F1 bans bodyguards from the grid after Brundle incident
The Hindu
A Formula One source confirmed that bodyguards would no longer be allowed due to space limitations and COVID-19 restrictions
Formula One has banned celebrities from bringing bodyguards to the starting grid after an incident with commentator and former racer Martin Brundle at last month's .
The 62-year-old Briton, a former team mate of Germany's seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, was doing his pre-race 'grid walk' for Sky television in Austin when he tried to catch a word with rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
After approaching with a microphone to enquire whether she had any rap for F1, and being told she had "no rap today", Brundle asked her who she was supporting. A bodyguard then told him he could not do that.
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