This the Cara Delevigne thing on the Silverstone grid walk?

These people are not just "attending a race". They are on the grid minutes before a race, a grid that is heavily covered with cameras. As Martin says (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3lKU8JpMo), it's an explicit part of the deal now (after Miami) that if you want to be on the grid that you have to be willing to be interviewed. That seems a reasonable exchange for an amazing privilege. And if you've made that deal, you should hold up your end of the bargain.

The above argument didn't apply in Miami because the rule wasn't there. It was a more understandable incident. That said Miami still annoyed me. If you're going to attend an F1 race and be granted these privileges, surely you should have a little respect for the sport, the people that are involved and the TV coverage? Most of us would jump at the chance to be on the grid, that opportunity felt wasted on someone if they're only there to look cool and don't care about where it is they're doing that.

The grid walk interviews seldom offer anything meaningful. I wouldn't be upset if they just didn't happen.

I find it hilarious to watch him and his reactions in that frenzied manner. And yeah, everyone on the grid signs a waiver consenting to interviews. They should know better and should be willing to talk. That’s the only reason they should be there.

Who knew, when you try to compel live speech you get shitty speech. The interview exchange is the most contrived medium of exchange ever invented, it actually got a lot of push back when it was first invented or used in news media in the 1850s, presumably for coaxing and normalizing bullshit.

I don't watch grid walks or anything outside of lights out / chequered flag because shoving cameras in faces of people is just a celebrity on celebrity toss off nowadays.