F1 Academy\u2019s Netflix series\u00a0F1: The Academy is set to launch globally on 28 May 2025, produced by Hello Sunshine, actor Reese Witherspoon\u2019s production company.<\/p>\n
The docuseries follows F1 Academy\u2019s all-female grid through the 2024 season, allowing viewers to go behind the scenes in the paddock and glimpse the personal lives of the talented female driver base.<\/p>\n
F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff is an executive producer of the series for F1 and said upon the series\u2019 announcement: \u201cTo have the F1 Academy docuseries launch globally with Netflix is not just a huge step forward in visibility for our mission, but also a resounding statement about the momentum and demand for women\u2019s sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to inspire and empower the next generation of young women, and Netflix will open up F1 Academy to a global audience of existing and future fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans have already been offered snippets of what\u2019s to come through the drivers\u2019 social media, such as Bianca Bustamante<\/a> and Maya Weug<\/a> who posted about the series to their Instagram pages.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Weug took the film crew around Ferrari\u2019s Maranello base as the Scuderia\u2019s first-ever female driver academy member.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The series forms part of a huge marketing push for F1 Academy, which has helped increase the championship\u2019s visibility since its inception in 2023.<\/p>\n This includes the backing of the 10 F1 teams and numerous large brands, such as TAG Heuer and Charlotte Tilbury, from the start of 2024, and the increased number of cars on the grid for 2025 – from 15 to 18.<\/p>\n