Formula 1: Drive to Survive season 4 on Netflix: premiere date and teaser

The fourth season of Netflix’s Formula 1: Survive by Driving The premiere will take place on Friday, February 11. It’s just one week before the 2022 world championship’s inaugural event, the Bahrain Grand Prix, races at Sakhir. To Survive, Drive, openly cited as the inspiration for the story modes in two Codemasters racing games, has been something of an unexpected hit for Netflix since premiering in 2018, and is widely credited with a strong rise in Formula One’s popularity in the United States.

Even though it recaps previous seasons’ major results, the show is now a must-see TV channel for fans of motorsport in Europe and America. Last year’s championship was one of the most memorable — and controversial — in Formula One’s 71-year history, and the 10-episode breakdown should be very interesting.

Expect plenty of attention, then, focused to rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton; their teams Red Bull Racing and Mercedes; and those teams’ respective principals Christian Horner and Toto Wolff. Mercedes won its eighth consecutive constructor’s championship, but Verstappen pipped quadruple-defending driver’s champion Hamilton, on the last lap of the last race, for his first world title.

Their season was marked by crashes at Silverstone and Monza; downpours at Belgium and Hungary; a tit-for-tat dispute over rear-wing aerodynamics; and a hefty fine on Verstappen just for touching Hamilton’s car in the pit area. Wolff lost his helmet when Hamilton drove into Verstappen during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix a week before the season’s finale. It was an excellent visual snapshot of 2022’s championship. This moment is featured midway through this short teaser. To Survive, Drive’s fourth year.

Fans should also expect sidebar discussions of Ferrari’s newly paired rivals Carlos Sainz and Charles LeClerc; Esteban Ocon’s sensational victory at the Hungaroring, aided by a lionhearted defense from veteran teammate Fernando Alonso; and the rise of Williams Racing’s George Russell and his promotion to Mercedes.