Drive to Survive deleted this Ricciardo clip: 'Fans would lose their minds'
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The Drive to Survive team has admitted that archived Daniel Ricciardo footage would have made fans 'lose their minds'. Unfortunately, the footage did not fit on the Netflix show, and it has yet to be seen.
Drive to Survive returns for a seventh season tomorrow, on March 7. One of the stars of multiple seasons has been Daniel Ricciardo. The Aussie quickly became a fan favourite as his infectious personality and wide smile captured the hearts of viewers. The series documented hos time at Red Bull, his move to Renault, his win with McLaren and now his time at VCARB, which didn't end as he would've liked.
The eight-time Grand Prix winner was dropped after the Singapore Grand Prix in place of Liam Lawson. Still, Ricciardo managed to take the fastest lap in his final race.
Box to Box (Makers of Drive to Survive) co-founder Paul Martin told The Athletic that they had documented Daniel Ricciardo's epic 2018 Chinese Grand Prix victory. The team were convinced that it would be "amazing" and that viewers would "lose their minds" watching it.
'We just couldn't make it work'
“And then as we got into the edit, we started to edit that, we just could never make it work. We tried to squeeze it in,” he revealed. “‘Oh, maybe we’ll try in that episode or maybe we could squeeze it in that episode.’ And in the end, it just didn’t have a place in the show. So every year, we’re making choices like that, of what really elevates this show in the way that it needs to."
Netflix's popular sports series returns to our screens with its interpretation of the 2024 season. It has already been reported that some pivotal moments of the year have been left out, such as Ollie Bearman's Ferrari debut and Franco Colapinto's Williams stint. You can stream the series from March 7.
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