Martin Brundle has apologised to Lewis Capaldi after accidentally snubbing the singer during his Singapore Grand Prix grid walk.
The Formula 1 icon and the Someone You Loved singer were involved in a hilarious exchange ahead of Sunday’s race in Marina Bay, which was won by George Russell.
Brundle was conducting his famed grid walk for Sky Sports when he approached who he thought was Capaldi and began to interview him – only to realise he was talking to Lewis’ brother Anthony.
Lewis suddenly emerged behind the pair, with the trio left in hysterics at the mix-up before engaging in a brief and pleasant chat.
At the end, Lewis held out his hand for Brundle, but the former F1 driver had already turned away, with the Scot jokingly shaking his own hand in response.
Brundle later apologised to the brothers while commentating on the race which was filled with drama involving championship hopeful Lando Norris and Sir Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Capaldi seemed to take the snub in good spirit, later retweeting a video of the grid walk with the caption ‘B*****d by Brundle’.
And on Monday morning, Brundle replied to the post on social media to explain why he missed the handshake and apologised again to Capaldi.
‘Sincere apologies Lewis, I turned around to the camera with an urgent three second count going on in my ears to wind up for the national anthem,’ the 66-year-old wrote.
‘Had no idea you were trying to shake my hand. A cardinal sin on my partwhich I hope to put right one day. Hope you enjoyed F1.’
Brundle has had a number of funny and sometimes painfully awkward grid walks over the years, including when he accidentally congratulated Conor Benn for a fight he lost at the Miami Grand Prix in May.
As for the racing, Brundle believes the title fight between Norris and Oscar Piastri is set to get ugly in the final six races after the teammates clashed in Singapore.
‘I think the ground rules between the two McLarens have just changed for the rest of the season,’ he said, with Piasti now just 22 points ahead of Norris.
‘I thought it was punchy, opportunistic, aggressive, but this is a motor race. The ground rules have just been reset.
‘Oscar will say, “Ok, then, that’s it. That’s how we’re going racing”.’
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