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The 2024 Grand Prix was one of the most volatile seasons yet in Formula 1 history. Alliances shifted, rivalries were born, and tempers flared on and off the track, as Drive to Survive documented each moment with a vested interest. However, despite Netflix’s efforts to get the audience to feel up close and personal with the sport, the show ended up doing more harm than good to F1.

Drive to Survive Season 7 [Credit: Netflix]

After seven whole seasons, the drivers and fans alike have cried out against Drive to Survive‘s unethical technique of selective editing and storytelling. The Netflix series has drafted storylines to serve its own purpose by adding fake sound effects, manipulating audio clips, and distorting real events for drama.

However, as the 2025 Grand Prix kicks off, Drive to Survive might already have found its biggest headline-grabbing drama for Season 8.

Is Red Bull’s legacy coming to an end? Max Verstappen...

When it comes to Formula 1, there is no shortage of bickering drama and daily scandals. Netflix’s arrival on the scene with their widely criticized docu-series Drive to Survive only added to the pre-existing problem by pouring fuel on the already raging fire. As the show now steps into Season 8, the stage has been set for one of the biggest simmering rivalries on the F1 paddock.

Drive to Survive Season 7 [Credit: Netflix]

With Red Bull and McLaren already locking horns over the Championship title going into 2025, there is also additional animosity between the respective team’s principals. Clearly, there is no love lost between Christian Horner and Zak Brown, but as amicable as the rivalry between their star drivers may be, Horner and Brown can hardly stand to be in the same room with each other.

This animosity has now led to one of the most brutal clashes of words across the...

We have our first F1 contract news of 2025!

Oscar Piastri and McLaren announced a new multi-year partnership on Tuesday (March 11), just days before the 2025 season begins.

The 23-year-old Formula 1 driver first joined the team ahead of his rookie season in 2023, where he signed a multi-year deal through at least the end of 2026.

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“It’s a great feeling knowing that I’m part of McLaren’s long-term vision,” Oscar shared in a statement, via Formula1.com. “The team had the belief in me when we signed in 2022, and the journey we’ve gone on over the past two seasons to help return McLaren to the very top of the sport has been incredible.”

“There are so many talented and special people working at Mtc who have helped me to become a Formula 1 race winner very early in my career. Therefore, I’m very proud...

Formula 1 action awaits viewers as the popular documentary-drama series by Netflix returns for season seven. Formula 1: Drive to Survive has become a global phenomenon and is loved by many as it reveals the dramatic off-track activities that every fan wants to see.

With the help of paddock access, the seventh season will show fierce competition along with controversies and some F1 career-transforming events of 2024. Executive producer Tom Hutchings stated that this season brings positive energy to viewers, together with a bigger punch.

Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Credit: Netflix

Enough drama exists this season to keep viewers entertained as Max Verstappen attempts his fourth championship alongside Lewis Hamilton’s unexpected Ferrari switch. It will also tell the story of the resurgence of McLaren as Lando Norris begins to challenge for a title, Charles Leclerc’s historic wins at Monaco and Monza, and the Red Bull...

Calling all Formula 1 fans hungry for more as they await the start of the 2025 season – BBC’s F1: Back At Base podcast returns with exclusive access into two of the sport's most historied teams, McLaren and Aston Martin, as they fight to the finish line in the final ten races of the 2024 season. Joined for the first time by actor and motorsport fan Josh Hartnett as narrator, F1: Back at Base returns for an eight-part season two, ’How To Go Racing’, beginning January 22, wherever you get your podcasts.

With F1 experts Sarah Holt and Holly Samos as guides, F1: Back At Base – How To Go Racing will take listeners inside the top-secret factories of McLaren and Aston Martin during the final 10 races of the longest – and one of the most unpredictable – seasons in F1’s history.

Produced by Img, the podcast includes exclusive interviews with the...

McLaren’s 26-year wait for a Formula 1 Constructors’ title has officially come to an end.

The team’s drivers — Lando Norris, 25, and Oscar Piastri, 23 — brought the trophy home to the papaya family on Sunday after maintaining the team’s lead ahead of Ferrari during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final race of the 2024 season.

After taking pole position in Qualifying on Saturday, Norris ultimately won the race. As for Piastri, who was right behind his teammate on the grid going into the final race, he came in 10th place after an early incident with Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen.

