Recently finished this in a couple of sittings. I thought it was rubbish. It was the kind rubbish that networks cobble together when someone has died unexpectedly and they feel the need to air something to get to viewer share.
I thought the documentary did nothing to show Michael as even a good F1 driver let alone great. It didn't touch on his remarkable drives or performances, his tenacity. His destruction of teammates and opposition. Sometimes in the wet be nearly a minute ahead of rivals. He'd bang out a series of qually laps to make the team's pit strategy work, finishing 2nd whilst stick in 5th gear etc..
It didn't include any insight into his driving. It is documented elsewhere that he asked for a speedo in the car, because RPMs would be different depending on gear ratios. Why not more on unusually things like this. It is said that Irvine was a better benchmark for testing the Ferrari as Michael would drive around various issues. Rosberg has provided insight on how Michael played mid games and demoralised opponents.
There was also nothing about him motorcycle racing and his neck injury preventing a return in 2009 and still hampering him when he joined Mercedes.
The rivalries and battles were glossed over. A little on Hill, a little on Mika, nothing at all on Fernando. The mis-deeds could have been looked into a little too. The one with Hill actually looks more like a racing incident from the footage and Hill's own commentary of it, but clearly the one with Jaques wasn't.
Also, everyone spoke in their native language apart from Mikka, and Flav. I can understand that no-one wants to hear Finish
but we already had Italian, so why didn't Flav speak Italian. It seemed wired. What was Webber doing it?
Overall I'd give it a 2/5
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