Netflix Confirms โ€˜Drive To Surviveโ€™ Season 4 Arrives Next Month
โ€” Updated on 29 January 2023

Netflix Confirms โ€˜Drive To Surviveโ€™ Season 4 Arrives Next Month

โ€” Updated on 29 January 2023
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The question of when Netflix would finally drop Formula 1: Drive To Survive season 4 has finally been answered today by the definite confirmation of a release date: March 11th, 2022 (an entire week before the actual F1 season kicks off in Bahrain).

โ€œOffering unprecedented access, Drive To Survive season 4 will once again take fans behind the scenes, to witness firsthand how the drivers and teams prepare to battle it out for victory in one of the sportโ€™s most dramatic reasons to date,โ€ reads the official press release.

โ€œGet ready to delve into fierce team rivalries, unexpected podiums, and the intense title battle between Mercedes and Red Bull as the pressure reaches an all-time high โ€“ both on and off the grid.โ€

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If you thought Drive To Survive season 3 was action-packed due to how COVID-19 forced the entirety of the sport to adapt, season 4 will knock your bloody socks off.

Setting aside the headline-making title fight between Mercedesโ€™ Lewis Hamilton and Red Bullโ€™s Max Verstappen โ€“ the closest title fight since 1984 vis-a-vis McLarenโ€™s Niki Lauda securing his third championship after defeating teammate Alain Prost by half a point (72 vs 71.5) โ€“ there were boatloads of notable stories in 2021:

โ€ฆ and thatโ€™s before we factor in the minor-yet-equally-fascinating dramas surrounding Alfa Romeo promoting the commercially viable Guanyu Zhou to Formula 1 over the recently-crowned Formula 2 champion, Australiaโ€™s own Oscar Piastri; Alpha Tauriโ€™s Yuki Tsunoda finding his feet as an F1 rookie; Alpineโ€™s Estaban Ocon recording his maiden F1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix by pure chance; and plenty others.

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Suffice it to say, collisions were plentiful this past season. The three major instances weโ€™re willing to bet good money on having earned the Netflix camera crewโ€™s attention include:

  • The showstopping 51G crash of Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix (Silverstone), which was instigated by some contact from Lewis Hamilton
  • The sandwhich stack of both drives as the Italian Grand Prix (Monza)
  • As well as the โ€œbrake testโ€ witnessed when Max Verstappen was forced to surrender his position to Lewis Hamilton at the inaugural Saudi Arabia Grand Prix (Jeddah)

Then thereโ€™s the matter of the F1 politics explored โ€“ which was also plentiful throughout 2021. Weโ€™re practically rubbing our hands together in anticipation for Mercedes and Red Bull Team Principals โ€“ Toto Wolff and Christian Horner โ€“ sniping at each other through their individual interview segments about certain wing touching incidents, FIA Race Director Michael Massi and the fallout heโ€™d copped on the chin post-season conclusion etc. There will, however, be a key omission from the streaming giantโ€™s otherwise comprehensive coverageโ€ฆ

In late October, Max Verstappen officially denounced Drive To Survive after branding it as โ€œfake.โ€ The current F1 world champion clearly isnโ€™t cool with the manufactured drama, nor is he willing to play a part in the portrayal of non-existent rivalries between drivers. Not that Netflix really needs his helping hand in this department. Naked drama and tensions were plentiful before the footage hit the editing room.

โ€œI understand that it needs to be done to boost the popularity in America,โ€ Max Verstappen told the Associated Press ahead of the United States Grand Prix; wherein he managed to overtake Lewis Hamilton for the race win and asserted further leaderboard dominance.

โ€œBut from my side as a driver, I donโ€™t like being part of it. They faked a few rivalries which donโ€™t really exist. 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.โ€

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โ€œI am not really a dramatic show kind of person, I just want facts and real things to happen.โ€

โ€œProbably in the Netflix show we will be [rivals],โ€ adds the Dutch native, referencing the tensions between him and Lewis Hamilton โ€“ both on and off the track โ€“ in the midst of their 2021 title fight.

โ€œWe one time bumped into each other walking, so probably that will be in thereโ€ฆ The problem is they will always position you in a way they want, so whatever you say, they will try to make you look reckless โ€“ whatever fits the story of the series.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m just a normal guy and I grew up in a small town. All these things, the drama, itโ€™s just not for me. Itโ€™s not my world.โ€

Guess weโ€™ll see how brutal the post-production carve-up is soon enough. In the meantime, you can read more about Verstappenโ€™s gripe with Netflix in greater detail here.

Once again, the release date for Formula 1: Drive To Survive season 4 is March 11th of 2022 โ€“ weโ€™ll update you with a trailer when itโ€™s finally dropped by Netflix.


Have you heard? Netflix is also in the process of creating a Drive To Survive-style docuseries about the PGA Tour and professional tennis. Check out what we know about both below:

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After stretching his legs with companies such as The Motley Fool and the odd marketing agency, Garry joined Boss Hunting in 2019 as a fully-fledged Content Specialist. In 2021, he was promoted to News Editor. Garry proudly retains a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, black bruises from Muay Thai, as well as a black belt in all things pop culture. Drop him a line at [email protected]