What does it take to manage a race team? What does it take to race in a highly competitive racing series? How hard is it to balance a career in motorsports with your personal life?
“First to the Finish,” a new docuseries coming to Prime covers just that.
The six-part series follo…
Perfect timing. I just finished up a different series, and was looking for the next thing to watch.
In reply to Colin Wood :
Same here! I now know what my nightly routine will be.
In reply to Paris Van Gorder :
I'm also looking forward to the F1 Academy docuseries coming to Netflix (I think?).
I'll have to check again when that's coming out.
Lyn St. James provides a nice write up.
I recall announcer John Hindaugh saying Shea Adam was no longer in the pits with IMSA, and that she was in "Mazda's employ."
I'm canceling my Netflix soon. I'll still have Prime, though, so add this to the watch list!
Pretty stoked to watch this. Thanks for bringing light to it, Colin!
What makes Drive to survive interesting is the rivalry. The stories of competing drivers and teams and explaining the what is going on in their heads. Even when they do back of the pack stories its still about the competition within the team or with other drivers. After watching ep1, it feels like they were trying to do Drive to Survive in editing style, but chose to instead just follow HAAS or Sauber for some reason. D2S suffered a bit from access problems in s1 too, but did a better job. They should have done spots on drivers Sally is typically competing with as well so they can focus on those relationships. Maybe they'll get there in future episodes.
Watched the first three installments today. Not bad. Shea Holbrook provides some insight on team ownership, and the featured drivers share the ups and downs of being newer to the series and the learning curve, working with other drivers and maybe not.
Holbrook said the drivers pay to be in the teams. I wonder what a ballpark figure for that amount would be?
Coniglio Rampante said:Watched the first three installments today. Not bad. Shea Holbrook provides some insight on team ownership, and the featured drivers share the ups and downs of being newer to the series and the learning curve, working with other drivers and maybe not.
Holbrook said the drivers pay to be in the teams. I wonder what a ballpark figure for that amount would be?
I think it's around $150,000 per season for a top tier effort.
I was looking forward to this, but so far it's been a little disappointing. Lots of unrealized potential, and too much emphasis on drama. They haven't even really discussed how MX-5 Cup is a spec series and that the cars are basically identical... the core thing that makes it a driver showcase, and they've barely mentioned it in passing a couple of times.
Shea Holbrook talking about the series from a team owner's perspective has been the best of it so far. Very little discussion of cars, tracks and driving and how the drivers go about improving their craft and performance. Sebring is bumpy, Laguna is dangerous, and Hadley's seat doesn't fit is about as deep as it gets...
I hope the last 3 episodes improve... this could be a really inspirational series for young racers, and not just females. There's so much more for them to cover than just the drama between the drivers.
In reply to Rodan :
And we very well could see a shift in focus in the future, assuming the series does well.
It's always easier to sell drama like that to a board room of poeple.
In reply to CrashDummy :
Thanks.
In reply to Colin Wood :
I sure hope so, because I'd really like to see it succeed. And I fully realize that I'm probably not the target demographic.
Just finished watching the last three episodes. I have to say even though it featured crying young women that crashed each other out, and other competitors, I preferred the series over the featured drama queens in F1's Drive to Survive.
If there's a season two in the works, I think a rookie like Westin Workman, who consistently competed in the top 10, may have had an interesting story to tell, as would a veteran like Gresham Wagner or Jared Thomas.
But for one season of the show, I didn't mind the focus being on the financial and professional struggles of drivers just trying to become consistent mid-pack finishers.
In reply to Rodan :
I made it through the first three, but by the fourth, I couldn't do it. The racing bits are cool, but the drama.. meh. I'm not sure who the intended audience is, but it's not me.
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