Ayrton Senna was arguably the greatest racing driver to ever get behind the wheel of a car. He was a prodigious talent who tore up every formula he entered. He was mesmerizing to watch as he coaxed performance after performance out of his cars. In the wet, he just seemed to go even faster. He was world champion three times but was poised for many, many more.
Then, one fateful day in 1994 in San Marino, Italy, his life was tragically cut short.
His life has already been the subject of a 2010 documentary film Senna, directed by Asif Kapadia and produced by StudioCanal, Working Title Films, and Midfield Films.
Netflix has been working on a six-episode limited series about the legend also called Senna. Gabriel Leone takes on the lead role of the Brazilian legend. Alice Wegmann, Kaya Scodelario, Pâmela Tomé, Julia Foti, Camila Mardila, Johannes Heinrichs and Leon Ockenden also star.
Senna will cover all his major life events from moving to England to compete in Formula Ford, through his rise up the ranks of Formula One, up until his tragic accident in Italy.
Vicente Amorim serves as showrunner and co-director, alongside Julia Rezende. Fabiano Gullane and Caio Gullane produce with the support of the driver’s family. Now a full trailer has been released:
Gustavo Bragança, Alvaro Campos, Gustavo Bragança, Rafael Spínola, Thais Falcão and Alvaro Mamute wrote the script.
The series premieres November 29th only on Netflix.