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      I fell in love on Netflix reality TV show Too Hot To Handle – now I am focused on returning to motor racing

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      HANDSOME racing driver turned reality TV star Seb Melrose is ready to return to motorsport.The 25-year-old, who last appeared at the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2021, found a new audience when he starred on Netflix hit Too Hot To Handle.
      Seb Melrose is keen to return to motor racing after his stint on reality TV
      Handsome Melrose came runner-up with stunning LA girl Kayla RichartCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      He came runner-up with now ‘longterm’ love Kayla Richart – scoring plenty of fans and admirers, as well as earning a huge social media following.
      That makes Melrose a more attractive proposition for manufacturers now, as they look to bring sponsors in and he looks for a drive this season.
      While, with his fame affording him a subsidised seat, it’s realistic for the Scottish star to become a gentleman driver who pays for his seat.
      Melrose told SunSport: “I am trying to sort out a few deals – I really want to get back into racing cars.
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      “I’ve had a few chats with touring car, so we will see where that takes us.
      “But, for the first time ever, money is no longer the issue. It’s about finding the drive.
      “I’ve found different opportunities with it now.
      “Since the age of 16, I always wanted to become a racing driver and work my way up to becoming a works driver for a big manufacturer.
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      “That’s kind of changed now. I feel there’s more of an opportunity to earn and to keep your life fairly free. So you could be almost like a gentleman driver – without sounding like an old guy!
      “I’ve got the opportunity now to not race as a full-on professional, but be a professional driver while keeping my contracts wide open.
      “I’ve no longer got that pressure that I need to find a manufacturer and get paid.
      “Because of my social media numbers now, the growth and engagement I can provide to manufacturers, they have subsidised a lot of the seats for me.
      “Racing is cheaper than it has ever been. I don’t mind paying, and now I can pay for a seat that is subsidised.”
      Thanks to his popularity on Too Hot To Handle, Melrose has over 500,000 followers on Instagram.
      The godson of three-time Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti also receives plenty of paid partnerships on social media. It makes him a far more attractive prospect to hire.
      He revealed: “I’m not going to talk for anyone, everyone is on their own journey. For me, specifically, for what I can now provide to sponsors and teams is something that other drivers can’t.
      Now with a strong Instagram following, Melrose is a huge catch for manufacturersCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      Thanks to his new found fame, Melrose enjoys a glam lifeCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      “I am still a quick driver. I can still peddle a car. So not only will they get someone who has the ability to get on the podium, they also get someone who can market their sponsors.
      “When it came to the crunch of chasing my dream in racing or going on a reality TV show, I thought I could actually combine the two.
      “Thankfully, it paid off. I’ve got the numbers now and I came across well, but it could easily have gone south.
      “I could have been hated, and the sponsors might not have wanted to associate with me.”
      Despite flirting with celebrity, Melrose admitted he missed motor racing.
      He eloquently explained what it means to him: “It’s an escape for reality.
      “You get the helmet on and the belt and strapped in, you’re not thinking about anything else, but what you’ve got to do on that race track at any given time.
      “It’s almost like a form of meditation for me now.
      Melrose appeared on Too Hot To Handle’s recent fourth season
      Kayla Richart stole the heart of Melrose on the show
      “You are still faced with other types of stress, performing and timings, but you kind of go into another world and all you care about is your car and what is going on around you.”
      Melrose won the charms of stunning LA beauty Kayla, 22, despite plenty of competition on Too Hot To Handle.
      In a way, he joked, it was almost like the sport he competes in.
      “It was competitive, just like racing,” he said.
      “Everyone was competing for the same girl, Kayla. She was the girl I fancied and I felt there was a connection there, just like the other guys.
      “But I wasn’t biggest guy there, I didn’t have the biggest muscles, and wasn’t the tallest. I probably had the worst engine out of the lot, but I still managed to leave everyone else behind.
      Kayla is looking forward to seeing Melrose race againCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      Melrose is ready for a sport in touring carCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      “I couldn’t have had a better experience. I came out with Kayla, who is someone I view as longterm.”
      And in Kayla, Melrose will have his No1 supporter cheering him on from the stands when he returns to the track.
      “She’s looking forward to me racing just as much as I am,” Melrose added.
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      “Kayla’s nervous about it, and she would like me to race in the States. I’ve got a couple of options this season, so we will see.
      “But this year I am ready for it, I want to get out there and show people what I can do and have fun doing it.” More

