A Sky Sports camera operator has gone viral after getting distracted by a glamorous spectator at the Miami Grand Prix, with viewers finding the moment highly entertaining. Broadcasting live from Miami over the weekend, the channel covered the three-day racing event, which faced a curveball due to forecast heavy rainstorms, prompting the Grand Prix to start three hours earlier than scheduled.
Undeterred by the threat of extreme weather, one woman later identified as Croatian model Ivana Knöll stole the spotlight during Sky’s broadcast. As former racing driver champion Jenson Button delivered his analysis to colleagues Simon Lazenby and Naomi Schiff, Knöll confidently strutted past the presenters, stunning with her long brunette tresses, a black crop top, and tiny denim hotpants.
Even the cameraman couldn’t resist giving her a close-up, panning the shot to follow her as she strode alongside the hosts instead of keeping the focus on them. The footage also captured a McLaren mechanic in the background turning his head and staring wide-eyed at her.
It didn’t take long for a clip of the hilarious moment to go viral, amassing over two million views. One X user declared it ‘Academy Award-winning camerawork.’ Another wrote, ‘One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on a sports broadcast.’ A third quipped, ‘Bro said it’s other things they need to see!’ while a fourth joked that ‘nobody paid attention’ to what Jenson was saying, adding, ‘The cameraman forgot what the agenda was.’
The internet was also in awe of the influencer’s beauty, likening her to Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima. Knöll, 33, is no stranger to attention, boasting 2.8 million followers on Instagram, where she reposted her latest viral moment on her Story, lapping up the attention. She also shared a series of stylish snaps from the Grand Prix, noting it was her fifth time attending, before receiving compliments on her outfits, including a white cropped cami and black shorts on the final day.
Knöll has become a famous presence at sporting events, earning the title ‘sexiest fan in Russia’ at the 2022 FIFA World Cup thanks to her daring red-and-white checkered looks, which defied Qatar’s strict modesty laws. At the time, she said, ‘I heard about the rules, and I was shocked. In the dress code, you’re forbidden from showing your shoulders, knees, belly and neck. I was like, “OMG, I don’t even have clothes covering that all.”’
Still, she remains unbothered by any potential backlash for her revealing attire, telling the Daily Mail in 2024, ‘There is good and bad, and some things are blessings, and some are lessons. I am the type of person who doesn’t care about other people’s opinions anyway. But definitely my career changed a lot in an amazing way (after Qatar), and it helped me to get back to my biggest love, which is music.’
Crowds have come to expect seeing Knöll, who was a finalist for Miss Croatia World 2016, at large-scale games and events. Stadium security guards have reportedly intervened in the past when fans tried to take photos with her. Sometimes, she is in the center of the action in a different respect, performing DJ sets under the stage name KnollDoll at halftime shows and international football matches, having said music is her true passion.
