Fan video shows crowd fight at F1 grand prix

A fan video has been posted online, showing a pair of F1 fans getting into a scrap at last weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.

While we won't spoil the outcome of the fight between a fan in Mercedes gear and one in Ferrari merch, the result on the track was that Mercedes' George Russell won the team's first race of the year.

Kimi Antonelli completed a double-podium finish for Mercedes in third, and whilst most fans celebrated the result by chanting the youngster’s name in the crowd, two fans put the F1 fanbase to shame.

A video on X emerged of two fans breaking out into a fight in the crowd, where a man in a Ferrari t-shirt pushed a man in Mercedes merchandise to the ground, covering his mouth in an aggressive manner.

The rest of the crowd rapidly dispersed to avoid the fight, with parents escorting their children to safety in a disappointing brawl in the grandstands.

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F1 fans fight at Canadian Grand Prix

Whilst fans fighting in the grandstands of a grand prix is a rare occurrence, there are a few spectators who have spoiled the race weekend for others in the past.

In 2023, a fight broke out at the Mexican Grand Prix where a fan started to punch others in the crowd dressed in red, with the perpetrator restrained by members of the crowd and escorted away by the security.

F1 sent a clear message as a result of the violence, and confirmed to the media that they had issued a lifetime ban to the fan.

Later in 2023 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, security staff had to intervene when a group of fans started a fight in a hospitality suite, hitting each other with what appeared to be prosecco bottles.

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