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The Seat

2025 · 0h 41m · Documentary · United Kingdom · Rated 12 (GB)

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'The Seat' is an unprecedented inside look that led to a once-in-a-generation driver change in Mercedes and F1 history. It reveals the private conversations that led the Mercedes team and Toto Wolff, its Team Principal and CEO, to its decision to promote 18-year-old Italian-born Kimi Antonelli to a Formula 1 Driver, making him the third-youngest rookie in the sport's history. The film follows Kimi, in the lead up to his first Formula 1 season as he takes on his destiny.

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Kyle Thrash
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Kimi Antonelli, Toto Wolff, Peter "Bono" Bonnington, Bradley Lord
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