Drive t0 Survive is keeping fans entertained for a brief period before the real deal of the 2023 F1 season takes place. As the episodes roll by, fans are picking up on the unseen BTS footage that Netflix proudly advertises. In one such moment, the crew is a fly on the wall at an intense team principals’ meeting where Mercedes captain Toto Wolff takes center stage. Safe to say, things get heated.
In the second episode of the docu-series, the spotlight falls on Mercedes and their porpoising problem. Since the issue wasn’t isolated, and other teams had faced their version of the phenomenon, Wolff had called a meeting to find a solution.
The worried team boss claims, “All of you are playing a dangerous game.” He then goes into detail about how things can go horribly wrong for everyone involved; ending it with a threat. “You’re in the shit and I’m going to come after you.”
Soon, the scene cuts to his audience, who either seem uninterested or stifling laughter at the outburst. Clearly, under pressure, Wolff asks them how they changed the issue. Horner bluntly replies, “You’ve got a problem. Change your f*cking car!” This rubs Wolff the wrong way, who then pulls receipts of Sergio Perez’s statements on the RB18.
Toto Wolff unintentionally breaks the internet
The nature of the outburst, the 1v1 with Horner, and the giggling team principals- you couldn’t write this episode. Fans were immediately drawn to the sitcom-like nature of events.
‘Keeping Up With the Team Principals’ for 50 seconds straight
pic.twitter.com/3Kf9b0kZAa— Matt³³⁺¹⁶ |⏱PRE-SEASON TESTING⏱ (@FM1_3316) February 24, 2023
https://twitter.com/maraneIlo/status/1629182517746991105?s=20
https://twitter.com/hannahbvn/status/1629264783093424129?s=20
Drive To Survive S5 E2: Team Principal meeting. pic.twitter.com/fjyhgvuMoh
— Jack (@Carroll_NIR) February 24, 2023
https://twitter.com/SamCarrick13/status/1629099816226521096?s=20
https://twitter.com/telepathyibo/status/1629144911621529600?s=20
Other team principals’ reactions had fans giggling along with them. With Wolff in a tough spot, his peers couldn’t help but take the mickey out of him.
https://twitter.com/itsIightsout/status/1629118831988731904?s=20
jost capito is so real for just sitting and laughing after that team principal’s meeting his ass did not care
— chlo (@klooweeee) February 24, 2023
https://twitter.com/55ontrack/status/1629154158132486147?s=20
Unfortunately, Wolff was the butt of all jokes. Soon the 51-year-old was a new meme on the F1 twt. Fans were ruthless and creative in their reactions to the episode.
when someone asks me for receipts pic.twitter.com/egxbipvk0I
— linda (@formulalinds) February 24, 2023
Toto in that team principal's meeting in episode 2. #DriveToSurvive5 pic.twitter.com/Cfw77n75pH
— Kian (@KimiIsGod) February 24, 2023
toto losing his shit in the team principal meeting in episode two is so funny
— av¹ | 7 days (@floorstappen) February 24, 2023
https://twitter.com/formula1saac/status/1629138651505467392?s=20
The team principal meeting scene in the new Drive to Survive, with Toto Wolff and Christian Horner going at it, will sustain me for some time
— Lauren Comitor (@laurencomitor) February 24, 2023
As the new season brings with it its bag of memes and unseen moments, this one surely takes the cake. As the 2023 season comes close, let’s hope the DTS crew can sneak into more FIA meetings for such top-notch entertainment.
