Drive To Survive producer denies that Michael Masi thought in Abu Dhabi: “What does Netflix want?”

Michael Masi’s decision-making in Abu Dhabi was not caused by his desperation to deliver entertaining TV, says the producer of Drive To Survive.
Michael Masi (AUS) FIA Race
Michael Masi (AUS) FIA Race

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix cost 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton an all-time record eighth F1 championship when race director Masi’s incorrect application of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Safety Car rule allowed him to be overtaken by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.

The jaw-dropping finale played out on Netflix series Drive To Survive, with Mercedes and Red Bull team principals Toto Wolff and C🔯hristian Horner’s now-infamous remarks towards Masi.

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Lando Norris has previously hinted that Masi was distracted by Netflix’s desire for drama: “It was ob🍰viously made to be a fight, it was for the TV of course.”

But James Gay-Rees, the producer of Drive To Survive, told : “I think [Masi] was just under a lot of pressure and got things slightlꦍy wrong. 

“I don’t think he wa𝔍s thinki꧙ng ‘What does Netflix want?’”

Gay-Rees also produced ‘Senna’ - the excellent film about Ayrton Senna - and is now making Break Point for Netflix, a series about tennis with obvious compariso﷽ns to ꦯDrive To Survive.

“There’s an appetite among audiences to go beyond ✨the broadcast version of sport,” said Gay-Rees.

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in the post race FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu Dhabi
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in the post race FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World…

 

“There’s a massive curiosity about elite athletes and a desire to understand sport in a different way, to see the personal investment by going behind⛦ 🔯the curtain.

“I think you will see a divergence of broadcast strategies that will make the experience less siloed and more fluid. As the narrative develops, the dꦯocumentary piece and the live piece will become more integrated.”

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Drive To S♈urvivꦐe series 5 release date has been revea💮led, and Verstappen will feature for the first time.

He has previously criticise🤪d the series f꧅or over-dramatising the storylines and relationships within F1.

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