The best car documentaries to satisfy your need for speed when you can't get behind the wheel

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• With motorsport and car enthusiast meetups currently on pause, automotive enthusiasts are finding it hard to take solace in their favorite hobby.
• Thankfully, there are a number of great documentaries available to stream at home to help pass the time with compelling stories, stunning visuals, and accounts of historic events.
• Whether you love motorsport, engineering, or just fast cars, we've rounded up five of the best automotive documentaries to satisfy your need for speed.

Fans of all things automotive vary in the depth of their obsession. Some simply want to watch pretty cars drive fast while others want every aspect of their favorite racing team's pit strategy. Thankfully, there are plenty of great documentaries out there to satisfy just about every level of automotive passion.

Documentaries are a great way of delving into specific areas of motorsport and car culture. They're packed with stories behind historic events, the inner workings of an automaker's operation, and the people who became legends in their field. Often times, they're about normal people that just happen to love cars.

If you're stuck at home and need a way to scratch that particular automotive itch, or if you simply want to see beautiful cars roar across your screen, here are the top five automotive documentaries currently streaming.