Jimmy Fallon Bites Martin Brundle’s Microphone During Viral Miami Grand Prix Grid Walk

Martin Brundle had been off Sky Sports screens for most of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Across the opening three race weekends of the championship, he appeared for just oncee, going missing from the broadcast ever since the Australian Grand Prix in March.

Miami was his comeback. It delivered.

The grid walk has long been must-see pre-race television – roughly 15 minutes of loosely controlled chaos as the former F1 driver, microphone in hand, hunts for willing interviewees among the grid’s celebrity traffic.

In Florida, that celebrity traffic tends to be especially dense. This year, one of the people walking that grid was Jimmy Fallon, wearing a white Prada shirt and sunglasses, apparently just as excited to find Brundle as Brundle’s viewers were to have him back.

Fallon spotted the Sky Sports broadcaster mid-walk and approached him immediately.

“Martin Brundle! Are you lost too? What do you need? Can I get anything for you?” Brundle, holding his signature blue Sky Sports microphone, replied that he needed “funny lines,” “everything,” and a “cup of British tea.” Fallon’s response was to grab the microphone, lean in, and bite down hard on the foam cover while making growling noises, as a lower-third graphic appeared on screen identifying him as “Jimmy Fallon, American Talk Show Host.” In case there was any ambiguity about what just happened.

Brundle Offered Him the Microphone as a Parting Gift

After releasing it, Fallon laughed and asked “what do we do here?”, then told Brundle he was “the best.” The former driver, with the timing of someone who has spent decades doing live television, offered to let Fallon keep the microphone now that he’d bitten it.