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Martin Brundle will not conduct grid walks for Sky on sports f1 las vegas grand prix this weekend.
The Sky F1 broadcaster, who has led his famous grid walks in the first two Vegas races, will not be in Sin City this weekend. jensen button Instead acting as co-commentator with David Croft.
Brundle is contracted to work 16 of the 24 F1 races per season for Sky, with the veteran broadcaster missing out on Vegas this weekend. He is set to return for the final two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
It is unclear who held the blame, 2009 F1 World Champion Button Lewis Hamilton For late qualifying error which saw the Briton qualify last, will lead the grid walk in Brundle’s absence. Other Sky Sports pundits such as Bernie Collins, Anthony Davidson and Rachel Brooks could also replace Brundle.
lando norris will do start on pole For Saturday night’s race – which starts at 4am (GMT) on Sunday in the UK – F1 title rival Max Verstappen is second and Oscar Piastri fifth.
Brundle, himself a former F1 driver, is known for his sometimes awkward encounters with drivers and celebrities on the grid before races, including one Hilarious mashup with Lewis Capaldi And his brother were in Singapore last month.
The 66-year-old broadcaster who was abandoned by Ashar in Saudi Arabia earlier this yearhad a run in with Kylian Mbappe’s bodyguard Last year in Monaco, when he tried to arrange an interview with the France and Real Madrid star, he said, “I’m in charge here”.
Brundle in Brazil in November 2023 hit American rapper Machine Gun Kelly and had an awkward interview, in which the American rapper messed with Brundle’s poppy, asked him to play air guitar and ended up putting his thumb in front of the camera.
Brundle also briefly faced Shaquille O’Neal in las vegas In 2023, the NBA legend simply said, “Lewis Hamilton baby.”
Brundle also had hilarious encounters with DJ Khaled and Pharrell Williams in Miami in 2022, as well as a bit cold exchange With Cara Delevingne at Silverstone two years ago, in which the model refused to speak to the broadcaster.