Film

The Seat

7.5202541mPGDocumentary

Age rating: PG
Director: Kyle Thrash
Year: 2025

Are we ready to make the call?

'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.

Top cast

Kimi Antonelli

Self

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

Self (uncredited)

Directed by

Kyle Thrash

Produced by

Meghan Walsh