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Formula 1: boycotted by Verstappen, does Netflix's Drive to survive series too distort the reality of the paddock?

2021-10-23T05:17:48.403Z


DECRYPTION - The Dutchman refuses to contribute to the production of Netflix. An attitude that contrasts with the grid even if the other drivers recognize that the program is (too?) Scripted.


The series

Drive to survive

does it take too many liberties to narrate the scenes in the paddock?

Since 2019, the Netflix program has met with worldwide success which has greatly benefited the entire ecosystem of the discipline by increasing the popularity of the World Championship with an audience that was not necessarily fond of motorsports.

Small murderous sentences, intense rivalries, intrigues within the paddock, the three seasons (30 episodes) already in the box have shown Formula 1 from a completely new angle with strong and assumed editorial choices even if the last livery did a little less. unanimity among the public.

"I'm not really the type to do dramaturgy, I just want facts and real things"

Max Verstappen

This script for the series does not appeal to everyone.

Before the United States Grand Prix, Max Verstappen, thus confided in an interview with

Associated Pres

s that he no longer addressed the film crews with a view to season 4 in particular, believing that the imposed storytelling does not didn't suit him.

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I understand that this has to be done

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Source: lefigaro

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