Podcast: Martin Brundle | Motor Sport Hall of Fame 2020 

Brundle is MR F1 now. Literally the best commentator in all of motorsport. Congratulations to him.

I love the 1 liner that goes: “his ambition exceeds adhesion” :)

Martin’s one liner that I remember is about a rookie pay driver who’s name I can’t remember. “I wouldn’t trust him to drive a nail into wood.”

Excellent interview. Martin Brundle has always been a class act, and this is throughly well deserved recognition.

Marin Brundle is a great sportsman, and he carries that spirit into his great commentary. I could listen to him all day.

Very good interview. As a brazilian motorsport fan, the very first time that I`ve heard about Martin was in 1983 due to the big dispute between him and Ayrton. In 1984, I went to Jacarepagua track in Rio for the F1 Brazilian GP. Both Martin and Ayrton started their F1 career on that day. Brundle, driving for Tyrrell, finished the race in 5th place. Later he was disqualified. In my opinion, only in 1992, driving for Benetton, Martin has a true chance to drive a good F1 car. He deserved more opportunities to drive good F1 cars because he was a good driver.

Martin is aging ever so gracefully

I remember being on a family holiday in and around Kings Lynn in 1995 as a 14yo and one day we drove past Brundle’s family business , and I was so excited that I’d been *near* a Formula 1 driver 😄

"i'm a car dealer" I love Martin Brundle. Seems like such a brilliant bloke.

Murray Walker went nuts every time Brundle was near the front. My memory of him was how lucky he was in Melbourne. My god that was a hairy accident.

could listen to Martin all day...his grumpy but not grumpy delivery is class...

True British legend respected by all great to listen to LEGEND!

Knowledgeable and entertaining. Martin is the best sports commentator in the business.

Brundle you silly man, you are the Murray Walker to an entire motorsport generation!

Used to work in F1 and you would be hard pushed to find anyone who has a bad word to say about Martin, he's excatly how he appears a thoroughly decent bloke.

Love his counterpoint to the yelling Crofty… He,s the best

Martin Brundle’s commentary is a huge part of my enjoyment of a Grand Prix weekend. A Forthright, humorous, deprecating gentleman is Martin.

Martin is a legend and a class act

Excellent and very enjoyable interview, Martin is a very underestimated talent in everything to do with motorsport.

I first saw Martin at Thruxton in F3 against Senna on two occasions. Then dozens of times in F1. I was at Monza in 1992 when he finished 2nd behind Senna, Silverstone below the podium when he was 3rd behind Mansell, and Le Mans in 1990. I spent 20 mins talking to him at Castle Coombe when his son was driving in Formula Palmer Audi, they say you shouldn't meet your heroes, what a gent he was that day!

Really enjoyed that. I could listen to Martin all day :-)

Martin is an absolute treasure!

I'm a big fan of Martin. I've followed his career from his early days in Formula 3 and Tyrell.

Great interview- congratulations Martin

The best F1 commentator

That was absolutely delightful thank you

Thanks! Hope your new year resolution is to invest in a decent web cam and microphone.

Martin is the man his commentary is simply the best

Ed Foster rocks the interview.

Love the grid walk with Ozzy - there's an answer to a question nobody asked

Great interview!

WHAT AN INTRO!!! TRULY GREAT. ...NOT SURE WHY THERE'S NO AUDIO FOR THE REST OF THE 58 MINUTES... CAN SOMEONE PASTE THE ENTIRE TRANSCRIPT IN THE COMMENTS WHILE MY EARS RECOVER?? THANKS!!!

Martin Brundle drove F1 when it was at it's most dangerous with screaming fast cars with little protection for drivers and track safety standards. A true Titan and Hero from that era and also a very accomplished sports car racer when sports cars were as fast as F1 cars and just as beautiful to look at. An all round great racer from the most exciting era in F1 and Sports Car racing.

Martins such an eloquent guy....great interview.....would have been great to hear his comments on Women into f1...great interview

I like ihm a lot, such a clear and lovely mindest

I totally agree with Martin that we need cars that actually need the driver to keep it on the track and not a computer setting it's to bland these days like he said when your see jim Clarke sliding it into and out of corners that was racing not the modern drivers that go round a corner and if it doesn't trip they change a computer mode we need excitement we need true racing back where positions change overtaking has become a thing of the past mostly

Like Martin but also nice knowing Murray is in good health.

Brilliant rally story 🤣

excellent chat thankyou ...it must be a rally driver that is the greatest driver of all time :D

About Schumacher's talent; 15 s lead on lap three of the 1997 Monaco GP...

I'm looking forward to future videos where people can come into a studio (when it's safe, obviously) so you can have higher production quality. The audio quality and webcam footage is not the best.

Excellent vid, spoilt by the hard on regarding Hamilton

Alonso did not take the mantle from Michael. In 2005, it was Kimi Raikkonen who was the fastest driver, and who was in the title fight with Alonso. Both of them beat Michael that year, and frankly, Kimi deserved that title a lot more than Fernando did.

