Formula 1 fans were eagerly awaiting the fourth season of Drive to Survive , especially to find out how they would approach the fight for the 2021 championship between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at critical moments, such as the accident between the two in the Grand Prix of the Italy or the final race in Abu Dhabi.
During the tenth episode of the fourth installment released this Friday, March 11, the series focuses on the final appointment in the Yas Marina circuit, from the classification to the most intense moments of the last test of the year, where the title was defined. in favor of Red Bull and the Dutch.
As in other seasons, Netflix has had access to material that was not shown on the screens, and that all followers of the Great Circus can now enjoy.
What you will read next contains spoilers for that chapter, so if you don’t want to ruin your follow-up to the series, avoid reading the following. If you decide to continue you are under the warning that you will find previews of that chapter.
In the middle of the last chapter of the season, the images of the final race begin, where Lewis Hamilton took the lead after surprising Verstappen at the start. As is known, the Dutchman put pressure on the Briton until he was parallel and forced the Mercedes driver to take the escape route at the end of the back straight.
The seven-time world champion went around the outside of the track and remained in the lead in the first part of the test, a maneuver considered unfair by Christian Horner, Red Bull team manager, who pointed out that he gained an advantage by going off the circuit and cutting a curve.
Faced with this situation, Toto Wolff consulted the then Formula 1 race director, Michael Masi , on how to act. “What do you want us to do,” said the Austrian from Mercedes, who was told by race control to “give up the advantage” in the words of the FIA member.
The decision did not satisfy Horner, who tried to put pressure on Masi by questioning the way they were trying to solve Hamilton’s run off the track. “He must return the position, the rules are clear,” said the Red Bull. Masi replied that the Englishman had already given up the difference, something the Milton Keynes team manager questioned by saying: “where did he give up?”, before giving up on the argument.
One of the highlights of the chapter is the reference to Sergio Pérez and his role as a team driver for Red Bull. Horner praised the Mexican’s performance, and the moment is revived when Checo held off Lewis Hamilton for almost two laps.
The director of the Austrian team described Pérez as “very tough, like a dog with a bone that never gave up.” But the chapter also shows how Wolff tried to put pressure on Masi to clear Hamilton’s way when he was struggling with the Mexican.
Although the international broadcast was heard when the seven-time world champion complained of dangerous driving in Pérez’s defense, the reaction of the Mercedes team manager had not been seen.
The Austrian from the German team did not hide his annoyance when the Mexican fought with Hamilton in the fight for the lead of the race, and sent a message to the FIA : “Michael, it’s a bit dangerous, could you warn them?”
Before this, the leader of the team of the silver arrows received as an answer: “They are competing Toto, running to the limit”.
The rest of the chapter shows what we have already seen on television, with the outcome in the fight for the title that crowned Max Verstappen for the first time.