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      Georgina Rodriguez reveals she had 3 miscarriages before tragic death of baby with Cristiano Ronaldo in new Netflix show

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      GEORGINA Rodriguez will reveal that she suffered three miscarriages before the devastating loss of her baby boy last year in her new Netflix show.The girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo is starring in a new Netflix series about her life after the first series premiered last year.
      Georgina Rodriguez has opened up about her tragic miscarriages
      The girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo stars in a new Netflix series about her life
      Georgina, a 29-year-old influencer, is seen breaking down in tears in a trailer Netflix released last week as she relived the heartbreak moment she lost one of her twins during childbirth.
      She will make the shock admission in the first episode of the new series of I Am Georgina, according to Spanish news website El Espanol.
      Her daughter Bella Esmeralda with Cristiano Ronaldo was born healthy in April last year at a hospital in Manchester but her male twin sibling Angel died.
      Georgina revealed in the first episode of the second series, which premieres on March 24: “Every time I went to the gynaecologist’s at night I had nightmares because I was worried about what position they would be in, what the delivery would be like, if it would be a caesarean section.
      “I was very afraid at each ultrasound, I felt very tense because I’d had three previous miscarriages and I came home in pieces.”
      She described her visits to the gynaecologist as “horrible, because I was always vomiting”.
      The Argentinian-born Spaniard is also set to reveal she didn’t immediately tell her other children Angel had not survived and told them he would be born a little later than his sister, according to El Español.
      She said: “They were born on Easter Monday. The most-awaited moment arrives and your heart stops.
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      “Bella was born strong and healthy but a piece of my heart shattered.
      “You ask yourself how you’re going to carry on. I wasn’t prepared to accept or recognise what had happened to me and I wasn’t ready to tell my children about it.
      “As I still had a belly, I told them that Angel was still going to wait a bit to be born.
      “Until Cris told them that Angel was in Heaven. That was a dose of reality.”
      Between leaving hospital Georgina’s sister Ivana helped by removing the cot, Moses cradle and teddy bear the influencer had prepared for Angel at the Cheshire home she shared with Cristiano before the couple’s move to Saudi Arabia.
      Admitting she has yet to come to terms with her loss, Georgina will admit: “I will never be the same person again.
      “Every time I look at Bella I ask myself, ‘Would Angel be like that?
      “The truth is I feel I am not ready to think about it, as if I still haven’t accepted it. 
      “I always say to my children, ‘Your little brother is in the sky, he doesn’t want to walk, he wants to fly. Every time you look at the sky, think of him.'”
      Thanking her footballer partner for his “unconditional support and love” Georgina adds in the first episode: “He has played a really important role.
      “Gods put the right people in your path.”
      She said of her surviving twin daughter, one of two children she has with Cristiano: “She has managed to fill to some extent that hole that is present in my life.
      “When she’s older and we tell her what happened, she will be very proud of what she has achieved.”
      Georgina cries in the official trailer released last week, which didn’t contain any of the latest admissions revealed by the Spanish press, as she recalls last April’s trauma.
      She admits, as an adorable photo flashes up on the screen of her lying in bed in hospital with Bella Esmeralda on her chest: “Life is hard, life goes on.
      “I have reasons to move on and be strong.”
      Praising her footballer partner for helping her get through the darkest period in their life together, she adds: “Cris really encouraged me to continue with my agenda. He said: ‘Gio, get on with your life, it’ll do you good.'”
      She went on: “My priority right now is my family and my children. I’m so happy and thankful.”
      The trailer also shows moments from Georgina’s 28th birthday that will feature in the show, such as when Cristiano spent thousands of pounds on a light and laser show projected on Dubai’s famous Burj Khalifa tower.
      Georgina admits: “It’s really hard to surprise me” as the light and laser show is played out before admitting: “Cristiano is very thoughtful, really good to me. Cristiano’s the love of my life.”
      In another part of the show, she meets Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalia, who admits she was a fan of the first series of ‘I Am Georgina’ released on the influencer’s 28th birthday in January last year after hugging her and saying: “I watch your show. I love it.”
      Georgina is also filmed getting a tattoo done which is thought to be the inking from last August in memory of the child she lost.
      The former shop worker, who now has 47 million followers on Instagram, is filmed saying: “I need to be working” during the trailer for her new series.
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      She also confesses: “I feel like a super mum, and superwoman” before adding alongside footage of her dancing romantically with Cristiano: “I’m a mother, I’m a sister, I’m a friend, I’m a woman, I’m Georgina.”
      The first series of Georgina’s popular Netflix show premiered in 190 countries around the world last year. More

