Motor racing-F1 bans bodyguards from the grid after Brundle incident


FILE PHOTO: Motor Sport - Dan Wheldon Memorial Kart Race - Daytona Milton Keynes - 5/12/11 F1 commentator Martin Brundle at the event Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Paul Harding

(Reuters) - 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 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin.

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.

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