Netflix announce Drive to Survive season 9

Here is some incredible news for anyone who lives for the paddock drama. Netflix has officially confirmed that Formula 1: Drive to Survive will return for Season 9, bringing cameras right back behind the scenes for the 2026 campaign.

Since it first dropped on the streaming platform in 2019, this show has turned into an absolute global phenomenon. Viewers everywhere have tuned in year after year to catch every single twist and turn unfolding both on the asphalt and away from the track.

Now, supporters are getting another guaranteed peek inside the paddock for the 2026 championship. And what a year it has been already, featuring massive storylines like the emergence of the youngest-ever title leader Kimi Antonelli, alongside a completely shifting pecking order as the development race shifts into high gear.

Box to Box Executive Producers James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin shared their enthusiasm for the continuation of the series. “We’re so excited to be making Season 9 of this iconic show,” they said. “This year we’re going to go deeper than ever before into the hidden spaces of this fantastic sport.”

While there is still a wait ahead before Season 9 actually lands on Netflix, the grid still has plenty of intense action waiting across the second half of the 2026 Formula 1 championship.