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      Ronaldo’s saucy partner Georgina Rodriguez shows off stunning figure ahead of new Netflix series

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      GEORGINA Rodriguez gives an insight into her wild side ahead of her new Netflix series.The model, partner of Cristiano Ronaldo, wore a pink, animal print bikini in a new photoshoot.
      Stunning Georgina Rodriguez wore a pink, animal print bikini in a new photoshoot
      The second series of Georgina’s show, Soy Georgina, will follow their new life together in the Middle East
      Georgina, 28, moved to the UAE from Manchester with Ronaldo after he was sacked from Manchester United and signed a £177million deal with Saudi football club Al Nassr.
      She has been dating Georgia, Ronaldo, 38, since 2017, and the second series of the show will follow their new life together.
      Ronaldo’s debut season in Saudi Arabia has seen the Portuguese mega-star net 7 goals in his last 8 games.
      Just four days after his 38th birthday, Ronaldo scored twice in each half to help Al Nassr defeat Al Wehda 4-0 in a Saudi Pro League game.
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      Ronaldo shares two children with girlfriend Georgina and has a brood of five in total. 
      The Manchester United stars eldest is 12-year-old son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr – who has already starred for his father’s club at youth level.
      In June 2017, Ronaldo then welcomed twins – Eva and Mateo – into the world after a surrogate mother allegedly gave birth to them in the United States.
      A month later, Ronaldo confirmed in an interview that he and Georgina Rodriguez were expecting their first baby together.
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      When asked by Spanish news outlet El Mundo whether the player was “happy” to have another child on the way, he replied: “Yes, very much.”
      In 2017, Ronaldo confirmed in an interview that he and Georgina Rodriguez were expecting their first baby together More

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      F1 fans moved to tears by heartwarming video of Michael Schumacher and a young Max Verstappen

