Between every type of Formula One, motorcycle or even anthropomorphic talking car, there are really only two types of modern racing films — drastically different under the hood, even while sounding pretty much the same on the surface: racing movies, and movies about racing.
And while it might seem counterintuitive, the latter camp is usually worse off, simply for focusing on the thing we’re all here for. Because outside of the somewhat routinely successful documentaries (like McLaren, Senna and Weekend of a Champion) or older features (like Le Mans, which shows nearly 40 minutes of Steve McQueen driving before the first
