Watch: Video of F1 presenter Ted Kravitz being called a 'Mercedes fan' by a kid goes viral

F1 presenter Ted Kravitz was recently called a Mercedes fan by a kid present at the 2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP paddock. The incident took place during a Sky Sports F1 segment called 'Ted's Notebook,' where Kravitz walks around the paddock and casually talks with different teams and drivers.

He also talks to a few people roaming around the paddock, and takes their opinions on the race, team, or driver. At the 2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, Kravitz approached a kid wearing a Ferrari cap.

When Ted humorously claimed that the boy was a Ferrari fan, the youngster smiled and hit back at the F1 presenter by saying he and the entire Sky Sports F1 team of journalists were Mercedes fans. In response, Kravitz claimed that he did not support any team and did not care about what they did.

Watch the interaction below:

The clip soon went viral on social media platforms, with many reacting to it. Some humorously praised the youngster for calling out Sky Sports F1, while others talked about how Ted Kravitz broke his journalistic code for a brief moment. They claimed that it felt like he snapped at the kid.

Here are some of the reactions from F1 fans:

"Did Ted drop the “journalistic standards” because little bro called him out on his bias," one of the fans wrote.

"Bruh really got pissed off at a 15 year old or something like that for a littlest trolling," one fan said.

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F1 pundit predicts Mercedes' future performance after several key personnel leave the team

A few weeks ago, F1 pundit Ted Kravitz talked about whether fundamental personnel changes in Mercedes' were the first step towards them becoming dominant again. He pointed out that seniors like Mike Elliot, James Vowles, Andy Cowell, etc. have already left the Silver Arrows and that this could change how the team operates.

In his Ted's Notebook segment on Sky Sports, he said:

“I ask myself, it’s the first race since the departure of their chief technical officer Mike Elliott, who was instrumental in so much of their success, even though he was in charge of the design group which got these last two cars so wrong, is the Mercedes dream team changing fundamentally now in a way that they can quickly bounce back and become that dream team again?"

He added:

“James Allison is still there, Toto Wolff is still there, Andrew Shovlin is still there, but there has been some key departures – Andy Cowell, James Vowles, the Italian engineer [Aldo Costa]."

Despite several known faces leaving the team, some like James Allison, Toto Wolff, Andrew Shovlin are still in the team.