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      A HEARTWARMING video of Micheal Schumacher and a young Max Verstappen has moved Formula 1 fans to tears.The F1 star spent a lot of time growing up with the Schumacher family as his dad Jos Verstappen and seven-time champ Michael were close friends.
      Video shows a young Max Verstappen with Michael Schumacher
      Schumacher pats a young Max Verstappen on the headCredit: Twitter/Semmieeef1/
      The F1 star has revealed he called Michael ‘uncle’Credit: PA
      Michael continues his recovery after his horror ski accidentCredit: PA:Press Association
      Max Verstappen has opened up about his close relationship with he man he called “Uncle”.
      The two families’ connection features in episode 4 – Like Father, Like Son? of Netflix’s Drive to Survive.
      Footage released as part of the show’s latest season feature Michael talking about young Mick and Max and discussing with Jos whether they would allow their children to become F1 drivers.
      One clip in particular, in which Schumacher bends down and pats Verstappen on the head, has moved Formula 1 fans.
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      “This moment makes me cry every single time i see it,” Tweeted a Verstappen fan account.
      In the clip Schumacher can bee seen smiling at the youngster, who he’s clearly very fond of.
      Several other fans responded with tear emojies to the clip, with one writing “that’s so adorable”.
      Max was introduced to racing from a young age alongside Michael’s son Mick, who also became an F1 driver.
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      Double-world champion Verstappen has revealed he spent a big part of his childhood with the Schumacher family as they would all go on holidays together.
      He told F1 Insider: “I was three or four years old at the time. I just knew that was Uncle Michael.
      “Who was very nice. Who was an extremely big family man.
      “But I never saw him as a record World Champion, I didn’t know that.”
      Max, a 35-time race winner, continued: “You can see that in the old photos and videos that we have at home. Mick or Gina was always there.
      “It was great. I still have positive memories of those weekends today.”
      The 24-year-old added that Jos and Michael would load their kids up on two-seater go-karts and two father and son duos would race against each other.
      He said: “We always went karting in two-seaters. Michael with Mick or Gina, my father with me.
      “But when it got too dangerous, the fathers quickly took over!”
      Netflix’s documentary also brought to light a touching photo showing Michael cradling baby Max on his lap alongside his own daughter, Gina-Maria.
      Drive to Survive also charts Mick’s difficult sophomore season in 2022 – including his horror 170mph accident in Saudi Arabia.
      Mick’s rough year saw him outscored by his teammate, the returning Danish veteran Kevin Magnussen.
      The show outlines Mick’s struggles – and the pressure that came with racing under the name “Schumacher”.
      Speaking about his good friend, Max said: “It was different for Mick than it was for me. His father is the record world champion, with seven world championships.
      “That’s a difficult starting position at first.”
      Michael, one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, continues his recovery after his horror ski crash in 2013.
      He raced from 1991 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2012 – a second act of his career which saw him become instrumental in setting up the dominant Mercedes team.
      The German won five world championships with Ferrari and two for Benetton.
      Schumacher retired in 2012, but just a year later he was involved in the life-changing skiing accident while on the slopes with Mick.
      He was left in a medically induced coma before being released home and then ever since it has been near silence on the driver’s condition.
      He has not been seen in public ever since.
      His family, led by wife Corinna, closely protect Michael’s privacy and offer him a quiet life.
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      Since then there have only been hints and cryptic rumours about Schumacher’s health with drip-fed information from friends and unnamed sources.
      Schumacher pictured with Max Verstappen, right, and his daughter Gina-MariaCredit: Netflix
      Max is a two time world championCredit: PA More

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      Inside Michael Schumacher’s deep connection with Max Verstappen as F1 star would call him ‘Uncle’ Michael

