Cara Delevingne responds after ‘shutting down Grand Prix chat with Martin Brundle’
Cara Delevingne responds to suggestions she has shut down grid chat with Sky Sports’ Martin Brundle, leaving F1 legend furious at grand prix
Cara Delevingne has spoken out after the awkward moment she seemingly left a British racing legend high and dry on the grid at Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
Former British driver turned announcer Martin Brundle, 64, was covering the live action from Silverstone when the 30-year-old model declined his request for a chat.
Martin approached the supermodel with a Sky Sports F1 microphone but Martin was quickly told by an apparent security aide that “she doesn’t want to talk.”
Unperturbed, the racer turned announcer was clearly eager to make his talk anyway, saying: ‘That’s the deal now, everyone is talking on the grid’, to which Cara replied: ‘I can’t hear anything, sorry’, as the Red Arrows roared above their heads.
The supermodel, who was seen in a chic black pantsuit with a matching bra underneath and a black baseball cap, curtly said ‘no’, shook her head, before repeating ‘no’ again.
Response: Cara Delevingne, 30, has spoken out after the awkward moment when she seemingly left a British racing legend high and dry on the grid at Sunday’s British Grand Prix
Awkward: Former British driver turned announcer Martin Brundle, 64, was covering the live action from Silverstone when the model declined his request for a chat
Standing her ground: Later in the day on Sunday, Cara took to Twitter to offer further response to the interaction
Martin was clearly frustrated and told her: ‘The deal is that everyone on the grid has to speak…’
Unimpressed, Martin responded with more than a hint of sarcasm, telling viewers, “Okay, I’m sure it would have been extremely interesting,” after which the model gave a thumbs up to the camera.
Later in the day on Sunday, Cara took to Twitter to further comment on the interaction.
She reposted a tweet that read, “Right now Martin Brundle is just doing it to create the moment for the controversy of it all.
You can clearly see the PR rep telling him “no” and shaking his head as he approaches Cara Delevingne.
“He had one out and he chose not to take it to make a statement.”
Cara added, “I was told to say no, so I did. Thanks for seeing both sides xxx.”
Many of those who watched the clip as it originally aired on television expressed outrage at her reaction to Martin, although some said she had every right to say no to an on-camera interview.
Interview: Racer announcer Martin Brundle was told by a security guard that supermodel Cara Delevingne wouldn’t live chat at the British Grand Prix today
Persistent: Martin explained to the security assistant that she had no choice, saying: ‘That’s the deal now, everyone is talking on the grid’
Not giving up: and so the racing legend plowed on and said: ‘Good to see you on the grid’
Closing: After then asking for a chat, the supermodel, 30, simply said ‘no’, closing the conversation
One of them wrote, “This man deserves more celebrity respect. Why come to F1 if you don’t want to be spoken to?’. Another added: “Get these celebrities off the grid if they don’t start talking to the voice of F1. Half of them don’t even know which drivers drive for the team that invited them.’
Enjoying event season in the UK, Cara celebrated her first sober Glastonbury last month, proclaiming this year’s festival ‘by far my favourite’.
The model partied with her friends Anya Taylor Joy and Stella McCartney, sister Poppy and girlfriend Minke at Worthy Farm, and posted a gushing message celebrating her weekend on Instagram on Monday night.
Posting alongside clips of her favorite performances. Cara wrote that she’s been “going to Glastonbury since I was 15, but this year was my first sober and it was by far my favourite.”