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Sergio Perez: F1 Netflix series 'probably gone too far' in 2021 season

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Red Bull driver Sergio Perez doubts he will participate in the next season of the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive after saying the latest one had "probably gone too far" in dramatizing the 2021 F1 season.

After it was released on March 11, the latest series of Drive to Survive topped Netflix's list of most watched programmes in 33 countries.

Now in its fourth season, the documentary has helped build F1's popularity in the United States and brought a new wave of fans to the sport in a number of countries.

However, criticism has been levelled at the series for manufacturing drama and inventing rivalries between drivers that do not exist in real life.