VIP guests are becoming a problem for the F1 series.
Neymar is one of the celebrities who discovered the charm of the F1 series. PDO
The F1 series is planning to tighten up the rights of celebrities to strut around during the race weekend.
A soccer star acts as the catalyst for the rule change Neymarwhich caused gray hairs for the series in connection with the recent Spanish GP.
The Brazilian representing PSG arrived in Barcelona to cheer on his good friend and fellow Puma advertising face Lewis Hamilton. During the weekend, Neymar got to know the secrets of the F1 world as a VIP guest of Mercedes, getting to dive right into the heart of it.
Before the start of the race, Neymar was walking around the starting line with many other celebrities and eye-catchers. Before leaving for the warm-up round, the place is literally buzzing with life. In addition to the garage workers milling around the cars and drivers, the crowded Tula is populated by the media crowd and the herd of celebrities and invited guests, which has swelled enormously in recent years.
However, the invited crowd should have left the place a long time before starting the warm-up round. However, this did not happen in Spain. For some reason, Neymar, and a few other invited guests, watched the cars start while standing in the security area of the track.
Even though the F1 cars are still driving at a moderate speed at this stage, the danger is always present. In addition, non-species people who fiddle with their cell phones and capture the moment can get lost in a dangerous place.
Neymar’s situation was resolved without much drama. However, the international automobile association FIA does not want the situation to repeat itself.
Chairman Mohammed bin Sulayem told Fia’s world council meeting on Tuesday that he takes what was seen in Spain seriously.
– We have to make changes so that something similar never happens again, bin Sulayem stated in Fia’s press release.
– I have noticed that in F1 there are sometimes too many people on the starting grid. I believe that the race organizers will follow the new safety guidelines presented to them by the Fia in the future. It is our duty to guarantee everyone’s safety, bin Sulayem states.
In practice, this means limiting the number of celebrities and VIP guests.
Celebrities who have discovered the sport in recent years, but have a strong attitude towards the formula community, have caused a stir in the formula community before.
Sky Sports commentator legend and former F1 driver Martin Brundle has experienced more than once in his starting screen interviews how the celebrity’s security inspectors have reacted aggressively to his interview efforts, even though his formula understands Brundle’s interviews to be whatchamacallit on the starting grid for a spin.
The rude security guards were even denied access to the starting grid because of “lex Brundle”.