Verstappen says it how it is: 'I wish it didn't exist'

Since the Liberty Media takeover, F1 has been busy becoming more popular in the United States. With three Grands Prix in 2023, they want to succeed. Drive to Survive, in particular, has played an important role, but the drivers are not fans of it. Verstappen again steals the show when asked if he is focused on racing.

''SIIIII'', Max shouts out like Cristiano Ronaldo in the press conference room. "I'm probably a bit more old-school in that I wish social media never existed. Freedom of speech, right?

Verstappen and Alonso on Drive to Survive

"I'm very focused on the racing and not on the show. I never saw any of this Drive to Survive, even season one or whatever, I never saw any of it," said Fernando Alonso. To that, Verstappen jokingly chips in with the question, "do you drive to survive?" To which Alonso jokes that he does on Saturday.

"We are there to race. Even sometimes, the parade laps or presentations or things like that, they are not always in our dream preparation before the race. So we try to balance. We know this is important for the sport. But I think drivers, teams, even for the media, it's a very long season, a lot of travelling, and we just go for racing. This is what we love. But the outside package is sometimes a bit too much. But we understand it," Alonso said.

Norris is not a big fan of the whole show: "I watched the first episode I was ever in, which was the end of season one. That was it. That's all I saw. It's nice when they make you look good, but then sometimes they also make you look bad. You know the real truth at the end of the day. So it's still a show, it's to entertain people. It's not there to provide the most honest things about everything," Norris concluded.