The Seat (2025)
'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.
Director: Kyle Thrash
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli as Self |
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Toto Wolff as Self |
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Peter "Bono" Bonnington as Self |
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Bradley Lord as Self |
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Gwen Lagrue as Self |
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James Allison as Self |
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Amy Walker as Self |
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Sergi Àvila as Self |
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Marco Antonelli as Self |
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Veronica Pomaro as Self |
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Laura Winter as Self |
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Alex Jacques as Self |
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Oliver Bearman as Self (uncredited) |
| Directing | Kyle Thrash | Director |
| Production | Meghan Walsh | Producer |
| Crew | Patrick Golan | Cinematography |
| Production | Jeremy Barrett | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Stephen Plesniak | Line Producer |
| Writing | Jennifer Sims | Story Supervisor |
| Camera | Patrick Golan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gabriel Cullen | Editor |
| Editing | Mark Imgrund | Editor |
| Editing | F. Michael Young | Editor |
| Editing | Nicholas McGregor | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ean Carlson | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Giosuè Greco | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Stephen G. Cowan | Post Production Producer |
| Production | Susan Toombs | Post Production Producer |
| Production | Conor Schlosser | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Kiersten Johnson | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Editing | Johanna Sims | Archival Footage Research |
| Writing | Anaïs Gude | Story Developer |
| Visual Effects | Cameron Mcmanus | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Matt Lathrom | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Matt Lathrom | Visual Effects |
| Production | Stacey Reiss | Executive Producer |