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Adrian W said:
Pit lane walkabout, Brundle ask her a question , she blanked him. If she didn't want to be interviewed maybe she shouldn't have been there
Brundle asked her for an interview and she said no. He then said words to the effect of "wrong answer, I'll ask you again" Then she blanked him. He was pretty rude.You have to remember people like Venus get microphones shoved in their face without invitation whenever they are out and about, the grid is not a public place, so some courtesy such as asking in advance if an interview would be OK isn't too much to expect, when she is just there to take in the atmosphere. She wasn't at work.
jsf said:
Brundle asked her for an interview and she said no. He then said words to the effect of "wrong answer, I'll ask you again" Then she blanked him. He was pretty rude.
You have to remember people like Venus get microphones shoved in their face without invitation whenever they are out and about, the grid is not a public place, so some courtesy such as asking in advance if an interview would be OK isn't too much to expect, when she is just there to take in the atmosphere. She wasn't at work.
I completely disagree, being allowed on the grid is only as a result of her celebrity, if she doesn't want to be Interviewed she shouldn't be there.You have to remember people like Venus get microphones shoved in their face without invitation whenever they are out and about, the grid is not a public place, so some courtesy such as asking in advance if an interview would be OK isn't too much to expect, when she is just there to take in the atmosphere. She wasn't at work.
Personally I think the only people that should be allowed are those directly involved
Edited by Adrian W on Sunday 23 October 23:47
Adrian W said:
jsf said:
Brundle asked her for an interview and she said no. He then said words to the effect of "wrong answer, I'll ask you again" Then she blanked him. He was pretty rude.
You have to remember people like Venus get microphones shoved in their face without invitation whenever they are out and about, the grid is not a public place, so some courtesy such as asking in advance if an interview would be OK isn't too much to expect, when she is just there to take in the atmosphere. She wasn't at work.
I completely disagree, being allowed on the grid is only as a result of her celebrity, if she doesn't want to be Interviewed she shouldn't be there.You have to remember people like Venus get microphones shoved in their face without invitation whenever they are out and about, the grid is not a public place, so some courtesy such as asking in advance if an interview would be OK isn't too much to expect, when she is just there to take in the atmosphere. She wasn't at work.
Adrian W said:
jsf said:
What a strange opinion. She was there as a guest of Lewis, they are friends.
Why does that entitle her to be on an F1 grid ? mollytherocker said:
Its pretty funny that you think that the fact Lewis left Nico and he couldn't catch him, means he is now Alain Prost.
So, everybody that finishes 2nd is Alain Prost?
Nico had the pace at Suzuka so went for the win at this race was different, with Nico knowing Lewis had him for pace this weekend you don't feel that Nico decided to make this a damage limitation race by minimising the deficit Lewis could make up? Which is exactly the strategy Prost would take, so while no I don't think Nico or anyone else is Alain in this instance with a WDC on the line yes I believe he adopted this strategy for this race. So, everybody that finishes 2nd is Alain Prost?
It's pretty funny you can't see that could be the case.
jsf said:
the grid is not a public place... She wasn't at work
With all due respect matey, I disagree with you here. The grid is full of cameras and interviewers. Can't remember which sister it was, but she must have realised that as a sports personality she may be subject to the attention of a couple of interviewers and associated cameras when in the area typically heavy with celebrities and media. Perhaps if the moody cow didn't want the attention, she should have bought a general admission ticket.ETA: If she is (was) friends with Hamilton, then that's even ruder. Being invited to his sport and then blanking some of the biggest media coverage, and one of the famous names, of F1. If I was invited to a friend's event, I certainly wouldn't simply blank anybody who talked to me. Possibly different for celebrities, but I'd have assumed she'd have at least taken the time to learn who Hamilton raced for and just say "I think Mercedes should win".
Edited by sebhaque on Monday 24th October 00:03
jsf said:
Adrian W said:
jsf said:
What a strange opinion. She was there as a guest of Lewis, they are friends.
Why does that entitle her to be on an F1 grid ? She isn't a piece of meat or a corporate robot. If she said no that should have been enough.
You are basically saying, because she is a well known personality, she cant be a normal person when not at work.
Brundle couldn't care less she blanked him, people do it all the time, its just sad you think because she is famous she isn't also human and entitled to chose who she interacts with.
