is a notable absentee from the seventh season of – with a brand new pundit on the present.
’s transfer to Ferrari, the and Max Verstappen’s title win all function within the new season of the favored Netflix docu-series, .
However Sky Sports activities F1 pundit Patrick, the previous IndyCar and NASCAR racer who appeared in season six, doesn’t function within the newest season.
As an alternative, Patrick’s Sky colleague Button – the 2009 F1 world champion – options briefly, alongside common contributors Will Buxton and Claire Williams.
Patrick, the one lady to win an IndyCar Sequence race, is a well-known face to British viewers of F1 within the UK, with the 42-year-old that includes as a Sky pundit at races stateside and past.
In latest months, Patrick has been vocal in her assist for US president Donald Trump, that she would vote for the Republican candidate in what could be her first ever vote in a presidential election.
Buxton, who’s now commentating , has appeared for the reason that first season whereas former F1 workforce principal Williams joined the present final yr.
Williams, the daughter of Williams F1 workforce founder Sir Frank Williams, is an everyday voice of data all through the most recent 10-episode season.
Chatting with about whether or not the most recent season may very well be his final on the present given his departure from F1TV, Buxton stated: “To be sincere with you, I don’t know.
“They’ve at all times been very cautious to not present me in situ within the paddock, I’ve at all times simply been a speaking head in a room.
“So, I assume that might proceed [with me] in the event that they wished to. I truly actually hope we are able to, that may be beautiful.
“I’m not simply going to stroll out of the F1 paddock and all of a sudden not speak to everyone that I’ve labored with. I’ll be again all year long, not on a TV display screen with F1, however I’ll be going to some races.
“The enjoyable half for me this yr, forward of one of the crucial thrilling F1 seasons in a very long time, is I get to take pleasure in this one as a fan. That’s actually thrilling for me.”
Buxton commentated on his first IndyCar race of the season, in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sunday.
The seventh season of Drive to Survive is launched on Netflix on 7 March. An eighth season for subsequent yr, although not but formally introduced, is anticipated to be agreed.
