I watched the first half last night and you're right that it doesn't seem to tell us anything new. However it is interesting to watch as a retrospective - it's been a long time since I've had any interest in F1 so it was great for me to see all these figures / drivers from the past.

He was clearly no stranger to cheating to get his way. What did surprise me (couldn't remember what was said at the time) was why he was thrown out of the '97 championship for taking out Villeneuve when he'd effectively done exactly the same thing in '94 to Hill to potentially rob him of the title. As far as I could see he pulled the same manoeuvre.

The interview with Hill was good though - Surprisingly honest to at least leave it hanging as to whether he'd have done the same thing if he had the one point lead...

yeah, I really liked to see those familiar faces I followed in 90s, some of them aged very good considering it is two decades (I'm actually surprised all those team managers/bosses are still alive), stopped following F1 in mid 00s I think when it got way too boring, Moto GP is more interesting but could not get really interested in it as I was with F1 watching even qualification and watching F1 with superior commentary on ORF/RTL

He did same thing to Hill, maybe that's why years later they finally decided to give him a lesson, I really disliked him through all his time and was fan of Hill, Villeneuve and others, not so much Hakkinen, with Mercedes and later Ferrari races got very boring, it was basically about who pump more money into R&D will win and racer ain't that important anymore, they should really all get exactly same stock car and then I would watch it again maybe

I probably stopped watching it a bit before you - the key episode for me was when Coulthard pulled on the breaks on the home straight to let Hakkinen win on what I think was the first race of the season (sure it was Australia). Funnily enough, despite his coolness I quite liked Hakkinen before that - and Coulthard - and know there have always been team orders to an extent, but I just couldn't watch it after that. It became completely broken to me.

Which was a shame because I had been really into it - loved it when we got bad whether and certain drivers got to shine rather than just the machine. But you're right about the tech - even by that stage there were certain GPs were there was maybe just one straight on the entire circuit where overtaking was possible! It was becoming a procession.

It's funny and maybe a bit of a shame but I've no idea how good Hamilton really is - I think he now has the record number of World Championships but I've really no idea who he's racing or whether what he's achieved stands up to Schumacher. Love him or hate him I think his achievements in his era, with a stack of quality drivers / champions competing, and dragging Ferrari out of the dirt so to speak, is still unsurpassed.

If you want to see a good documentary that involves F1, watch Senna.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424432/

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/58496-senna