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      MAX Verstappen has opened up about his close relationship with Michael Schumacher who he’d call “Uncle”.The F1 star spent a lot of time growing up with the Schumacher family as his dad Jos Verstappen and seven-time champ Michael were close friends.
      Max Verstappen spent a lot of time with the Schumacher family growing up
      The F1 star has revealed he called Michael ‘uncle’Credit: PA
      Michael continues his recovery after his horror ski accidentCredit: PA:Press Association
      Max was introduced to racing from a young age alongside Michael’s son Mick, who also became an F1 driver.
      The two families’ connection features in episode 4 – Like Father, Like Son? of Netflix’s Drive to Survive.
      Footage released as part of the show’s latest season feature Michael talking about young Mick and Max and discussing with Jos whether they would allow their children to become F1 drivers.
      The double-world champion has revealed he spent a big part of his childhood with the Schumacher family as they would all go on holidays together.
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      He told F1 Insider: “I was three or four years old at the time. I just knew that was Uncle Michael.
      “Who was very nice. Who was an extremely big family man.
      “But I never saw him as a record World Champion, I didn’t know that.”
      Max, a 35-time race winner, continued: “You can see that in the old photos and videos that we have at home. Mick or Gina was always there.
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      “It was great. I still have positive memories of those weekends today.”
      The 24-year-old added that Jos and Michael would load their kids up on two-seater go-karts and two father and son duos would race against each other.
      He said: “We always went karting in two-seaters. Michael with Mick or Gina, my father with me.
      “But when it got too dangerous, the fathers quickly took over!”
      Netflix’s documentary also brought to light a touching photo showing Michael cradling baby Max on his lap alongside his own daughter, Gina-Maria.
      Drive to Survive also charts Mick’s difficult sophomore season in 2022 – including his horror 170mph accident in Saudi Arabia.
      Mick’s rough year saw him outscored by his teammate, the returning Danish veteran Kevin Magnussen.
      The show outlines Mick’s struggles – and the pressure that came with racing under the name “Schumacher”.
      Speaking about his good friend, Max said: “It was different for Mick than it was for me. His father is the record world champion, with seven world championships.
      “That’s a difficult starting position at first.”
      Michael, one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, continues his recovery after his horror ski crash in 2013.
      He raced from 1991 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2012 – a second act of his career which saw him become instrumental in setting up the dominant Mercedes team.
      The German won five world championships with Ferrari and two for Benetton.
      Schumacher retired in 2012, but just a year later he was involved in the life-changing skiing accident while on the slopes with Mick.
      He was left in a medically induced coma before being released home and then ever since it has been near silence on the driver’s condition.
      He has not been seen in public ever since.
      His family, led by wife Corinna, closely protect Michael’s privacy and offer him a quiet life.
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      Since then there have only been hints and cryptic rumours about Schumacher’s health with drip-fed information from friends and unnamed sources.
      Schumacher pictured with Max Verstappen, right, and his daughter Gina-MariaCredit: Netflix
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      Huge Drive to Survive star reveals he never watched a single episode of hit Netflix show ahead of 2023 F1 season

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      NETFLIX’S new instalment of their hit F1 show “Drive to Survive” airs on Friday but one of the stars of the series has never watched a single episode.Haas boss Guenther Steiner was the key character in the first series, which has been responsible for helping propel F1’s success across the globe.
      Drive to Survive is set to be released on Friday, February 24
      Haas boss Guenther Steiner has gained popularity from the seriesCredit: Splash
      The sport’s popularity is booming – three sold-out races in the US, a joint-record 23-race calendar with more circuits clambering to join along with some new teams – F1 has never had it so good.
      Anyone who has watched the show will know that Steiner – and his F-word rants – can lay claim to helping boost F1’s appeal – but as he puts it, he’s still waiting for F1 to provide him with a big cheque to say thank you.
      “I have never watched an episode,” he says. “In the beginning I didn’t want to watch because I don’t really enjoy watching myself.
      “I also didn’t want to get influenced to change when I am doing something. If you are an actor, you learn from your mistakes.
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      “I don’t want to be an actor because maybe everytime I see a camera, it may have an effect on how I behave.
      “It sounds very complex but for me it was a very simplistic thought process and now if I start to watch it, it was OK in the beginning, so why go back and change now?”
      Steiner says he jokes with F1’s CEO Stefano Domenicali and business tycoon, Greg Maffei, who is the CEO of Liberty Media CEO, who own the rights to F1, about his influence in the show.
      The likeable Italian is now an icon thanks to playing himself and his popularity is staggering.
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      He added: “We always joke with Stefano and Greg but you know, they have not reached out and told me they are sending a cheque!
      “Stefano has known me for 20 years and knows I am the same person and nothing has changed. It is part of what we are doing.
      “But I am recognised a lot more. The strange thing is you never know when you are alone or not.
      “You can be sitting somewhere and you’re thinking nobody knows you and you forget about it and then someone says your name, but it is nothing bad, especially in the States, people are well behaved and ask for a picture.
      “For my family, when the first series came out, my daughter was eight and people called your name or stopped me on the street and she would ask me if I knew these guys, and I was like no, but now it is not an issue.”
      Steiner says he is not shocked by just how popular the fly-on-the-wall series has been but he is surprised about how it has changed the shape of F1 commercially.
      His team, and the same of others on the grid, have been able to attract sponsorship they would not have been able to after Liberty Media opened up the sport to a wider audience.
      He said: “F1 gives a lot of interesting things to the fans. To the new fans, it opens it up and they are telling the story.
      “F1 missed out on not telling the story. Can you imagine if it would have started up maybe 20 years ago?
      “Liberty Media understood the entertainment and they came in and realised there is a bigger story to be told.
      “It has been a benefit to teams. A lot of sponsors come in because they want to be seen and it has done well for all the teams.
      “The big teams are not the only ones people are interested in.
      Before, you only saw the big teams on TV but now on normal TV they show the smaller teams as well because people are interested in what they are doing as well.
      “We have been put on the map for sponsors that we are an interesting team, even if we are not winning races yet.”
      Steiner saw his team kick off pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday ahead of the season-opener on March 5th.
      He has picked veteran Nico Hulkenberg to replace Mick Schumacher, who is now a reserve driver at Mercedes.
      Steiner was also linked with a move for Daniel Ricciardo, who finds himself as a reserve at Red Bull after turning down Haas.
      It seemed like a backward step for the Aussie to turn down a seat on the grid, but Steiner has no hard feelings.
      He said: “Nico is settling in really well. All the interaction is as expected. There was a plan because he was an experienced person and he is giving guidance to the guys.
      “As for Daniel, I am not disappointed. Everybody can take his decision. If Danny had no interest, I respect that he did not waste my time in speaking with me.
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      “I respect that fully. It was pretty clear when he did not engage that he had no interest and I did not call back to show that I was desperate so it was a fair way of dealing with it.
      “I am very OK with the attitude because he did not waste my time and we can both get on like we did before.” More

