The success of Drive To Survive can't be denied. Over the past few years, it has enabled the drama of Formula 1 to be more accessible and greatly widened the range of people who pay attention to the sport. Online it might be derided as being an inaccurate portrayal of what really goes on during race day, altering radio conversations and using them at different times and often out of context to increase the drama.

As is to be expected Netflix is capitalizing on this success and in September 2021 will be releasing Schumacher, the biopic about one of F1's legends. Many new Formula 1 fans know the names of drivers like Mansell, Lauda, Senna and Schumacher but don't know their tales, this documentary is the latest in a long line of media that tells the tales from Formula 1's past.

But now with Schumacher's son, Mick beginning his career in Formula 1 this is a timely release that will surely only help the Schumacher racing dynasty in creating its next Driver's World Championship winner.

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The Format

The Formula1 Corner

Netflix documentaries lean heavily on testimony from individuals close to events. With access to the F1 paddock, Netflix must have connections to speak to those like Ross Brawn, Ralf Schumacher, and Eddie Jordan who enabled the driver to succeed on the track. Fortunately, a lot of footage of Schumacher's racing still exists, so the audience should expect to see his Benetons and Ferraris speeding around tracks, albeit in a 4:3 aspect ratio.

This older era of Formula 1 is characterized by the howl of the larger V10 and V12 engines that teams used before downsizing and hybridization became king of the regulations. But after his Skiing accident in 2013, Michael hasn't been heavily involved in public life; out of respect both for the man and his family it is expected that Netflix will have focused on his achievements on the track.

The documentary is listed on IMDB as being 1 hour and 52 minutes long. This is a break from the format set by Drive To Survive which has seen each Grand Prix become its own story.

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Humble Beginnings

The 1994 Benetton F1 car on display
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Schumacher became synonymous with Ferrari dominance in the early 2000s as he drove his way to seven world championships, a number that Hamilton has only tied with.

The driver's father was a bricklayer who funded Michael's pursuit of a karting license at the age of 12. He went on to win the German Karting Championship in 1984 and then progressed into the German Formula Ford series. Taking this conventional path through single-seater racing he found himself winning the Formula 3 Championship in 1990 before getting a chance to drive for Jordan in 1991 at Spa.

Under his team's advice, he drove in the World Sportscar Championship; proving himself to be more than just a one-trick pony he won this competition. But the driver found his first full season at Benneton, his best finish was in fifth and the season was dominated by Mansell in a Williams car. Schumacher took his first World Championship in 1994 with Beneton.

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The Red Baron

Ferrari F2002
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His namesake the World War 1 German fighter ace, like Schumacher, has mythical status. With them sharing a nationality and livery it was only so long that under the wing of Ferrari lead by Ross Brawn, that Schumacher would receive this title in his World Championship years. He drove for Ferrari between 1996 and 2006.

His first season with the team saw him disqualified for unsportsmanlike behaviour. But the team took four successive titles between 2000 and 2004.

In 2001, he took the title of a driver with the most wins away from Prost. But this period wasn't without issue for the Schumacher, as in 2002 he controversially overtook teammate Barracello under team orders on the final drive down the straight. Famously in 2005 during the United States Grand Prix, when cars needed to use tires for an entire race, only six cars took to the grid as they used Bridgestone over Michelin tires; the latter had safety issues. This race was Schumacher's sole win this season.

In 2006, he retired for the first time, as Fernando Alonso took the championship in Renault's car (the team was previously known as Benneton).

The Mercedes GP team formed out of the dust of Brawn GP and set the stage for Schumacher's return. But the first season back was tricky for the German. Brawn GP had put all their development into the 2009 Championship winning car and Mercedes GP started lower down the field than they would have hoped, The Red Baron finished the season in ninth alongside teammate Nico Rosberg who finished in seventh.

The 2011 season provided a much better car for the driver as he celebrated 20 years since his debut and he finished in eighth. The driver's final season came in 2012, where he took his only podium, in his second stint as a Formula 1 driver, at the British Grand Prix. He was replaced by Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton and so came the Silver Arrow's success. The audience should expect to see this tale play out but with some new twists along the way that provide an insight into the world of Formula 1.

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