F1 icon doubles down after viral live TV run-in

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Iconic Formula 1 commentator Martin Brundle has revisited his viral brushwood with Megan Thee Stallion and her bodyguards astatine the United States Grand Prix, pointing retired with a hint of sarcasm that they had made him "mildly good known".

Brundle attempted to get a connection with the American rapper during his pre-race grid locomotion astatine Monday's (AEDT) expansive prix successful Texas, lone to person his way blocked by a information guard.

While Megan appeared blessed to bash a interrogation with Brundle connected Sky Sports' coverage, the bodyguard made it difficult.

It wasn't agelong earlier a 2nd subordinate of Megan's enactment unit had intervened, telling Brundle, "you can't bash that".

"I tin bash that, due to the fact that I did," Brundle changeable backmost arsenic Megan was ushered away.

Brundle took to Twitter earlier this week to instrumentality objection to the behaviour of Megan's information guards.

"Bodyguards visiting the grid for the archetypal clip don't fuss me; everyone's got a occupation to do," Brundle wrote.

"But they could possibly larn immoderate manners and respect connected our patch."

Brundle, who drove successful Formula 1 successful the 1980s and 1990s, has since fixed a light-hearted instrumentality connected the fiasco.

"I did chuckle connected Monday," Brundle wrote successful his latest Sky Sports column.

Verstappen holds disconnected Hamilton to triumph US Grand Prix

"After each the blood, sweat, tears and breached bones, the glorious victories and dismal failures, the monstrous crashes, the quadruple stints connected a treacherous rainy nighttime successful Le Mans, guiding a 1250-BHP flying bedsted done Monaco qualifying, on with 25 years of broadcasting, I've yet go mildly good known for being ignored by celebrities, portion simultaneously being swatted to 1 broadside by a antheral upland and told disconnected by a Malfoy lookalike doubtless attending his archetypal F1 race.

"My grid-walk instrumentality aft 2 years was astir apt a spot excessively cheeky successful Austin but nevertheless a batch of fun.

"Actually, my existent assertion to fame is that I erstwhile played snooker with (British singer-songwriter) Mark Knopfler, and what a beauteous bloke helium was, too."

Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the United States Grand Prix to widen his pb successful the satellite title from six points to 12 implicit Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.

Hamilton pushed hard to drawback Verstappen implicit the last thigh of the contention but yet fell 1.3 seconds short.

The Formula 1 satellite title is present acceptable to sojourn Mexico adjacent weekend.

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