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      Michael Schumacher documentary sheds new light on his home life as throwback pic shows him cradling baby Max Verstappen

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      A TOUCHING rare photo of Michael Schumacher has been released showing him cradling future double world F1 champion Max Verstappen. Seven-time champ Michael is seen smiling as he sits in a hanging chair with the baby driver in his lap alongside his own daughter, Gina-Maria.
      Drive to Survive reveals the closeness between the Verstappens and SchumachersCredit: EPA
      Michael Schumacher pictured with Max (R) and his daughter Gina-MariaCredit: netflix
      Michael meets with a very young Max
      The photo was released as part of Netflix’s hit F1 show Drive to Survive and features in episode 4 – Like Father, Like Son? – with the series being released tomorrow.
      In an exclusive preview granted to The Sun Online, Max talks about growing up alongside the Schumacher family – including Michael’s son Mick, who also went on to race in F1.
      The double world champion – who broke Sir Lewis Hamilton’s four-year stranglehold on the F1 title – is the son of Michael’s former Benetton teammate Jos Verstappen.
      And so the Schumachers and the Verstappens became close, with Mick, 23, and Max, 25, sharing a bond which endured as they both rose through the racing ranks into the top flight.
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      The show includes a rare clip showing Jos and Michael discussing if they would let their children became F1 drivers in an interview filmed during the 00s.
      The question prompts a laugh from Michael.
      “I think this could be the first time we have an argument if our two would be racing,” says the German.
      The documentary then shows Max as a toddler hanging out with Michael.
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      “We used to go on holidays when we were little together, the two families, and these kind of memories will stay with me,” explains Max, who is now a 35-time race winner in F1.
      “For both of us to be in F1 is amazing and also for Michael, he’s a very proud dad for sure.”
      Drive to Survive then cuts of a picture of Michael holding Max and Gina-Maria that must have been taken in the late 90s.
      Gina-Maria, now 26, did not go into motorsport – instead following her mum Corinna’s passion and becoming a horse rider.
      The incredibly touching photo – released in full clarity for the first time by Netflix – was revealed as Michael continues his recovery after his horror ski crash in 2013.
      Michael has not been seen in public ever since – with any information about his condition tightly controlled by his privacy-focused family led by wife Corinna.
      Fans are desperate for news – with the tenth anniversary of Schumacher’s accident coming up in December.
      And adding to further heartache for fans of the Schumachers, Mick lost his F1 seat at the Haas team at the end of 2022.
      He was replaced by F1 journeyman Nico Hulkenberg – and will have sit out 2023 as a reserve driver at Mercedes behind Sir Lewis and his hotshot teammate George Russell.
      Max Verstappen is a two time world champion – winning in 2021 and 2022Credit: Getty
      Mick Schumacher lost his seat at the end of 2022Credit: Splash
      Drive to Survive charts Mick’s difficult sophomore season in 2022 – including his horror 170mph accident in Saudi Arabia.
      Mick’s rough year saw him outscored by his teammate, the returning Danish veteran Kevin Magnussen.
      The show outlines Mick’s struggles – and the pressure that came with racing under the name “Schumacher”.
      “Mick has the lineage of one of the greatest driver’s the sport has ever seen,” says F1 journalist Will Buxton.
      “But it remains to be seen if [he] has the same character as his dad.”
      Haas boss Steiner said the Schumacher name explains the name was “blessing and a curse” for Mick.
      But in characteristically non-nonsense fashion, the famously foul-mouthed team principal says at some point the young German will have “stand up” and be his “own man”.
      Mick opens up about his struggles with pressure in the show, including the candid admission that “dreams don’t always come true”.
      His dad Michael is one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, dominating the sport in the early 2000s after rising to power in the 90s.
      He raced from 1991 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2012 – a second act of his career which saw him become instrumental in setting up the dominant Mercedes team.
      The German won five world championships with Ferrari and two for Benetton.
      Schumacher retired in 2012, but just a year later he was involved in the life-changing skiing accident while on the slopes with Mick.
      He was left in a medically induced coma before being released home and then ever since it has been near silence on the driver’s condition.
      His family, led by wife Corinna, closely protect Michael’s privacy and offer him a quiet life.
      Since then there have only been hints and cryptic rumours about Schumacher’s health with drip fed information from friends and unnamed sources.
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      But the only people who know for sure are Schumacher’s family and his closest pals.
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      Lewis Hamilton’s boss Toto Wolff and rival Max Verstappen slam F1’s Drive to Survive on Netflix ahead of new series

