Netflix announced today that Season 8 of Drive to Survive will be released on Feb. 27, arriving on Netflix alongside the previous seven seasons.

Netflix and the producers say Season 8 will offer behind-the-scenes access to the major storylines that shaped the 2025 F1 season. They say it will cover Lando Norris’s maiden drivers’ championship and McLaren’s constructors’ title, with Norris having edged Max Verstappen by two points after a title fight that went to the final race. The series will also address Lewis Hamilton’s first year at Ferrari, the dismissal of Christian Horner from Red Bull after about two decades, Nico Hülkenberg’s first F1 podium, and Oscar Piastri’s role in the title battle.

Netflix timed the release for about a week before the 2026 F1 season opens at the Australian Grand Prix, positioning the series as both a retrospective on 2025 and a promotional lead-in to the new campaign. Observers point to Drive to Survive’s role in growing F1’s global audience—citing attendance surges at races such as Austin, Miami and Las Vegas—and to related projects like the companion series F1: The Academy and the 2025 F1 film. Season 8 is expected to run about ten episodes of roughly 30 minutes to an hour each, continuing to blend on-track outcomes with off-track narratives that broaden mainstream interest in the sport.

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