won’t conduct the grid stroll for Sports activities F1 on the this weekend.
The Sky F1 broadcaster, who has led his well-known grid stroll on the first two Vegas races, isn’t current in Sin Metropolis this weekend, with as a substitute appearing as co-commentator alongside David Croft.
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Brundle is contracted to work 16 of the 24 F1 races for Sky per season, with the veteran broadcaster lacking Vegas this weekend. He’s set to return for the ultimate two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Jenson Button (left) is Sky’s major co-commentator this weekend (Getty Photographs)
It’s unclear whether or not 2009 F1 world champion Button, who blamed for the which noticed the Briton qualify dead-last, will lead the grid stroll in Brundle’s absence. Different Sky Sports activities pundits equivalent to Bernie Collins, Anthony Davidson and Rachel Brookes might additionally take Brundle’s place.
Lando Norris will for the Saturday night time race – beginning at 4am (GMT) on Sunday morning within the UK – with F1 title rivals Max Verstappen in second and Oscar Piastri in fifth.
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Brundle, a former F1 driver himself, is thought for his generally awkward encounters with drivers and celebrities on the grid earlier than races, together with a and his brother in Singapore final month.
The 66-year-old broadcaster, who was shunned by Usher in Saudi Arabia , had a run-in with final 12 months in Monaco, saying “I’m in cost right here”, when attempting to conduct an interview with the France and Actual Madrid star.
In Brazil in November 2023, Brundle American rapper Machine Gun Kelly and an odd interview occurred, during which the American rapper fiddled with Brundle’s poppy, requested him to play the air guitar and put his thumb all the way down to the digital camera on the finish.
Brundle mistook Lewis Capaldi for his brother on the Singapore F1 grid las month (Sky Sports activities)
Brundle additionally briefly encountered Shaquille O’Neal in 2023, with the NBA legend merely saying “Lewis Hamilton child”.
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Brundle additionally endured hilarious encounters with DJ Khaled and Pharrell Williams in Miami in 2022, in addition to a barely with Cara Delevingne at Silverstone two years in the past, during which the mannequin refused to speak to the broadcaster.
