26/29
She also speaks Brazilian Portuguese fluently
A fictional miniseries based on the life of Ayrton Senna da Silva, a Brazilian racing legend who won the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship three times. Kaya Scodelario’s character Laura Harrison is fictional. She is based on the journalists who covered Ayrton Senna’s career. In addition, Scodelario’s family is Brazilian, originally from Senna’s state of São Paulo.
Senna’s early career races in England are shown on a racetrack next to a mountain range
There are no mountains in England – especially Norfolk, which is famous for its flat landscape. I’m calling this show the FW16 of biopics because, like the car in which Senna died, it was good, but, um…well, first the positives. . .
Overall, they got Senna’s uncompromising nature right, especially in their portrayal of his team managers
. . annoyance. The attention to detail was excellent; Watching the MP4/4 race gave me chills, but the shot of Senna alone in the briefing room at the end of Suzuka perfectly recreates the 1989 ITV shot.
I saw another reviewer say that their story was one-sided
. . . .
I agree, but then again, so what?
Fans who followed the 1989-93 horror would have been familiar with The French Connection if they didn’t completely believe its gospel truth. It’s clear that this is a performance by Senna fans, not Balestre apologists. Also, the scriptwriters could have paid attention to a few things: 1) Including Senna’s personal relationships with people like Gerhard Berger and Josef Leberer. went a long way to humanizing him; 2) they could have paid much more attention to the work Senna put into building the car – he had a reputation for providing his mechanics with feedback until he asked to go home; and 3) Donnington 1993 – I can’t believe they completely ignored the greatest single lap in all of F1 history.