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The Red Bull driver did not cooperate with
producers for the fourth season of the behind-the-scenes show
which premiered this year.
The latest season covered Verstappen's controversial and heated
title battle with Mercedes rival and seven times world champion
Lewis Hamilton.
In March he said it was not his thing and his stance was
unlikely to change, but Netflix and Formula One confirmed two
more seasons in May and the Dutch 24-year-old said he was now
more involved.
"I just sat together with them and I explained how I thought
about it and what I thought went wrong in the past and it was
actually a very good, quick little chat and we'll try to improve
from there," he told reporters at the British Grand Prix.
He said he would get more of a say in how he was portrayed and
footage was used.
"That's all I'm asking for. That's it just more realistic, at
least from my side," he said.
"I cannot control, of course, what they do with other drivers,
but at least I want to be in control with what I'm releasing.
That's what we're going to do.
"I hope, of course, that it's going to be good, because I also
understand that Netflix really helped a lot for the popularity,
especially in the U.S., and I don't mind playing a role in that
but it needs to be good for both of us."
In March, Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali said he
would talk to Netflix about keeping the narrative rooted in
reality.
'Drive to Survive' has played a key role in drawing new, younger
fans to the sport, bringing a surge of popularity in the
previously hard-to-crack American market.
But it has drawn criticism for manufacturing rivalries between
drivers and placing conversations and radio comments out of
context.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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