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Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle’s grid walk might be the very definition of car crash television but the veteran broadcaster has proven just how ice cold he has to be in the latest edition in Las Vegas. Every F1 qualifying session and race LIVE in 4K on Kayo. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1.
Limited time offer. Making the most of live television, Brundle’s grid walk is the must-watch appetiser to every F1 race. Maybe you’ll get a wholesome interview, maybe you’ll get a wild snub, maybe Brundle himself will make a faux pas.
Or, like in Vegas, maybe Brundle will show himself to be ice cold. From the outset of the grid walk in Vegas, it was clear it was going to be a tough one with a reported 77 celebrities on the list to walk the grid as well as motorsport personalities and the drivers themselves. So Brundle could be picky — and he made the most of it right from the outset.
As the camera cut to him, almost immediately he was tapped on the elbow for an interview with former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter Petra. After introducing her, Brundle brushed her immediately, saying: “Cool. “Hi, how are you doing? If you don’t mind, I’m going to go this way (pointing in the opposite direction) first and then I’ll .
.. but thank you for the heads up on that,” Brundle added as he walked away.
With an absolutely packed grid, Brundle complained about not being able to find anyone, with the drivers all staying in the garage. “I don’t know if we’ll be able to find anyone today,” Brundle added. In his 10 minute segment, Brundle “sidestepped” Gordon Ramsay, who he regularly sees on the grid, and golf star Rory McIlroy, who he interviewed earlier in the week.
But he was able to track down the likes of legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who is producing the F1 movie with Brad Pitt, Olympic 100m gold medallist Noah Lyles, Gladiator II star Paul Mescal, and Sylvester Stallone. However, when he was offered a chat with former Playboy Playmate of the Year turned actor and media personality Jenny McCarthy, Brundle kept moving. “It’s okay, it’s okay,” he said.
McCarthy, who is also a judge on the US version of The Masked Singer , has also been criticised for promoting anti-vax talking points, and being called “the face of the anti-vax movement”, a label she reportedly disputes. Brundle then made a beeline for Williams driver Franco Colapinto, who crashed out of Q2 in Saturday’s qualifying. The pair had had a drama earlier in the season when it appeared the 21-year-old Argentinian had snubbed the Sky Sports veteran .
It was later worked out between the pair with both taking the blame of the situation..
