Sakhir, Bahrain – Purple Bull driver Sergio Perez doubts he will likely be concerned within the upcoming season of the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive after saying the newest film “might have gone too far” within the pleasure of the 2023 F1 season.
After its launch on March 11, the newest collection of Drive to Survive has topped Netflix’s listing of most-watched reveals in 33 international locations.
Now in its fourth season, the documentary has helped construct F1’s reputation in the USA and usher in a brand new wave of followers for the game in a lot of international locations.
Nevertheless, criticism has been directed on the collection for creating drama and inventing a rivalry between drivers that doesn’t exist in actual life.
Perez mentioned the uncooked materials for the 2023 season ought to have been sufficient by itself to create entertaining viewing with out having to brighten the storylines.
“I actually thought they’d the most effective season in Method One [to work with] “I really feel they might have missed a bit within the story and the best way they offered it,” Perez mentioned forward of the opening race for the 2023 season in Bahrain.
“They tried to create numerous drama, which the season really had — the season had sufficient drama, you realize?
“Perhaps they went too far final season. I believed it could be the most effective season, however fairly frankly I did not end. [watching] He. She.”
Perez mentioned he filmed extensively with Netflix in his native Mexico final 12 months, however was disillusioned to find that the time he allotted to the documentary wasn’t represented within the closing clip.
“Yeah, frankly, I did quite a bit for them final 12 months,” he added. “This 12 months, I am undoubtedly not going to do a lot. It is numerous media [to commit to]! So if I can get away with that and do much less media I’ll.”
Max Verstappen, Perez’s teammate at Purple Bull, who gained the title final 12 months, has determined not to participate within the filming of Netflix in 2023.
In an interview with the BBC earlier this week, he mentioned the newest collection had a “pretend” rivalry, together with one between his McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, which is the premise for episode two.
“I watched a few episodes, however wasn’t too impressed,” Verstappen mentioned. “It is none of my enterprise, rigging competitions.
“Lando and Daniel are two nice individuals I do know – they’ve actually nice personalities and within the second episode they appear to be not very pleasant with one another, which is not true for me and that is why I am not part of it.”
