Drive to Survive is once again topping the Netflix charts, with riders calling for the format to be emulated in the MotoGP paddock.

A longer than normal winter season has left many motorsport fans gagging for their action fix, with Netflix once again coming to their aid with the third instalment of its behind-the-scenes F1 documentary but do the current MotoGP riders feel a similar production could benefit the two-wheel scene?

That was the question put to a number of premier-class front-runners during Thursday’s pre-race press conference at Qatar, with a resoundingly positive response across the board.

Reigning MotoGP Champion Joan Mir was the first to comment, explaining he was currently in the middle of watching the latest instalment. “It’s something that can be great if we have also one of these documentaries, so I hope,” the Spaniard remarked.

“Will be nice to see the secrets of the other manufacturers,” Pol Espargaro joked. “They go very deep in the pit box, when they discuss all these things, so it will be at least fun.”

Describing the MotoGP pit boxes as a potentially hotter landscape than their F1 counterparts, the new Repsol Honda rider observed “We tend to scream a little bit more than them,” before continuing “jokes apart, I think this is going to be helpful for the sport of MotoGP, and everything that is publicity for this sport that we all love. It will be better for all of us, so it will be great.”

Fabio Quartararo seemed to follow Espargaro’s theme. “It’s great because it’s nice to look at this series but I feel like it’s better they don’t come when riders are angry” the Yamaha rider said before amusingly adding “but I’m curious to see who is the ‘Gunther’ of MotoGP.” (It’s Mir’s crew chief, Frankie Carchedi – DM)

Agreeing with DTS’s ability to promote F1 to a wider audience, Valentino Rossi admitted to also being a fan of the series. “I think that now this format is very famous. This documentary is fun, also Formula1 is fun” the Italian explained.

“I think that can be good for the MotoGP fan, they can understand better what’s happened behind the pit box, but it’s also good for a lot of people that don’t know very well MotoGP, and can understand the way.”

Aprilia’s captain, Aleix Espargaro continued the praise, suggesting “I think it’s gonna be good to see us racers, we’ve been doing this for a long time but I think that people also want to know, to discover what the riders do, after the session, behind the scenes, when we go to the motorhome. I think it’s nice. For example, during this winter I watched the documentary of Suzuki and Joan’s title at MotoGP, and for me, was nice, so yeah hopefully we can have something similar of F1.”

Jack Miller completed the resounding approval stating “It’s fantastic, it’s going to grow the sport,” before concluding the subject in his usual jovial way “and I’m sure there’s a few riders on the grid that want to be movie stars as well, so I’m sure it would help them quite a lot.”