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      MAX VERSTAPPEN and Toto Wolff have expressed concerns over Drive to Survive with the hit series days away from its fifth season release. The fly-on-the-wall documentary series follows all 10 teams and provides fans with an insight to the drama that is missed by standard TV coverage.
      Drive to Survive is widely believed to have boosted F1’s popularity among younger audiences
      It has proven to be a huge hit and is often cited as a factor in F1’s popularity boom in recent years.
      But the series is not everyone’s cup of tea, including those at the centre of the drama.
      Verstappen, 25, initially refused to do any talking head interviews despite his boss, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, being one of the series’ main protagonists.
      But the Dutchman has dropped his boycott this year despite the unflattering review he provided ahead of the fourth season’s release previously.
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      He said: “They faked a few rivalries which don’t really exist. So I decided to not be a part of it and did not give any more interviews after that because then there is nothing you can show.
      “I am not really a dramatic show kind of person, I just want facts and real things to happen.
      “The problem is they will always position you in a way they want, so whatever you say, they will try to make you look reckless or trying to make you… whatever fits the story of the series.
      “So I never really liked that. I prefer to just have a one-on-one interview with the person who would like to know me.”
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      Lewis Hamilton’s boss Wolff revealed similar misgivings last year.
      He said: “It’s scary how much we let them in. You hate to see yourself in there. They create a spin to the narrative – they put scenes together that didn’t happen.
      “I guess you’d say as an insider, ‘well that’s different than how it was’. But we’re creating entertainment, and that is a new dimension of entertainment.”
      The most recent series of Drive to Survive followed F1’s most dramatic and explosive title race ever with Hamilton and Verstappen’s rivalry resulting in huge crashes and unprecedented last-lap drama.
      The upcoming series – which is released on February 24 – will review the 2022 season which saw Verstappen dominate, Mercedes struggle and Ferrari unravel. More