{"id":258191,"date":"2026-05-04T20:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258191\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:11:10","slug":"martin-brundle-speaks-out-on-viral-jimmy-fallon-miami-gp-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258191\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Brundle speaks out on viral Jimmy Fallon Miami GP moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sky Sports Formula 1 veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/martin-brundle\/585\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Martin Brundle<\/a> has addressed his bizarre interaction with American television host Jimmy Fallon during the pre-race grid walk ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami International Autodrome has quickly become a hotspot for famous faces on the grid and in the paddock, and the 2026 edition of the event was no different.<\/p>\n<p>As he weaved his way through the crowds on the grid ahead of the race,\u00a0Brundle spotted the Tonight Show presenter. But rather than a typical interview unfolding, Fallon grabbed the microphone from the former F1 driver and bit the cover.<\/p>\n<p>After swiftly taking the microphone back, Brundle quipped, &#8220;Don\u2019t do that again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brundle later took to social media, writing: &#8220;In 30 years of broadcasting I\u2019ve never wondered what a branded microphone sock tastes like. There\u2019s some very funny people around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love when these celebrities are overwhelmed when Martin appears, it&#8217;s refreshing to see they acknowledge you,&#8221; one fan commented, while another added: &#8220;Your interviews are always top entertainment, Martin!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fallon was at the Miami Grand Prix as a guest of Red Bull and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/racing-bulls-12\/12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Racing Bulls<\/a>. Brundle&#8217;s pre-race grid walk has become a fan-favourite moment of F1 race weekends, and the moment with Fallon has joined a long, entertaining line of memorable moments.<\/p>\n<p>Other interactions have included rapper Megan Thee Stallion&#8217;s security entourage at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Cara Delevingne&#8217;s awkward interview rejection at the British Grand Prix and Machine Gun Kelly&#8217;s strange air guitar moment at the Brazilian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes&#8217; Kimi Antonelli went on to secure his third consecutive win at the Miami Grand Prix. The Italian\u00a0was joined on the podium by McLaren&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/lando-norris\/289316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lando Norris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/oscar-piastri\/828689\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oscar Piastri<\/a>, who finished second and third, respectively. Rounding out the top five were Antonelli&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/mercedes\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mercedes<\/a> team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/george-russell\/21167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">George Russell<\/a> and Red Bull&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/max-verstappen\/17529\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Max Verstappen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Sports Formula 1 veteran Martin Brundle has addressed his bizarre interaction with American television host Jimmy Fallon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110073,31514,109597,111926,123,31515,125,124,31513],"class_list":["post-258191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-f1-miami-grand-prix-2026","tag-formula-1","tag-martin-brundle","tag-martin-brundle-speaks-out-on-viral-jimmy-fallon-miami-gp-moment","tag-miami","tag-miami-gp","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}