Everything negative Max Verstappen has said about Netflix's F1 Drive to Survive
Verstappen on “fake rivalries”
Speaking at the 2021 Uni𝓀ted States Grand Prix, Verstappen explained his initial view about why he doesn’t want to partake in the series.
“I understand that it needs to be done to boost the popularity in Ameri🦄ca. But from my side as a driver, I don’t like being part of it.”
“They faked a few rivalries which they don’t really exist,” he said. “So I decided to not be a part of it and did not give any more interviews after that because then there is nothing you can show. I am not really a dramatic show kind of perܫson, I just want facts and real things to happen.”
“Probably in the Netflix show we will be. We one time bumpeꦡd int♐o each other walking, so probably that will be in there.”
Reference to the Kardashians
As part of his criticism of the seri⛄es, Verstappen compared it to entertainment series ‘Keeping up with 💧the Kardashians’.
"I'm sure we'll talk about it with Stefano [Domenicali]," Verstappen adde♏d. "But at the mome♌nt I'm not really interested to take part in it.
"It's also taking more time when we're already doing so many things. I saw the benefit initially of course you get more popul💎arity, but for me now I think you reach a st𓄧age where its a bit more like 'Keeping up with the F1 world' if you know my reference.
"I think it shouldn't be like that. It's better just to make a season review by F1 itself, that's why nicer to look at. But that's my opinion. Nobody needs to share my opinion. I just don't like to be a par🐓t of it."
“They made Norris look like a dic-”
Verstappen expanded further on his view about fake rivalries, citing an example of how they portrayed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo’s relationship at McLaren.
“For me personally, what I didn’t like and it’s 🀅𝔍not even about me, it was about Lando [Norris] and Daniel [Ricciardo], who I think are two great guys,” Verstappen explained.
“They’re really nice, first of all, and made it look like Lando was a bit of a di🐓c-, which he isn’t at all,” Verstappen said. “And again, you know, I think … I know Lando and I think many people know Lando as a funny guy, a great guy. He has a grea📖t character.
“And actually when you look at that episode, you real🎉ly think who is this guy? What the hell is going꧃ on?”
Unhappy with personal portrayal
The two-time wor𝓡ld champion also expressed his frustration about how he was shown in the earlier 🐓seasons.
“When you are new to th💦e sport and you’ve never seen a racing car or F1 car in general, they don’t like him [Norris],” he said. “And why should that be?
“Because he 𓃲is a great guy and you just immediately get a wrong picture of a person. And that’s exactly what I t💙hink happened to me in the beginning.
“I’m someone [that] when you ruin it from the start, you don’t fix it. That’s it, yo🐲u ruined it. So, that’s my stance and that’s how I’ll go forwards.”
Making his return for the new season
The 168澳洲幸运5官🍃方开奖结果历史:Drive to Survive season 5 release date h♓as been🌳 confirmed for February 24 and Verstappen is making a return.
Here’s why…
“I sat together with them and we talked about it and I said what I thought went wrong🃏 in the past,” he explained.
“It was actually a very good quick little chat an༺d we will try to improve from there and so you can have a bit more say in how you are going 🐠to be portrayed instead of giving an interview and not knowing what is going to be done with it and the way they put it into the show.
“And that is all I’m asking for, realistically, at least from my side. I cannot control, of course, what they do with other driveꩲrs but at least I want to be in control of what we are releasing and that is what we are going to do.
“I hope, of course, it is going to be good because I also understand that Netflix really helped for the popularity of F1 in the US and I don’t mind playing a𝐆 role in that, but it needs to be good for both of us.”
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