Ana de Armas simply grew to become the newest celeb with a VIP lanyard to awkwardly reject a chat with Sky F1’s Martin Brundle on his a lot liked Grand Prix grid stroll.

The James Bond actress, 37, was flagged down by former F1 driver turned pundit Martin, 66, on the Abu Dhabi grid right now earlier than Brit Lando Norris grew to become world champion, placing a cease to Max Verstappen’s successful streak.

‘Ana, Martin Brundle, Sky F1,’ Martin stated introducing himself along with his microphone on the grid, earlier than asking the Ballerina actress: ‘Can I’ve a fast chat?’

It’s unclear what Ana stated in response, however Martin replied, ‘Ur, it’s as much as you,’ earlier than the actress awkwardly slinked off. Elsewhere, Martin did nab a chat with legendary striker Thierry Henry, and didn’t even should depend on his failsafe Gordon Ramsay.

F1 followers, who would have given just about something to be on the grid chatting with Martin, took to social media to specific their disappointment at Ana’s response.

‘Martin Brundle bought ducked by Ana De Armas,’ identified @abishekdas73 on X, whereas @sewissupremacy stated: ‘AnaDeArmas being ignorant upset me.

‘Like why trouble occurring the grid if you happen to’re not gonnaspeak to Martin man does my head in! In the event you’re on the grid anticipate Martin to come back as much as you ffs!’

‘Ana de Armas bumping Martin Brundle on the F1,’ famous @JonseysTweets.

Martin has beforehand confessed to disliking his much-loved and all the time brilliantly awkward grid walks, the place he catches celebrities and F1 stars for impromptu chats earlier than the race kicks off.

All the time entertaining, we’ve seen Martin combine up the Jonas Brothers, Jeremy Clarkson give a sloshed interview, and the F1 commentator interviewing Lewis Capaldi’s brother pondering he was the famed Somebody You Beloved hitmaker.

Whereas a lot of the time it’s all good chaotic enjoyable, typically movies of stars snubbing Martin go viral for all of the improper causes.

In 2023 mannequin Cara Delevingne was accused of being ‘impolite’ when she shut down a chat with Martin at Silverstone.

Taking to Twitter, the filmstar replied to a tweet that analysed what went on. ‘At this level, Martin Brundle is simply doing it to fabricate the second for the controversy of all of it’, their tweet started.

‘You possibly can clearly see the PR rep inform him “no” and shake his head when he goes up in direction of Cara Delevingne. He had an out and he selected to not take it to make a press release.’

In reply, Cara wrote: ‘I used to be instructed to say no so I did. Thanks for seeing either side xxx’

In a later tweet, she assured everybody that she had a good time regardless of the backlash.

‘Anyway, I had a lot enjoyable right now and was so pleased to be there it doesn’t matter what anybody else might imagine x’, she stated.

F1 followers have been vocal of their criticism of this sort of angle, with the game’s organisers introducing the ‘Brundle clause’ after the pundit was rudely shoved away by Megan Thee Stallion’s bodyguards and entourage on the 2021 USA Grand Prix.

The rule states that celebrities who’re invited onto the beginning grid are usually not allowed to convey their safety with them, and though they aren’t obliged to talk to the media, they’re suggested and inspired to take action.

Cara’s awkward second led to requires Formulation One to re-think having celebrities on the grid, in the event that they aren’t going to speak to pundits. Nonetheless, different followers suppose it’s truthful sufficient to say no to an interview.

The mannequin was being hosted by Alfa Romeo at Silverstone, with the group’s Twitter account responding to a fan who known as her ‘impolite’ by saying: ‘Respect goes each methods: no one must be positioned in an uncomfortable state of affairs or pressured to do issues in opposition to their will.’

‘There’s a purpose why I’ve by no means watched again an F1 gridwalk in 1 / 4 of a century of doing them,’ Martin tweeted in 2022.

‘You don’t have any thought how a lot I dislike doing them however in some way these loopy moments have outlined my skilled profession.

‘Oh nicely, that’s the way in which it’s.’

‘I get ignored by Megan Thee Stallion, biffed out of the way in which by a person mountain after which instructed off by a Malfoy lookalike who probably was on his first-ever time to an F1 grid,’ Brundle would later say on the video second with the popstar.

‘I’ve felt below stress on the grid earlier than however by folks known as Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Mansell, Piquet and so forth.

‘Bodyguards visiting the grid for the primary time don’t trouble me, everybody’s bought a job to do, however they might perhaps be taught some manners and respect on our patch.’

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