F1 Drive to Survive is a Netflix documentary series where each season follows the behind the scenes of a Formula 1 race year. Season 8 is on Apple TV and it covers the 2025 season.

The series is filmed in the year with interviews during the year and then is put together in time to air just before the next F1 season (in F1 one season ends and a couple months later the next season begins). So all the final results are known before they air the Drive to Survive season.

Each episode seems to have a theme. Episode one focused on the six rookie drivers in 2025 (out of a field of 20 drivers). There was one episode about Fernando Alonso who is the oldest driver. The last couple of episodes focused on the three drivers vying for the championship (though it was really one driver and two with a slight chance if the first driver had disaster strike which actually happened in the second to last race).

Interviews with drivers and owners and one commentator. I've heard there's a bit of re-enactment since the film crews are not there for every big moment.

I guess my biggest issue is that there is no through-line with respect to the racers. Episode one focuses on the new drivers but after that episode you might see something on one or two but by the end of the series you don't know how they did. Same for Fernando Alonso. It's a little different for the teams since the series tends to focus more on the two three or four teams so that seems a bit more of a story.

Overall I found the season ok. I suppose since there are a low number of personalities and it's mostly the same people one year to the next it kind of builds up as you watch more seasons. I don't think I'll bother to watch previous seasons on Netflix.