Former System 1 presenter Will Buxton revealed that he by no means obtained paid by Netflix or F1 regardless of providing essential insights within the Drive to Survive docuseries based mostly on the premier class of motorsport.
Buxton was a preferred determine on F1TV for greater than a decade, interviewing drivers, staff principals, and providing viewers lesser-known info. Nevertheless, he give up F1 final 12 months and joined Fox Sports activities to grow to be an IndyCar presenter.
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He was additionally common for his appearances on Drive to Survive, the place he revealed insider info that gave viewers an concept of how F1 works. One may assume Netflix would have paid Buxton a good-looking amount of cash for the function he performed on digital camera.
Nevertheless, Buxton revealed in a latest interview with Lucas Stewart that neither Netflix nor F1 had paid him for his appearances within the docuseries. When Stewart requested him who pays him to do this, Buxton stated:
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“No one pays me to do it.”
Stewart’s reply advised he was stunned: “Actually?”
Buxton added:
“Yeah, don’t receives a commission to do it. You don’t receives a commission.
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“Within the documentary, in the event you’re being interviewed, you don’t receives a commission.”
Stewart, who was nonetheless in disbelief, informed Buxton that he was nonetheless talking on digital camera. Buxton replied:
“Properly, so I get interviewed. In the event that they have been handing me a script to learn, nicely then I may in all probability ask for a payment.
“They interview me 5, six, seven, eight, what number of ever occasions throughout the 12 months, and simply ask me questions on what’s happening and you realize, to clarify the advanced issues.
“I had many hourse of getting a numb arse, sitting on a chair, being requested to clarify for the eighth season in a row, what qualifying is.”
The reel has acquired over 4,000 feedback on Instagram, clearly hitting a nerve with customers.
