I loved that documentary. But doggone it, the racing scenes were all quick cuts. I could barely focus on it before it cut to another view.
In the movie "Grand Prix", the greatest shot in it was one continuous shot of a lap in the Monaco race, from the driver's POV. No added music, just the engine sounds. I wish that documentary would add such a scene for each track.
I hated the documentary. It was entertaining I guess, but most things presented were blown way out of proportion for increasing the drama. And the wrong sounds were dubbed in for the cars, and the videos were edited in such a way to suggest things that outright did not happen (ex: The Mclaren mechanics laughing at Grosjean crashing).
This is quite sad, because there was a lot of legitimate on field drama last year, that they could have chosen to show instead. I'd even go so far as to say it was a mockumentary rather than a documentary.
Literally, the only good thing was that it seems to have been entertaining enough for a lot of people, that F1s viewership has increased quite a lot.
The other egregious edit was making it look like Grosjean shoved the cameraman in the pit lane. In reality he was reaching out to stop him from running into something (the cameraman was walking backwards)
That is a particularly good video of Leclerc's lap. I love that the telematics on his steering wheel are visible as well, and you can get a real sense of the speed and the gear changes needed.
Yes, I like that too. The steering wheel displays are easy to see in night races. It's interesting to see what the different teams are doing with their steering wheels:
In the movie "Grand Prix", the greatest shot in it was one continuous shot of a lap in the Monaco race, from the driver's POV. No added music, just the engine sounds. I wish that documentary would add such a scene for each track.