Drive to Survive, Season 6, Part 3: Childhood Rivals and the End of an Era

Mel & Jill Geek Out

The Besties start off with a little update about F1, and the return of Guenther (at least at the Miami Grand Prix). They both are rooting for Yuki at the Japan Grand Prix. We quickly dive into episodes 5 and 6.

Episode 5 looks at the tension Alpine, mainly between Estie Bestie and Pierre Gasly. They have some bad blood from literally childhood, and the two just straight up don’t get along. Otmar, the Team Principal, really isn’t helping matters either with stupid PR stunts. Things get so bad that the two wreck each other at the third race of the season. There’s pressure from the team CEO about the antics, and frankly, Otmar doesn’t seem to do anything to try and smooth things over between the two drivers. Ultimately, Gasly kinda gets screwed at Monoco.

Episode 6 focuses on Mercedes. After coming off a very challenging season in 2022, Hamilton is starting to show his frustration with the team. When he brings up an issue with the car, he’s pretty much ignored. Toto Wolff and Susie give us a lesson on sportsmanship, while Hamilton continues to get a pretty crummy edit from Netflix. Rumors fly that Hamilton is going to leave Mercedes, but ultimately does resign for 2 more years. We all know how that went.

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