The Seat

Are we ready to make the call?

Documentary

Release date: 5/5/2025

Overview

'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.

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Cast

Kimi Antonelli

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Toto Wolff

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Peter "Bono" Bonnington

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Bradley Lord

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Gwen Lagrue

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James Allison

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Amy Walker

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Sergi Àvila

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Marco Antonelli

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Veronica Pomaro

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Laura Winter

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Alex Jacques

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Oliver Bearman

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