Although there was only a 21-point gap between McLaren and Ferrari in the Constructors’ standings, Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc weren’t able to overtake the lead, especially since the team was already facing hurdles heading into the race as Leclerc had a 10-place grid penalty.

The stars were out in Miami this weekend for the 2024 Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix held at the Miami International Autodrome!

Sunday’s (May 5) race day saw the likes of several singers in attendance, including Blackpink superstar Lisa, who snapped a photo with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Over in the Visa Cash App Rb Formula One Team garage, Keke Palmer and Odell Beckham Jr were seen hanging out together, and even posed with the team’s drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda.

Other singers attending Sunday’s race included Marc Anthony, who sang the National Anthem, Zayn Malik and will.i.am, as well as Jake Paul and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

If you missed it, former president Donald Trump was also at the race, where he was seen talking to McLaren CEO Zak Brown and congratulating the race winner Lando Norris, who drivers for McLaren.

The day before,...

F1 star Lando Norris is having a great day at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome on Sunday (May 5) in Miami, Fla.

The 24-year-old racecar driver picked up his first ever Formula 1 race win that day!

Lando has been on the podium 16 times since his debut in 2019, and he has been on the McLaren team for his entire Formula 1 career thus far.

The young driver, who has been doing increasingly well over the last couple of years, was seen celebrating after the race, getting congratulations from fellow drivers like Daniel Ricciardo, and even from former president Donald Trump.

Earlier in the day, Donald was seen in the McLaren garage chatting with the team’s CEO Zak Brown.

Lando‘s win on Sunday has secured him the No 5 spot in the driver standings, only two points behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. The win also places his team, McLaren,...

The F1 season is among us!

Formula 1 drivers are out and about in the paddock for preview day on Wednesday (February 28) at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, ahead of the of the first race of the 2024 season.

Top drivers Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were among those seen in the paddock prior to the Bahrain Grand Prix.

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The guys will all have a chance to get back in their cars on Thursday (February 29) for the first two practice sessions. Then, on Friday (March 1), the third practice session will take place, followed by qualifying, where they will find what position they will start in.

The first race of the season – the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2024 – will take place on Saturday (March 2), and you’ll be able to watch on F1 TV, the Formula 1 app or an ESPN+.

In case you missed it,...

It looks like a fireball. The Ferrari hurtles down the Vegas Strip at about 200 miles per hour, a cloud of orange sparks billowing out from underneath the car. The driver, Carlos Sainz, does what he can to bring the $15 million machine to a stop. He isn’t sure what happened, but knows something is wrong. He’s right.

A drain cover on Las Vegas Boulevard came loose, flying up and into the car, tearing apart the chassis and cracking the floor. The Ferrari is fucked, to be sure. But a...

Eyes burning and blood boiling, a rattled Toto Wolff inconceivably loses his cool. Sat in a team principals meeting in Montreal, the German hits the ceiling, in a similar vein to his porpoising Mercedes car that is the only topic of conversation. “If a car ends up in the wall because it’s too stiff or it’s bottoming out…” he barks. “You’re in the s*** and I’m going to come after you.”

Evoking memories of 2021’s title duel, Christian Horner hits back – and hard. “You’ve got a problem, change your f****** car,” the Red Bull boss retorts. Cue bedlam from all angles. It is, unquestionably, absorbing television.

It doesn’t take long for Formula 1: Drive to Survive, edition five, to whet the appetite. Halfway through episode two, in fact. Call it what you like: off the rails. Uncut. Box-office. Wolff’s incredible rant is the content every producer craves.

Eyes burning and blood boiling, a rattled Toto Wolff inconceivably loses his cool. Sat in a team principals meeting in Montreal, the German hits the ceiling, in a similar vein to his porpoising Mercedes car that is the only topic of conversation. “If a car ends up in the wall because it’s too stiff or it’s bottoming out…” he barks. “You’re in the s*** and I’m going to come after you.”

Evoking memories of 2021’s title duel, Christian Horner hits back – and hard. “You’ve got a problem, change your f****** car,” the Red Bull boss retorts. Cue bedlam from all angles. It is, unquestionably, absorbing television.

It doesn’t take long for Formula 1: Drive to Survive, edition five, to whet the appetite. Halfway through episode two, in fact. Call it what you like: off the rails. Uncut. Box-office. Wolff’s incredible rant is the content every producer craves.