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  • Martin Brundle: George Russell Must Question Mercedes Over Italian GP VSC Call

    Martin Brundle: George Russell Must Question Mercedes Over Italian GP VSC Call

    Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle insists George Russell must demand answers from Mercedes after a virtual safety car strategy potentially cost him victory at the Italian Grand Prix.

    VSC Strategy Hands Antonelli Monza Victory

    Russell appeared poised to close the gap to his championship rival and team-mate Kimi Antonelli at Monza. While Russell stayed out on hard tyres during a virtual safety car (VSC) period, Antonelli was brought in for fresh mediums. The 20-year-old Italian used the tyre advantage to carve through the field and claim victory at his home race.

    Brundle: Russell Must Question Team Decision

    “It’s been a very difficult day for George Russell,” Brundle explained. “He will have to surely sit down and talk to the team, and ask, ‘How did that happen? I was leading the race. Why was I not given the preferential cheap pit stop there?’”

    Antonelli took a power unit penalty at the Italian Grand Prix, putting him at the back of the starting grid and giving Russell a significant opportunity to reduce the deficit in the standings.

    “For the world championship, this was George’s opportunity to do something about the deficit, and the deficit has grown,” Brundle added.

    Schiff: Russell Likely Questioning Himself Too

    Former W Series driver and Sky Sports pundit Naomi Schiff echoed Brundle’s assessment. “I think maybe the reason we’ve seen him be so calm about it right now is because he’s probably questioning himself a little bit as well, and why he wasn’t able to get more of an advantage.”

    “But I think with hindsight, he will be asking questions, like, ‘Why did I not get to pit during the VSC?’”

    “Yes, he was on a different strategy and they wanted him to go long, but at the end of the day, a fresher set of tyres could have saved him the victory today.”

    Championship Standings Shift

    Antonelli, who claimed his seventh F1 win at Monza, now leads the standings with a 66-point advantage over Russell in second place.

  • Martin Brundle will get main singer combined up with brother in hilariously awkward Singapore GP blunder



    Sky Sports activities’ Martin Brundle made a howler throughout his newest Method 1 grid stroll earlier than the Singapore Grand Prix.

    An ex-driver himself who raced for the likes of McLaren, Équipe Ligier and Benetton, the 66-year-old recurrently makes headlines by tapping the good and good of the sporting spectatorship on the shoulder as they await the tarmac-ripping motion to start.

    Not too way back, he was compelled to chop quick an encounter with NFL star Russell Okung, who’d unknowingly damaged one of many golden guidelines in dwell broadcasting: promoting. In Okung’s case, he was eager to say Bitcoin on digicam, which Brundle swiftly moved on from.

    This time, although, the commentator was misdirected by members of the manufacturing crew chatting with him by way of an earpiece, sending him on the hunt for a significant musical star ‘carrying a cap’.

    Martin Brundle is an F1 commentator for Sky Sports activities (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos)

    When Brundle approached this assumed celeb, it turned out to be Anthony Capaldi, and never his award-winning brother Lewis Capaldi.

    “Lewis, great to see you,” he stated on his method, however Anthony was after all eager to right him.

    “I am sorry,” laughed Brundle, earlier than claiming that he was advised by someone that Lewis has ‘acquired a cap on’. As a substitute, it was Anthony carrying the cap.

    “I am his brother!” stated Anthony, simply because the ‘Somebody You Cherished’ hitmaker entered the body simply behind him.

    Lewis Capaldi and his brother Anthony featured on this weekend’s grid stroll (Sky Sports activities)

    “Good to fulfill you, I am a giant fan,” Lewis advised the presenter, clearly nonetheless amused by the entire trade.

    The Scottish brothers had been in attendance to help the McLaren boys Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who’re chasing consecutive Constructors’ Championships and the crew’s first Drivers’ World Championship since 2008.

    “I am only a man who’s right here, that is all,” smiled Anthony, main Brundle so as to add: “Effectively, I am sorry that I mistook you, but it surely’s pretty to see you on the grid.”

    Bidding the sporting legend farewell, Lewis supplied his hand to Brundle, however the hectic interviewer had already determined he was off by that time and inadvertently blanked the musical star.

    “Lewis Capaldi took it properly, a Martin Brundle grid stroll at his finest,” learn one social media response.

    Brundle left the singer hanging (Sky Sports activities)

    One other added: “Not Martin Brundle calling Lewis Capaldi’s brother Lewis after which lacking Lewis Capaldi’s handshake as properly.”

    Lewis himself discovered the humour within the scenario although, shaking his personal hand and cackling along with his brother within the aftermath.

    “That Lewis Capaldi gridwalk interview might need been the very best of all time,” another person commented.