Franco Colapinto speaks out after ignoring Martin Brundle during Sky F1 grid walk

Martin Brundle's pre-race grid walks regularly supply large talking points and the US Grand Prix did not disappoint erstwhile Williams racer Franco Colapinto wholly ignored the Sky Sports favourite

Franco Colapinto has apologised to Martin Brundle aft ignoring the Sky Sports F1 favourite during his United States Grand Prix grid walk.

The Argentine produced another iconic infinitesimal during Brundle's fashionable pre-race segment successful Austin. Just earlier the nationalist anthem was played, the Sky F1 presenter tried to capable the last fewer seconds of his broadcast by getting a connection from Colapinto.

He admitted that helium had ne'er spoken to the Williams operator before. And it showed arsenic the 21-year-old took 1 look astatine Brundle earlier walking consecutive past him and to the beforehand of the grid to beryllium successful spot for the nationalist anthem.

Some fans connected societal media were entertained by the snub portion others criticised Colapinto for appearing to beryllium rude to the erstwhile F1 racer. Ahead of this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix, the Williams operator was fixed the accidental to explicate his broadside of the story.

Quizzed connected the matter, helium said: "There is not overmuch of a story. He ne'er did immoderate interrogation to maine and it was, astatine slightest for me, not a large infinitesimal to beryllium speaking successful the camera. I was going to the nationalist anthem and I was precise precocious and I was focused connected the race, I was focused connected driving and I was conscionable afloat into that.

"I did not privation to talk excessively overmuch - I emotion speaking present and erstwhile I leap retired of the car, but erstwhile I americium successful racing mode I effort to beryllium a spot much into my relation and not to beryllium giving interviews. That is it.

"I bash not person overmuch acquisition connected this, of having to spell to the grid past waiting determination for 30 minutes, jumping retired of the car, walking astir the paddock and everyone wanted to marque caller interviews. Martin, of course, helium has been an highly massive, mega, mega, mega operator and helium near a bequest successful the athletics arsenic well."

Colapinto, who has raced conscionable 4 times successful F1 having been promoted to regenerate Logan Sargeant successful August, besides got the accidental to talk with Brundle who helium told: "Good to conscionable you, it is simply a pleasance to beryllium talking to you. I americium precise atrocious for what happened - conscionable earlier the contention starts, I americium not utilized to speaking.

"Actually earlier the contention starts successful F2 we are inactive sitting successful the car. And past abruptly successful F1, we get 30 minutes, we jumped retired of the car, everyone wants to interrogation you and I americium a spot successful a bubble. It was lone my 4th contention and it is simply a spot tricky but, yes, I americium atrocious for that."

Brundle held thing against the young Argentine and adjacent gave him immoderate proposal connected however to debar being collared for a chat connected aboriginal grid walks. He told Colapinto: "When you person got your contention caput on, conscionable enactment your manus up and I volition not fuss you, nary occupation astatine all."