F1 News: Drive To Survive Under Fire As Lewis Hamilton Defends Private Conversation With Race Engineer

The Drive To Survive series on Netflix has made it possible for Formula 1 to reach the masses. It aided in attracting sponsors and increasing team revenues, thanks to Liberty Media's takeover which helped shift focus to the American market.

However, apart from the pros, there are a few cons that primarily irk stakeholders. The show has attracted criticism from F1 drivers, teams, and fans for portraying the events like a dramatic movie. This has led to a focus shift from reality to something that is entirely fictional.

As a result, newcomers to the world of F1 would perceive drivers, and manufacturers from the perspective that the show has fed them instead of the real scenario they would have naturally perceived otherwise.

The portrayal of team rivalries, fictional events that never occurred in real life received quite a lot of backlash from F1 enthusiasts. Consequently, fans on Twitter have supported Lewis Hamilton's move to shun the camera person and crew while he was having a private conversation with his engineer ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Hamilton can be seen with his right hand raised up to the mic as if moving it away from himself and the engineer. The two might have been discussing confidential information when the film crew decided to have a sip of it.

Seems like Lewis Hamilton isn’t a fan of the Netflix cameras mid-conversation with his engineer 😅

[📸 @racefansdotnet]#F1 #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/T2MHCEj0Ap
— Fastest Pitstop (@FastestPitStop) July 23, 2023

Fans have sided with Hamilton. One fan suggested that the access to the DTS film crew should be decided beforehand so they're not allowed to record whenever they feel like it, while a few others termed it a 'rude' and invasive move to listen to someone's private conversation. Fans also supported Hamilton's reaction by calling it "normal".

Anyone would... strange though, things like how much access they can have should've been set beforehand, or did f1 completely give up even on maintaining sporting appearances?
— Al (@allsparkleshere) July 23, 2023

This is bad how they can just stick a mic over private conversations
— BackMarker (@BackMarkerF1s) July 23, 2023

It’s Rude To Extend A MIC 🎤 Covertly, When He Is Having A Private Chat With His Engineer.
It’s Called Privacy!
{If You Want To Interview Him, I Am Sure You Can Put In A Request}
— 🦅 SOLOMON ADELEYE 🦅 🦅..✡ ZIONIST ✡..🦅 (@lAMKINGSOLOMON) July 23, 2023

Twitter reactions without a GIF are impossible.

Lewis be like pic.twitter.com/zPrLH1eFe7
— ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕠 (@nicstraightedge) July 23, 2023

Pretty normal. Those conversations are confidential
— SuperMax (@SuperMaxV331) July 23, 2023