“We left no stone unturned in giving them the access and insight they needed – and the results, both the good and the not so good, are both revealing and compelling. “We were absolutely committed to opening every door for Amazon’s film crew as they followed us across our many months of preparation ahead of the 2017 Formula 1 season,” echoes Zak Brown, McLaren Executive Director. And McLaren and Honda are great champions.” “Instead, the team trusted Prime members to understand the mind-blowing complexity of modern Formula 1 and to recognize that all competitors take falls – but only great champions get up again, fight and win. “It’s no secret that this has been the most difficult season in McLaren’s history and it would have been easy for them to close the doors on us,” adds Executive Producer Manish Pandey. “Amazon customers will have a front row seat to the good and the bad-it will be unlike anything ever seen before in racing.”

“GRAND PRIX Driver provides Prime members unprecedented access to the McLaren-Honda team and its state-of-the-art facility and follows all facets of the team as it deals with a challenging 2017 season,” says Heather Schuster, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Originals. Challenges within the team will also be shown, including Alonso and his fierce drive to claim a third championship and new McLaren Executive Director Zak Brown’s quest for sponsorship in this expensive sport and the car build process, which involves the installation of the new Honda engine – something no team has previously allowed. GRAND PRIX Driver will take viewers through Vandoorne’s first few months with McLaren-Honda, including his grueling training regime, the launch of the new 2017 car and testing in Barcelona. After two tough years at the back of the grid, McLaren is hopeful that this is the year they will be back on the podium and they have promoted rookie driver Stoffel Vandoorne alongside two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to work towards this goal. GRAND PRIX Driver goes inside the highly secretive world of Formula 1 by offering never-before-granted access to the inner workings of the McLaren team. The four-part Formula 1 series, which is narrated by Michael Douglas, gives “unprecedented access” to the drivers, engineers and leaders of the legendary race team.

GRAND PRIX Driver, Amazon’s new McLaren documentary series, is on track for a February release.

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