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The Seat

7.5 2025 41mPG
Documentary

'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.

Directed by Kyle Thrash

VISUAL ARCHIVE

Selected stills from the film

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CAST

The people behind the story

Kimi Antonelli
Kimi AntonelliSelf
Toto Wolff
Toto WolffSelf
Peter "Bono" Bonnington
Peter "Bono" BonningtonSelf
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Bradley LordSelf
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Gwen LagrueSelf
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James AllisonSelf
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Amy WalkerSelf
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Sergi ÀvilaSelf
CURATED SCREEN

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