Reese Witherspoon, Netflix Team for ‘F1 Academy’ Series

Netflix is delving deeper into the world of System 1 racing, with an help from Reese Witherspoon.

Witherspoon’s Hey Sunshine is producing a docuseries known as F1 Academy, which can chronicle the women-only developmental division of the racing circuit. The sequence is at the moment in manufacturing and is slated to premiere in 2025.

F1 Academy will be part of System 1: Drive to Survive in Netflix’s steady of sports-doc programming.

“We began Hey Sunshine to vary the narrative for ladies, and [managing director] Susie Wolff and F1 Academy are doing simply that by creating new alternatives within the thrilling world of motorsport,” Witherspoon stated in a press release. “As these dynamic and fearless drivers break limitations behind the wheel, we’re excited to companion with Netflix to inform the tales of those powerhouse leaders. What we all know is that after we put girls on the heart, folks present as much as watch.”

System 1 based F1 Academy in late 2022 and ran its inaugural season final yr. The intention is to develop youthful girls drivers who can then transfer up by means of the ranks of the game. Wolff, a former skilled driver, heads this system.

“We wish to be the rocket gasoline that drives feminine participation in our sport, each on and off the monitor,” Wolff stated. “To have the F1 Academy docuseries launch globally with Netflix is not only an enormous step ahead in visibility for our mission, but additionally a powerful assertion concerning the momentum and demand for ladies’s sport. We wish to encourage and empower the following era of younger girls, and Netflix will open up F1 Academy to a worldwide viewers of current and future followers.”