To coincide with the 1000th Formula 1 Grand Prix on 14 April 2019 in China, Canal+ is releasing a ground-breaking documentary reliving the 100th, 200th and subsequent races with incredible archive footage, enriched by the testimonies of the drivers, race directors and close friends who took part in these events.

A look back at the eventful life of Niki Lauda. The documentary tells of Lauda's childhood, his meteoric career in motorsport, marked by his dramatic accident and his unique comeback, right up to the end of his racing career, as well as Niki Lauda's reorientation as a pilot, airline manager and clever entrepreneur.

Juan Manuel Fangio was the Formula One king, winning five world championships in the early 1950s — before protective gear or safety features were used.

Top Gear will pay tribute to Queen of the Nürburgring Sabine Schmitz, who died last month aged 51, with a half-hour special reuniting current and former Top Gear hosts and guests.

In 2014 Formula 1 introduces one of the biggest technical changes in the history of the competition, the new V6 Turbo engines. From now cars will be hybrid, combining combustion and electrical energy in the power train. The team which did the best job, adapting their cars to the new regulations was Mercedes. Both drivers of the team, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are the only drivers with chances to win the 2014 Formula 1 championship. Both are friends since many years, when they were childrens, but now they have to fight on track every race to conquer the glory in Formula 1. This is the story of a new rivalry between old friends: Lewis Hamilton vs Nico Rosberg. This the origin of The Silver War.

For a second year in a row, the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team have done a fantastic job, building a very fast F1 car for the Formula One 2015 season. The new Silver Arrow will be driven one more year by the same drivers line up: Nico Rosberg, from Germany and Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain. Both drivers are, once again, the title contenders for the drivers championship. Lewis Hamilton is the reigning champion, after a very intense duel down to the wire against his team mate, Nico Rosberg the previous season, in 2014. Nico Rosberg is prepared to fight against Lewis again .This time he expects to be the winner of that internal battle in Mercedes, rising the F1 drivers championship trophy at the end of the season in Abu Dhabi. This is the round two of a legendary battle between old friends and now rivals in Mercedes. This is Transition to The Silver War.

All the young drivers stepping up to the sport have impressive junior careers behind them – but Formula 1 is the toughest prospect any of them will ever have faced. Meet the rookies who join the grid this year.

'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.

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.