Kaya Scodelario’s character, Laura Harrison, is fictional
Narrative
Fictional miniseries based on the life of Ayrton Senna da Silva, the Brazilian racing legend who won the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship three times. She is based on journalists who covered Ayrton Senna’s career.
She is also fluent in Brazilian Portuguese
Scodelario’s family is also Brazilian, from Senna’s home state of São Paulo. The first races of Senna’s career 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
Well, right now, it’s the best biographical series on the streaming service Netflix with its Brazilian counterpart in the bullseye! The acting is great, the storytelling is so accurate that it’s like you’re there in that moment.
I had so many flashbacks watching the iconic races and it brought me back in time
I was and still am a Senna fan, and I cried a lot when he died, because for many people I never watched a single F1 race. To be clear, it’s a must watch for F1 fans and for Senna fans it’s a return to those moments that made us fall in love not only with the driver he was, but also with the human being.
As he always said, “it’s pure racing!”
He’s a Rolle Modell of an athlete and sportsman!