"Martin Brundle thrown off F1 grid for trying to talk to Guardiola about his state run club"
No mention of a ‘state run club’ in either the Daily Mirror or Daily Express reports.
The Daily Mirror version of events.
Martin Brundle was snubbed by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on his grid walk ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Sky pundit was on his usual walk ahead of the race when he happened across the Spaniard. He stopped him for a chat, but Guardiola immediately said to the broadcaster: "I just spoke already with Sky! I spoke twice with Sky."
Brundle replied: "Okay, three times lucky then." To that, Guardiola appeared to say rather sarcastically: "Yeah, I'm lucky." The pundit then went on to ask about the current state of the Premier League table: "Second in the championship with Man City," he said, before he was abruptly cut off by the coach.
"No, let's not talk about football today," said Guardiola. Immediately after that, he walked off while two guards were seen ushering Brundle and his camera operator away. "It's okay, I've been thrown out of better places than this," quipped the Sky pundit.