I’m no fan of Brundle but I laughed when the « bouncer » told him « you can’t do that « and he said « I can, I just did it »

I like Jalopnik but there is so many bad takes on F1 it’s incredible. 

Elizabeth, you are awesome. You are one of the best things about Jalopnik. We’ve met at Watkins Glen. I respect you a lot. Respectfully, you are dead wrong on this.

He didn’t have a problem with her being there until she and her entourage decided to make themselves larger than the event in which they were participating as guests.

Martin Brundle is right and Elizabeth Blackstock is wrong.

One thing is to look down on new fans. Another is to look down on celebrities that don’t care about F1 at all and are just there to “use” it (and more so if those celebrities -F1 guests- look down on those to whom F1 is their home).

Did anyone catch the Mexico GP grid walk? Martin’s interview with, was it Travon Free? Correct me if I’m wrong. But after a quick chat Martin pretended to walk off with his Oscar trophy, when his friend/assistant/other guy stepped in and cleverly said, “You can’t do that, even though you just did”. I got a good…

Yeah, but this article is arguing that somehow the creation of that policy is at least tone-deaf from F1. I don’t disagree with your summary of events. I disagree with the absurd presentation of facts that occur across this entire family of websites over the past few years.

Elizabeth, you’re one of my favorite writers here, especially when it comes to F1, but this take? I feel like it’s a stretch. No, Brundle isn’t important, but no more or less than the celebs on the grid he’s occasionally talking to. The sport doesn’t need either on any given weekend to succeed.

I don’t understand this take.

Yall are really batting 1.000 with the bad F1 takes. It’s almost impressive.

Having done security and dealt with (not many, which is still too many) celebrities with bodyguards who body-check people literally just standing around, fuck all of this. If you’re actually famous you don’t need to see people get kidney-punched over how famous you are.

I don’t think he was really even asking, it was more of a joke to start a conversation with her.

I disagree, Elizabeth. I don’t know how exactly it works, but aren’t these celebrities the guests of F1? They haven’t paid to get in the gate, they aren’t paying for food or suites or the grid access that NO mortal can get (not even at COTA). It seems the least they can do is make themselves available for interviews…

He didn’t demand, he asked.

A celebrity on the grid with a dozen(?) people in their entourage, just for the social media... fuck ‘em. The one thing I agree with Brundle on, is that there are die-hard F1 fans that can’t get on the grid.

It is impressive how consistently wrong these writers’ takes are on all things F1.

FWIW, entering the track and pits and being in F1 is being part of a very large TV show. If you aren’t interested in it, grab a seat with the rest of the plebes.

I could honestly do without the grid walk interviews, but at the same time, if you’re asked to be apart of the ceremony and you are out there, let the guy do his job. 

Haha - tell me you always wanted to be one of the ‘cool kids’ in high school without... well, you know the rest.