You are basically saying, because she is a well known personality, she cant be a normal person when not at work.
Brundle couldn't care less she blanked him, people do it all the time, its just sad you think because she is famous she isn't also human and entitled to chose who she interacts with.
Adrian W said:
Is that really the best answer you could come up with, Hamilton only knows her because of both of their fame, and that is why she was on the grid, if she is there she should give interviews, I expect the truth is she probably didn't know who brindle is because like most celebrities she knows little about F1.
Why should she know about F1? I work in F1 and I have very good friends who know nothing about it. It makes life more interesting.My opinion, such as it is, is that someone should be allowed to attend an event as a guest without having to give interviews if they don't want to. Yesterday she wandered around quite happily without being disturbed and seemed genuinely interested in her new surroundings. Unfortunately the grid is an awful place to be, but it's something that few ever experience so it's interesting to go and have a look - but you end up in a media pressure cooker, where everyone is desperate to shov a microphone in front of anyone famous and there's pretty much no escape.
Adrian W said:
It says a lot about this race that were talking about celebrities on the grid and not the race.
I think it's the Hamilton effect. Anything or anyone that has any connection to him is fodder for so many people who are desperate to be offended by him. None issues become massive talking points.Max should have parked his car in a safer place - is a talking point and cost his team mate. Some tennis player not wanting to give an interview - isn't.
DRs Texan accent in one of his pre race interviews is another example. Had that been Lewis this forum would have exploded.
Hungrymc said:
I think it's the Hamilton effect. Anything or anyone that has any connection to him is fodder for so many people who are desperate to be offended by him. None issues become massive talking points.
Max should have parked his car in a safer place - is a talking point and cost his team mate. Some tennis player not wanting to give an interview - isn't.
DRs Texan accent in one of his pre race interviews is another example. Had that been Lewis this forum would have exploded.
absolutely! - he crawled past a significant number of refuges in the barrier before driving across a gravel trap to one. All very odd, the car was clearly crippled, the team didn't know what had happened, as was clear from Max trying to explain to them, so it should have been a no-brainer, find first safe and reasonable place to stop and stop. The fact the neutral button didn't work compounded things (perhaps predictable given what had apparently gone wrong - some issue with transmission). Given Ferrari were penalised for an unsafe release, even though Kimi didn't quite leave the pits and the wheel remained with the car; should Red Bull get some form of penalty for an unsafe stop?Max should have parked his car in a safer place - is a talking point and cost his team mate. Some tennis player not wanting to give an interview - isn't.
DRs Texan accent in one of his pre race interviews is another example. Had that been Lewis this forum would have exploded.
Whilst I'm at it: Kimi rolling back down the hill and tucking his car out of the way was exactly the opposite of the Max situation; realised his race was done so got himself out of the way to allow the race to continue without significant effect.
Anyone else notice they slapped Magnussen with a penalty and 2 points on his license for his pass on Kvyat? I mean if they are going to start penalising that kind of thing we might as well give up on the idea of racing completely. His move was also nowhere near as aggressive as Alonso's on Massa....... and interestingly no penalty for that even thought it was very similar to what Rosberg did to Kimi earlier in the year.
sebhaque said:
ETA: If she is (was) friends with Hamilton, then that's even ruder. Being invited to his sport and then blanking some of the biggest media coverage, and one of the famous names, of F1. If I was invited to a friend's event, I certainly wouldn't simply blank anybody who talked to me.
As others have said, she gets microphones shoved in her face all the time and is probably sick of it and just wanted a Sunday off. I doubt she even knew who Martin Brundle was and to her he was probably just yet another faceless reporter. She may not even heard of Sky F1. There are some people that Brundle knows better than to try to interview, so maybe he'd better add her to that list.
VolvoT5 said:
Anyone else notice they slapped Magnussen with a penalty and 2 points on his license for his pass on Kvyat? I mean if they are going to start penalising that kind of thing we might as well give up on the idea of racing completely. His move was also nowhere near as aggressive as Alonso's on Massa....... and interestingly no penalty for that even thought it was very similar to what Rosberg did to Kimi earlier in the year.
I thought Alonso's pass was just as "clumsy" as some that Nico got criticised for. I also thought that Alonso had all 4 wheels of the track, so why did he not have to give the place back?Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff