Factual

Filming underway in Imola on international docuseries revisiting the investigation that changed Formula 1 forever.
The production team behind global factual hit Air Crash Investigation, known in Italy as Indagini ad Alta Quota, is in Italy for Senna: The Legacy, a new international docuseries examining the complex investigation that followed Ayrton Senna’s fatal crash at Imola on May 1, 1994.

The three-part, 60-minute series was created by GJ Squarcia and is produced by his company Inside Man Films in partnership with Cineflix, the production and distribution company associated with the international success of Air Crash Investigation, alongside Canadian producers Content3 and  Yap Films.

The co-production agreement was signed during the Berlin International Film Festival, while filming in Italy began in Imola in July.

Canadian filmmaker Tim Wolochatiuk, who has directed more than 100 episodes of Air Crash Investigation, is directing the series. With Senna: The Legacy, the investigative factual approach developed through the long-running aviation franchise is being applied to one of the most debated and traumatic accidents in the history of motorsport.

The series has been commissioned by Discovery Latin America and Bell Media/Crave in Canada, with Cineflix Media handling distribution across other territories. The international release is scheduled for December 2026.

As part of the production in Imola, the team has scanned the only surviving example of Senna’s Williams car, creating a 3D model that will be used to reconstruct the final moments before the crash and examine the possible technical causes behind the accident.

More than three decades after the tragedy, several theories surrounding the crash continue to be discussed, ranging from the failure of a modified steering column to aerodynamic loss, a possible tyre problem or driver error.
Senna: The Legacy reopens the case using advanced technology, previously unseen testimony and additional material from the investigation, with the aim of reassessing the evidence surrounding the moments that permanently changed Formula 1 and global motorsport.

The series will examine some of the central questions that emerged in the aftermath of the accident, including data from the car’s black boxes, missing onboard-camera footage, track conditions, the role of the safety car, technical theories concerning the steering column and the lengthy legal proceedings that followed Senna’s death.