“Resumption of hostilities.”
This Friday, February 23, the new season of “
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
” arrives on Netflix.
On the program: action, rivalries, disappointments... Everything that made this documentary series successful.
Hamilton, Norris, Alonso... All are present in the trailer which has just been revealed by the streaming platform.
Even the young Nyck de Vries, ousted during the season.
Only the triple world champion,
Max Verstappen
, is missing.
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It was on his rivalry with Daniel Ricciardo, his former teammate at Redbull, that the series focused its first intrigues.
After three seasons where he responded to interviews with the Netflix team, Max Verstappen chose to move away.
He made a brief return in season 5, but the latest trailer shows that the 26-year-old Dutchman is not decided to return in front of the cameras.
An observation that will not surprise you.
Speaking to Motorsport.com,
he “wouldn’t change his mind”
about the series.
“They created certain rivalries from scratch”
Max Verstappen on “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” in 2021
Already not fond of the media, Max Verstappen never appreciated the way he was represented in the first seasons of “Drive to Survive”. “
They created some rivalries from scratch that don't really exist,”
he said. it in October 2021 from
The Associated Press
.
“
I try to build my image, just by being myself.
With a show like that, they can portray me however they want just because they want to, and I don't want to be a part of that.
If I don't participate, they will have nothing to show
,” he added.
“As if Max Verstappen didn’t exist”
This absence did not escape the fans of “Formula 1” who reacted on social networks after the discovery of the first images of the sixth season.
For some, Max Verstappen's decision is clear, for others, the absence of the pilot would be a deliberate choice by Netflix.
“Max is not in the teaser or on the promotional posters... If he really refused to participate, I wonder how Netflix will stage his nineteen victories..."
, we can read .
“
#F1
has published the posters for season 6 of Drive to Survive… without Max Verstappen!”,
or even:
“If we just rely on this trailer, it’s as if Max Verstappen didn’t exist ( ...)»