I seem to recall that Brundle attempted to interview a celebrity on his
grid walk earlier in the year, and her(?) minders shooed him away. And
the followup was that anyone on the grid had to agree to talk to the
press as part of the right to be there. I was under the impression that
this was a Liberty Media ruling.

At the Monaco GP, the same thing happened. A female ignored Martin and
her minders told him she wasn't speaking to the press.

So what happened to the: "If you decide to be there, you are expected to cooperate with the press."?

I'm sure celebs get sick and tired of being hounded for photos and
interviews, even more so when they're trying to have a private life. But
going out onto the grid of an F1 race, like walking the red carpet at
the Oscars, is really exposing themselves to the media and to refuse a
30 second interview is churlish in the extreme.

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On 5/31/2022 1:17 PM, Darryl Johnson wrote:

I seem to recall that Brundle attempted to interview a celebrity on his
grid walk earlier in the year, and her(?) minders shooed him away. And
the followup was that anyone on the grid had to agree to talk to the
press as part of the right to be there. I was under the impression that
this was a Liberty Media ruling.

At the Monaco GP, the same thing happened. A female ignored Martin and
her minders told him she wasn't speaking to the press.

So what happened to the: "If you decide to be there, you are expected to cooperate with the press."?

I'm sure celebs get sick and tired of being hounded for photos and interviews, even more so when they're trying to have a private life. But going out onto the grid of an F1 race, like walking the red carpet at
the Oscars, is really exposing themselves to the media and to refuse a
30 second interview is churlish in the extreme.

Screw them, and screw the bloviated F1 'race cars'.

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it was at the usa gp last year (the rapper megan thee stallion)

the new rule is that celebs can't have minders on the grid with them, but they can still ignore interviewers now as before.

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On 1/06/2022 5:17 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:

I seem to recall that Brundle attempted to interview a celebrity on his
grid walk earlier in the year, and her(?) minders shooed him away. And
the followup was that anyone on the grid had to agree to talk to the
press as part of the right to be there. I was under the impression that
this was a Liberty Media ruling.

At the Monaco GP, the same thing happened. A female ignored Martin and
her minders told him she wasn't speaking to the press.

So what happened to the: "If you decide to be there, you are expected to cooperate with the press."?

I'm sure celebs get sick and tired of being hounded for photos and interviews, even more so when they're trying to have a private life. But going out onto the grid of an F1 race, like walking the red carpet at
the Oscars, is really exposing themselves to the media and to refuse a
30 second interview is churlish in the extreme.

It's all a big wank. If they are there I don't object to a few seconds
video shot of them in the audience, but highlighting and fawning over
them is so lame. And half the time who the fuck are they anyway ?

geoff

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geoff wrote:

It's all a big wank. If they are there I don't object to a few
seconds video shot of them in the audience, but highlighting and
fawning over them is so lame. And half the time who the fuck are they
anyway ?

It's embarrassing to see interviewers being told, on the spot, to
"interview" people they clearly have no idea about.

Recently Martin was told he was standing next to a "well known"
basketball star so he started interviewing this guy only to find he
wasn't the guy he was told to interview. He then dismissed the guy
rather rudely as if he were a nobody, an imposter even. I checked out
who the guy was. He was an up and coming basketball star just as
deserving of some attention; embarrassing.

They should stick to talking to people who are genuinely interested in
the sport not on a jolly for their instagram, ticking off their bucket
list or their just to be seen.

I'm not really sure what is in it for the teams in inviting these
celebs anyway. Is it all about social media exposure?

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Bozo Bin
Alan Baker
Texasgate

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