They are go-getters and tacticians, sensitive and ruthless: the characters of the men and women who constantly live life at its limits, knowing that every competition could be their last one. With very personal interviews “Legends of Speed” not only describes the dramatic happenings on the race tracks, but also puts a light on the fears and the courage of the drivers and their relatives. Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Jackie Stewart or Alain Prost: all of them deal differently with the extreme sport “Formula One”. But they all have one thing in common: the will to win, to be faster than the rest - at nearly any cost. This series also examines the masterly performances of the engineers and their fails and show how slight the difference between victory and defeat can be.