Martin Brundle blanked by F1 star on US Grand Prix grid walk who was 'having none of it'

Martin Brundle is celebrated for his pre-race grid locomotion and determination was different memorable infinitesimal earlier the United States Grand Prix erstwhile helium tried to talk with Williams operator Franco Colapinto

Martin Brundle was blanked by Franco Colapinto astatine the extremity of his United States Grand Prix grid walk.

As usual, the Sky Sports F1 favourite was buzzing astir the grid half-an-hour earlier lights retired successful Austin connected Sunday. He started by chatting to Fernando Alonso earlier moving connected to Kevin Magnussen.

He past spoke with Olympians Gabby Thomas and Mondo Duplantis, some of whom were precise blessed to springiness him immoderate of their time. But Williams racer Colapinto surely wasn't arsenic helium dodged the advances of the Sky F1 stalwart.

Brundle approached the Argentine and asked if helium could person a connection arsenic helium made his mode to the beforehand of the grid for the nationalist anthem. But Colapinto simply smiled awkwardly and quickened his gait to get past Brundle.

"Hello, my sanction is Martin Brundle, Sky - we person not met. Can we person a chat?" Brundle began, earlier Colapinto simply walked consecutive by. And truthful the experienced broadcasted continued: "Ah well, I deliberation that is the reply to that."

Naturally, the infinitesimal did not spell unnoticed by fans, galore of whom took to societal media to respond to what they had conscionable seen. "Franco Colapinto was having perfectly nary of Martin Brundle," wrote one.

Another said: "Lol astatine Franco Colapinto leaving Martin Brundle precocious and dry." And a 3rd joked: "I americium not an adept successful assemblage language, but I don't deliberation Colapinto was funny successful talking to Martin Brundle."

Colapinto is inactive precise caller to the F1 grid having been called up lone past period by Williams to regenerate Logan Sargeant until the extremity of the season. He has impressed with his performances truthful far, but cannot triumph a spot with the squad for 2025 arsenic Carlos Sainz has already been signed to spouse Alex Albon adjacent year.

He was intelligibly successful a hurry and drivers are reprimanded if they are not contiguous successful clip for the nationalist anthem show earlier a race. Despite that, and the information helium had ne'er met Brundle before, immoderate fans did not instrumentality excessively kindly to the youngster's snub.

"Seriously, blanking an F1 fable similar Brundle won't marque you immoderate friends, amusement immoderate respect," 1 wrote. And different asserted: "Franco Colapinto volition consecutive up regret blanking and being rude to Martin Brundle."