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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Wendy Ide

Crash and Burn review – ugly side of Formula One

‘Troubled’: Tommy Byrne in Crash and Burn.
‘Troubled’: Tommy Byrne in Crash and Burn.

This documentary about the rise and fall of Tommy Byrne, a talented but troubled also-ran on the motor racing circuit, is most interesting for the insight it gives into the ugly, elitist attitudes in Formula One. But unlike Asif Kapadia’s Senna, there’s not much here to recommend the film to non-fans of the sport.

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