Martin Brundle shares what really confused him at the Miami Grand Prix last weekend

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Martin Brundle has admitted there was something about the staging of the Miami Grand Prix that he found very odd.

Brundle was on the Sky Sports F1 podcast and talking about the latest event in the F1 calendar.

It was a virtually flawless race on the track, with Max Verstappen breezing through the grid to win his third race of the season.

Starting in ninth place was no obstacle for the current World Champion after a disrupted qualifying session.

Red Bull put the Dutchman on the perfect strategy, and despite coming out of the pits in front of him, Sergio Perez stood no chance of stopping him.

It was a grand spectacle, with Miami trying to put on a real show around the race.

There have been concerns raised over the prices of some of the food and drinks at the venue.

However, there was something else at the Miami Grand Prix that Martin Brundle found very odd.

It had to do with the driver’s introduction to the grid just before the race.

Brundle shares what he found strange about the Miami Grand Prix

Speaking about the pageantry before the race, Brundle said: “We have to accept that we’ve got a new audience. The demographic, and age group of our audience has changed a lot in recent years and grown dramatically. We need something for everybody.

“As a man of a certain age, I perhaps less need that sort of showy stuff, I thought it was a bit two-dimensional if I’m honest.

“They’d already seen the drivers anyway on the driver’s parade and gave it a wave.

“I found it odd that it had its back to the grid, we couldn’t see it. Did it really add anything?”

LL Cool J was in charge of introducing the drivers to the fans in the grandstands on the main straight in Miami.

It received a mixed response from the F1 drivers, with George Russell admitting it was distracting before the race started.

Martin Brundle’s suggestion that the introduction should have faced the grid at the Miami Grand Prix sounds like a sensible one.

Whether his advice is heeded the next time the F1 calendar arrives in the USA for the Grand Prix in Austin is yet to be seen.