Providing behind-the-scenes access to one of the world's most restricted championships has done wonders for F1's booming popularity and expanded demographic, so the docuseries made by Box to Box Films has stuck to its guns for season six, half of which we have had early access to.
Once again all 10 episodes are each built around one of the main narrative strands from the 2023 season. With Max Verstappen's Red Bull winning all but one race, the makers have had to seek their thrills elsewhere and lean heavier on the off-track drama.
And maybe that's just as well, because Drive to Survive remains somewhat jarring when it comes to on-track storytelling. It lapses into an old vice of overlaying out of context soundbites and pit wall reactions onto action footage, which had seemed less prevalent in season five.
Making it sound like race engineers get into their driver's ear on the frantic run down to Turn 1 at the start is a little nonsensical, but it is where die-hard F1 fans just need to take a deep breath and remember who this show is aimed at first and foremost.
Instead, where DTS really shines for seasoned motorsports devotees - which you presumably are if you are reading this - is showing us fresh fly-on-the-wall footage, and season six is no different.
Source: Autosport