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Mercedes and Ferrari not part of F1 Netflix documentary: "Disservice to the fans"

16:53, 24 Feb 2019

byNicolás Quarles van Ufford

The Formula 1's documentary on Netflix is set to launch at the start of next month, but a glaring omission from the film are Mercedes and Ferrari, as the two teams didn't want to cooperate in the making of the documentary.

That means no Lewis Hamilton, no Sebastian Vettel, and no Mercedes or Ferrari, the sport's two best and most popular teams. Executive producer Paul Martin explains why.

"Mercedes and Ferrari wanted to operate under different terms to the rest of the teams, and us, as producers, and Netflix as the broadcasting platform, didn't feel comfortable with that," he told The Telegraph.

"It was going to be all-or-nothing and if those terms were good enough for the eight other teams, it should have been good enough for Mercedes and Ferrari, too.

"My view is that they did a slight disservice to the fans and the sport by not taking part."

The documentary will be available from March 8th. It will contain of 10 episodes.