Current F1 Drivers Called “Bloody Boring”
Netflix recently confirmed that the 5th season of Drive to Survive will air soon. This series has often been criticized in the past for blowing things out of proportion by using some clever editing. Retired F1 driver turned media personality David Coulthard has now explained to various media outlets in Ireland why this is necessary
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Current F1 Drivers Called “Bloody Boring”
Coulthard started off by speaking about new fans entering F1
“There's always going to be a new wave of fans coming along...there's definitely a lot more younger men and women who are now into F1”
He further suggested that the sport is quite accessible to new fans
“It's not like The Crown where you have to start at season one to really understand the journey”
“The nature of the sport is you can jump in at any point”
He then turned his attention to the clever editing used in Drive to Survive
“I do see an ongoing interest in this...not scripted, but edited version of the reality”
“Some of the drivers spoke about that, some of the conversations being placed in places they weren't entirely happy about”
He signed off by explaining why it is necessary
“The reality is if it wasn't done like that it wouldn't be anywhere near as interesting or as fun. It's part of the show and it's part of the entertainment”
“It makes them all seem more interesting than they are. Most of the drivers are bloody boring, to be honest! Netflix makes them seem quite interesting!”
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Mercedes director of strategy James Vowles has been appointed as the new team principal at Williams [Official Statement]
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff suggested that even with the departure of Vowles “there is no gap left behind” [Team statement]
“For many years we have discussed the succession planning in this area"
“We have an extremely talented team of strategists”
AlphaTauri’s Nyck de Vries feels that he and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen “have a great relationship” [Team News]
“The way we grew up in racing, with our fathers being very involved and karting through Europe has been very similar”
“Despite the fact that I’m older, it almost feels like Max is my big brother within the Formula 1 paddock”
Cadillac vice-president Rory Harvey stated “we will do our best to show what we think we can bring to Formula 1” [Motorsport]
“We are convinced that the partnership [with Andretti] is great and will allow us to perform well”
Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas pointed out that “the delays [they] had [last year], that definitely cost [them] some performance” [GP Fans]
“First of all, the car needs to be born well and fast but then we need to be able to improve the car throughout the year”
“We need to produce a good, reliable, and fast car, faster than [the 2022] car”
FIA president Mohammed Bin Sulayem explained that “the FIA was created for the sport” [Soymotor]
“We don't want the FIA to become a platform for personal issues"
“What can drivers do best? Drive. There are other platforms to express what they want”
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