Drive to Survive review: Why season six misses the mark with Lewis Hamilton
It is Toto Wolff’s beaming smile of delight, in an episode of ironies, which is the biggest irony of them all. Most of the episodes in season six of Netflix’s hit Formula One docuseries Drive to Survive follow the same basic narrative: the team is in trouble, their driver could depart, the team finds success. Repeat. For Mercedes, it is all about their F1 boss Wolff’s relationship with the sport’s biggest star Lewis Hamilton, amid contract speculation last year.
The episode title signals the first contradiction: “Leap of Faith”. We now know that Hamilton, despite signing a at the Silver Arrows last August, will of Ferrari in 2025. While the “leap of faith” in is a reference to Mercedes changing their mid-season, the seven-time world champion has now made the ultimate jump into the unknown. And if there was any doubt that the announcement didn’t catch Wolff totally off guard, the team at Netflix has completely dispelled that theory.
