Opinion: DRIVE TO SURVIVE NEED TO STICK TO THE FACTS
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Netflix have announced their fifth season of Formula One’s Drive to survive series which will be released this February.
The new season will give its audience an overview of the 2022 Formula One season with behind-the-scenes footage of the drivers and teams.
With storylines been previously seen as ‘controversial’ and rivalries between members ‘dramatized’ purely for the sole to create entertainment.
53% of now F1 fans saying that this Netflix series was their introduction to their new weekend watch, this new season is suspected to bring a whole new audience to the sport.
Drive to Survive brings those beneficial aspects such as new fans, young and old, to the sport meaning the viewing numbers will be a huge profit towards Netflix but also the sports itself.
The 2022 season gave us some of the most historical moments from the sport: from the retirement of four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel to some new faces entering their first season in Formula One.
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Fans are hoping that this time around Netflix will stick to the facts rather than what they see as ‘drama’.
Last season had viewers complaining about what they were watching…
“What is this, a soap opera? This series is riddled with fake rivalry, manipulated video, manipulated audio, fake and manipulated everything, just to drag in some viewers. And if that's not enough, it does all that while missing the real tension, the real action and everything else that makes F1 great.” (IMDb)
I personally think that the idea of creating stories that don’t match with what happened is going to leave the rest of the fans frustrated. I think that any new fans may end up being misled for the season to follow.
In order to provide entertainment Netflix have got to stick to the facts and refrain from creating these fake rivalries when they truly know the reality can easily lead you away from watching the rest of the show.
