Hit Netflix F1 Drive to Survive show added to new streaming platform

Drive to Survive

Hit Netflix F1 Drive to Survive show added to new streaming platform

Season eight is currently gripping viewers

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Saturday 28 February 2026 14:54 Updated: 15:36

A new partnership means that F1's hit series Drive to Survive will be shown on Apple TV.

Netflix's hit docuseries is now into its eighth season, having been running since 2019, and season eight is available to watch on the streaming platform from now, having been released on Friday, February 27.

It documents the thrilling 2025 season which saw a three-way championship battle between Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, with the show set to reveal some behind-the-scenes juice from the drivers and teams.

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While the new series is only eight episodes long rather than the usual 10, it is as popular as ever with fans, and that can be seen by the focus on improving the accessibility of the series to new audiences.

For the first time, as well as being shown on Netflix, season eight is also available to watch on Apple TV after a new partnership was announced between the streaming platforms.

Apple TV's influence within F1 has been growing since the success of the F1 movie last year, and they are even helping to bring select races to the big screen in the US in 2026 through a partnership with IMAX.

Drive to Survive is only available on Apple TV for US-based users of the streaming service, while Netflix's offering can be viewed across the globe with a Netflix account.

For Netflix and Apple TV users across the pond, they will also be able to stream the F1 2026 Canadian Grand Prix live throughout the sprint race weekend between May 22 and May 24.

Hamilton missing from Drive to Survive

There is one key admission from the latest season of Netflix's Drive to Survive, with no sit-down interview with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. There's not even any particular insight given into his immense struggles in his first season with Ferrari.

Episode 6 (titled ‘The Duel’) does show the Mercedes vs Ferrari battle and the rivalry between team-mates, but Hamilton’s own personal struggles only get a very light touch during this episode.

Considering the seven-time world champion didn't secure a single grand prix podium in 2025, and finished 86 points behind team-mate Charles Leclerc, that's quite a surprise.

Hamilton's own post-race interviews throughout the season were pretty blockbuster in themselves, with the Brit even at one stage suggesting that his team should replace him.

Fellow world champions Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso also only speak in footage which was already publicly available, either TV or media interviews, rather than a sit-down interview with the Netflix crew for the series that previously won an Emmy for outstanding documentary series.

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