Oscar Piastri takes a shot at “Drive to Survive” ahead of Australian GP

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri is the latest driver to take a jab at Netflix’s Drive to Survive ahead of his home race, the Australian Grand Prix.

The seventh season of the popular sports docuseries was released on 7 March and has faced backlash for its creative license and clever editing.

Speaking to the media, including Motorsport.com, ahead of the 2025 season, Piastri was asked if he had “binged” series seven yet.

“I haven’t watched [it yet], to be honest. I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what happens, so I don’t need to watch it again on TV,” he said.

“Obviously there’s a lot of things in Drive to Survive that, you know, you never quite know how it’s been cut up.”

Piastri isn’t the only driver to speak out against the latest season of the docuseries. Mercedes driver George Russell also confirmed that he’s yet to watch it. Addressing the episode which shows the British driver struggling through the aftermath of the extreme Singapore Grand Prix conditions, Russell explained:

“No, I’ve got to be honest, I’ve not seen the episode in full. I did hear and I was fed back that it was like two extremes from the first half to the last half. But ultimately I don’t really care how I’m portrayed there.

“I care how I perform in the car and how I work with my team, to be honest. So, there’s always an agenda for the best storyline possible, and that’s just the way the world is with these entertainment programmes. As I said, I haven’t even seen it and it’s not something that concerns me.

“Again, to be honest, I didn’t even notice they were there. I’m just sort of so used to it now that they’re here, there and everywhere. Singapore was an exceptionally tough race for me last year. I think the body temperature was almost 42 degrees last year and when you think a fever is 40 degrees, 42 degrees in a race car is pretty exceptional.

“That was a tough one for me, and you know we’ve made some changes to try and make dealing with the heat better on the personal side but also from the cockpit side with the suppliers now working with Adidas – a huge help in that regard.”