Overview
- ARD said the four-part series will be available in the ARD Mediathek from October 22 and the first two episodes will be broadcast on Das Erste late on October 28.
- The films were written and directed by BR author Andreas Troll and combine a career retrospective with intimate interviews that include Vettel himself.
- High-profile contributors named by ARD include Lewis Hamilton, former Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko, Green politician Robert Habeck, and Vettel’s parents Heike and Norbert.
- The documentary foregrounds Vettel’s personal reflections, including his comment that self-doubt drove him, and examines how he began to question traditional measures of success.
- ARD frames the series to reach both sports viewers and deeper-profile audiences by releasing it first on the Mediathek and scheduling a late-night TV slot after a DFB-Pokal match, and the films also probe the public response to Vettel’s environmental engagement and move toward family life.