F1 Netflix collection ‘in all probability gone too far’ in 2021 season

SAKHIR, Bahrain — Pink Bull driver Sergio Perez doubts he’ll take part within the subsequent season of the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive after saying the newest one had “in all probability gone too far” in dramatizing the 2021 F1 season.

After it was launched on March 11, the newest collection of Drive to Survive topped Netflix’s record of most watched programmes in 33 nations.

Now in its fourth season, the documentary has helped construct F1’s recognition in the US and introduced a brand new wave of followers to the game in quite a lot of nations.

Nonetheless, criticism has been levelled on the collection for manufacturing drama and inventing rivalries between drivers that don’t exist in actual life.

Perez stated the uncooked materials of the 2021 season ought to have been sufficient by itself to create entertaining viewing with out the necessity to embellish storylines.

“I actually thought that that they had the most effective season in Method One [to work with] and I really feel like they in all probability missed out a bit within the story and the way in which they introduced it,” Perez stated forward of the opening race of the 2022 season in Bahrain.

“They tried to create an excessive amount of drama, which the season already had — the season had sufficient drama, you already know?

“They’ve in all probability gone too far on this final season. I believed it was going to be the most effective season, however to be completely sincere I have not completed [watching] it.”

Perez stated he filmed extensively with Netflix in his native Mexico final 12 months, however was disillusioned to search out that the time he dedicated to the documentary was not represented within the ultimate minimize.

“Yeah, to be sincere I did a lot for them final 12 months,” he added. “This 12 months, I’m positively not going to do as a lot. It is loads of media [to commit to]! So if I can escape it and do much less media then I’ll.”

Perez’s Pink Bull teammate Max Verstappen, who received the title final 12 months, determined to not take part in Netflix filming in 2021.

In an interview with the BBC earlier this week, he stated the newest collection “faked” rivalries, together with one between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, which is the idea for the second episode.

“I watched two episodes, however I used to be not very impressed,” Verstappen stated. “It is simply not my factor, faking rivalries.

“Lando and Daniel are two nice individuals I do know — they’ve actually nice characters and instantly on the second episode it appears like they aren’t very pleasant to one another, and for me that is not right and that is why I am additionally not part of it.”