(Reuters) – Former Components One racer turned tv commentator Martin Brundle recommended the minders of VIP quests “be taught some manners” after an try to quiz rapper Megan Thee Stallion on the U.S. Grand Prix lit up social media.
The 62-year-old Briton, a former staff mate of Germany’s seven instances world champion Michael Schumacher, does a daily pre-race grid stroll for Sky Sports activities tv, who additionally present the feed for U.S. viewers.
After approaching the artist with a microphone to ask whether or not she had any rap for F1, and getting the reply that she had “no rap at this time”, he requested her who she was supporting.
A bodyguard then advised Brundle he couldn’t try this.
“I can try this, as a result of I did,” Brundle, who has interviewed Hollywood A listers and sporting greats over time and has 759,000 Twitter followers, retorted.
“I’ve felt below strain on the grid earlier than however by individuals referred to as Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Mansell, Piquet and so forth,” he mentioned on Twitter, referencing a string of previous Components One champions he raced towards.
“Bodyguards visiting the grid for the primary time don’t trouble me, everybody’s received a job to do, however they might perhaps be taught some manners and respect on our patch.”
The tweet had 41,000 ‘likes’ inside two hours.
Brundle has been snubbed earlier than on his grid stroll, and was additionally blanked on Sunday by American tennis participant Serena Williams, whose sister Venus ignored him a number of years in the past.
“It is a double fault,” he advised viewers.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, modifying by Ken Ferris)
