Has Lewis Hamilton stopped talking to Martin Brundle during his F1 grid walks?
Brundle has commentated on F1 since 1997 following his retirement from the s♉port at the end of the previous season🐼.
In that time, the 63-year-old has been best known for his💖 ‘grid walk’ where he talks to drivers and celebrities ahead of the races.
Brundle is often seen interrupting conversations or getting blanked by people as he atಞtempts to interview them on the grid.
In an interview with GQ, Brundle 𒁃opened up on his relationship with various F1 drivers, including Hamilton.
“They know you’ve been there, you’ve done it, you’ve seen it, you’ve crashed the car, and you’re going to ask somethin꧅g relevant or personal,” Brundle said.
“I never tried to dropkick them or get clever with the questions. I think that would be unfair, so it tends to be quite happy and smashy and nicey conversation. I’m not really going to be hitting them with an, ‘I heard your contract 🥂is up soon,’ or something like that. It’s going to be relevant to the race, but generally speaking they trust me.
“A few of them will just shake their head and then even apologise later on. Or 𒐪some come up to me in the paddock and go, ‘You haven’t seen me on the grid for ages,ꦛ just come and talk to me on the grid.’
“Anꦗd then others will never talk. Lewis [Hamilton] used to talk to me a lot and then stopped. So, we take it as it comes.”
Brundle reflect🧸ed on interviewing former England and Manchester United footballer, David Beck💞ham.
“I thought that about David Beckham, and then eventually I did get in his face in Miam♊i,” Brundle said. “I was being man-marked by a couple of guys in Qatar that didn’t want anybody near him there. So, I was pretty determined to speak to him.
“And then when I did, I thought, 🐷‘I don’t know why I bothered,’ basically. I didn’t feel good about it, particularly. I don’t like bothering people. If they don’t want to talk to you, they don’t want🌠 to talk to you. There’s plenty of people who do.
“You’ve got to remember: I’ve been on an F1 grid for 38 years, well over half the l𝕴ife of Formula 1. I’ve been to well over half the grands prix 🅰in the history of Formula, so I feel pretty comfortable in that space. I feel it’s my territory.”
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