We had previously reported that actor Gabriel Leone is set to portray the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship thrice in 1988, 1990, and 1991, in the upcoming Netflix miniseries Senna. The streaming platform has announced the additional cast members.

Apart from Gabriel Leone and Kaya Scodelario, the series will also feature Christian Malheiros, Alice Wegmann, Gabriel Louchard, Hugo Bonemer, Pâmela Tomé, among others. The production for the show has begun in Brazil.

The upcoming series will portray the adventurous and triumph story of a Brazilian man who went on to become a national hero and conquered the world both on and off the Formula 1 track

Senna is backed by Gullane and supported by Ayrton's family. It will be helmed by Vicente Amorim and Julia Rezende. Vicente will also serve as show runner.

Senna is six episodes long and will focus on personal and professional life of Ayrton, tracing his triumphs, disappointments, joys and sorrows. It begins in the early days of Ayrton's motorsport career, when he moves to England to compete in the Ford Formula, concluding with the accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.