ascend the ranks of the sport.

Reese Witherspoon Teams Up with Netflix for Female-Led Sports Documentary

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon‘s Hello Sunshine is producing a new docuseries with Netflix titled, F1 Academy. Initially announced in 2023, the docuseries is now in development and is scheduled to premiere on Netflix in 2025.

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Netflix is delving deeper into the world of Formula 1 racing, with an assist from Reese Witherspoon.

Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing a docuseries called F1 Academy, which will chronicle the women-only developmental division of the racing circuit. The series is currently in production and is slated to premiere in 2025.

F1 Academy will join Formula 1: Drive to Survive in Netflix’s stable of sports-doc programming.

“We started Hello Sunshine to change the narrative for women, and [managing director] Susie Wolff and F1 Academy are doing just that by creating new opportunities in the thrilling world of motorsport,” Witherspoon said in a statement. “As these dynamic and fearless drivers break barriers behind the wheel, we are excited to partner with Netflix to tell the stories of these powerhouse leaders. What we know is that when we put women at the center, people show up to watch.”

Formula 1 founded F1 Academy in...

The female drivers of Formula 1’s F1 Academy have a docuseries about them currently in the works at Netflix courtesy of Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine

Variety has learned exclusively that the docuseries, which was announced as being in development last year, is now in production will be available to stream globally on Netflix in 2025. No network or streamer was attached at the time of the original announcement.

“The multi-part, adrenaline-fueled series will give fans exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the all-women driving category, highlighting the drama of the races, as well as the personal stories and high stakes for the drivers, their teams, sponsors, and families involved, as they break barriers in one of the most demanding sports in the world,” the logline reads.

“We started Hello Sunshine to change the narrative for women, and Susie Wolff and F1 Academy are doing just that by creating new...

The female drivers of Formula 1’s F1 Academy will get the docuseries treatment.

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is partnering with Formula 1 on the docuseries, which will follow 15 female drivers across all 5 F1 Academy teams. “The docuseries will highlight the drama of the races, as well as the personal stories of these incredible drivers and the teams around them, as they break barriers in one of the most demanding sports in the world,” the logline reads.

It’s a format Formula 1 knows well, with the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive now in its 5th season. The still-untitled F1 Academy docuseries (which also does not yet have a TV or streaming home) will have a format similar to that of the Netflix series. Drive to Survive is sometimes credited with helping to drive interest and awareness in Formula 1.

Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine’s head of unscripted Sara Rea will executive...

Formula 1 is no stranger to live events, producing dozens of races around the world every year.

But this year, tied to its Miami Grand Prix, the Liberty Media-owned racing competition is trying out a new idea: A live sports, entertainment and business summit.

Called F1 Accelerate, the summit is a collaboration with Custom Events from WSJ, the commercial unit of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal, and will be held at the Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida on May 4, the day before the Miami Gp begins.

The world of entertainment will be well-represented at the invitation-only summit, with Top Gun: Maverick filmmakers Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski set to discuss their upcoming F1 movie starring Brad Pitt, which will begin production this summer and be distributed by Apple.

In addition, Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden and Managing Director of F1 Academy Susie Wolff will discuss the...

The newly-formed Warner Bros Discovery Sports is launching The Power Of Sport, a cross-platform magazine show that will run for 18 weeks in Europe. Premiering May 4 on Eurosport 1, discovery+ and Eurosport’s digital platform, the show looks to take fans deeper into human stories and issues in a “bold and powerful” take on the sporting week.

The Power of Sport will feature interviews with global sports personalities, examine recent sports action, and feature a preview of the week of sport ahead, while also accessing Warner Bros Discovery Sports’ content archive to look back at iconic sporting moments.

Features in the coming weeks will be exclusive interviews with Janja Garnbret, the first-ever female to win an Olympic gold medal in Sport Climbing; Susie Wolff, CEO, ROKiT Venturi Racing, Formula E, who aims to motivate and inspire female talent to bring diversity in motorsport; Jonathan Rea, the winner of the most Superbike World...

The Warner Bros. Discovery Sports network is launching a cross-platform weekly sports show featuring leading names on May 4.

“The Power of Sport,” an 18-week magazine show, will look towards the week of sport ahead while also accessing Warner Bros. Discovery Sports’ archive to look back at some of the iconic sporting moments from the past.

Talent featured on the show will include Janja Garnbret, the first-ever female to win an Olympic gold medal in sport climbing; Susie Wolff, CEO, ROKiT Venturi Racing, Formula E, who aims to motivate and inspire female talent to bring diversity in motorsport; six-time Superbike world champion Jonathan Rea; three-time Mxgp world champion Tim Gajser; two-time Speedway Grand Prix World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik; world Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu; and Stephen Roche, 1987 Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and world championship winner.

The show will be narrated by emerging voices including Warner Bros. Discovery Sports golf presenter Henni Koyack,...

Author, producer and founder of the Phenomenal, Meena Harris will lead a new documentary film “In Her Element.”

The 30-minute film, from Reese Witherspoon’s media company Hello Sunshine and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, features three female pioneers using technology to advance their fields while inspiring the next generation of women to join them in breaking through barriers. Harris will lead the conversations, and joining her are Aisha Bowe, a rocket scientist, Laura Escudé, a music engineer, and Susie Wolff, team principal for a professional racing team.

Emmy-winner Kate Kunath is on board to direct. Harris will lead the discussions about the impact of the women’s work, how they advanced their careers and where they are going next. The film seeks to encourage others to follow their dreams, even when they lie outside the norm, and shows what’s possible when a woman believes in herself.

“Hosting conversations with these...