Wouldn’t another tyre war be great

I don't watch F1, obviously, since it doesn't exist anymore, so I wonder when Martin Brundle started enunciating statements as if they are questions.

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He’s not nearly as respected outside of England…

Michael Masi need to go there is no excuse for fixing race you have to understand that Martin Brundle just did not want Lewis Hamilton to win that is why he support Michael Masi and want Michael Masi to stay, from a race director start fixing race that is a downhill slope and that is no good for formula 1, I lose all faith in cheating Michael Masi his reputation is tarnish and he need to go he is going to do more damage if he stay he is a cheater and he need to go for the good of formula 1 what I cannot understand the same thing that I saw is the same thing that Martin Brundle saw, but Martin Brundle see it differently Martin Brundle think that is good to have the race fix because he wanted Lewis Hamilton to lose, how could fixing race be any good

Brits have always been good at promoting themselves, specially in sports. ; ) I have few doubts about that "recognition", sorry.

Brilliant. I could listen to Martin talk all day! So much knowledge and always makes everything he says interesting. Class commentaror.

Martin on Carlos Sainz and how he imagines a course through only his co-driver's pace notes, whilst he's going full bore through a forest. He pretty much explained why many people hold rally drivers in a higher regard to any other discipline of racing. Myself, included. Cracking interview 👍

Hes the only one I need in the commentary booth. I'm always looking forward to his input & information. Demeanor, Knowledge is tops.

Martin will always b the embodiment of F1 I saw his last few yrs of F1 & the transition to commentator!!!I did hear & love Murray but Martin is the new Murray & to my 20yr old nephew he’s the only Murray(Walker) I saw his 1st grid walk b4 Twitter or anything else & was essential viewing if u wanted to know who these people were not jst drivers taking shits(🤯)but the hole of the grid & teams...please carry on there has never been a driver who has given as much to this sport & races you miss we know about it!!!🏆🏆🏆

“Fastest route to the scene of the accident “ apologies if I misquoted

When he burned Horner about not being fast enough for F1....savage🤣

That was excellent! I could listen to Martin for days and would absolutely love to have dinner with him some time.

Great guy - saves the Sky commentary and miss him when he has a weekend off (Crofty annoys me). Favourite one liner : "No life for a piston".

Great interview with a great man. Personal favourite of his one-liners: "He's run out of talent..." 😅

I love Martin Brundle as a motorsports commentator. I remember him more in sports cars than F1. Well deserved award.

Shame the audio is crap, could the interviewer not use better audio gear! Brundle sounded fine.

Brundle is one cool and decent bloke.

Nothing but praise and admiration for Martin. Great stuff.

I like Martin. He's excellent at what he does.

Good old NORFOLK boy from Pottrow banger track to F1 , but he did have a toyota ! even then.

Indeed i been listening to MB forever hes up there right next to murry walker true icon

Always love to hear what Martin has to say!

Sorry, he doesn't belong in any hall of fame.

Excellent. Thank you.

Enjoyable ... all because the subject is Martin Bundle. I don't think he isn't a good interviewer, hell ... that's just my two cents.

Martin Brundle is a national treasure. He is a fantastic commentator and just seems like a genuinely nice person. I've been following f1 since 1997, so since his first year as a commentator alongside murray. Therefore, for me, martin has always been a fixture throughout the years. Drivers have come and gone, even other commentators but martin has been there throughout. Even though i obviously dont know him, listening to him talk is like listening to an old friend. Its a pleassure. Will be a sad day when he retires. Lets hope its not for a long time yet. We love you martin and your recgonition in the hall of fame is more than well deserved.

Love Martin! Spot on and insightful on all counts! FYI - To improve F1 I agree, ditch the downforce but additionally....lose a little engine reliability. Sure used to be fun to watch someone running hard at the front with no idea whether the motor goes kablammo or not!

I met Martin's mum in a bar and chatted to her. I was so pleased with my new boat. I can't remember how driving came into the conversation. My focus was on my new purchase. Yet i asked and she told me her son was in F1. (as a dad I salute a parent proud of a son) She said who he was, and I had never heard of him. I guess he was a sort of journeyman driver. But as a commentator, he is on the podium. I felt with some humility his mom did really well dropping in her son was driving in F1. Was I shocked ?? no, I was impressed with his mums demeanor her style and honesty? I think this boy gets it from his mum. Oh just remembered, my name is also Martin and think that's how it came up. I like him.

The reason I can tolerate Crofty and the broadcasts! Love to hear him describe the drive in a lap. Deserved a "lifetime achievement" award just for surviving that crash in Australia... and then he jumped into another car! Great guy!

Would luv to see Martin in key position in a team. Owners and Principals underestimate how much he knows. Great interview. Warm regards!

I liked MB as a driver and liked him and DC as commentators. MB you are brilliant. Thank you

murray walker i dident like his commentry hunt and brundel saved the show

Miss you Martin. I only hear you now on short clips on YT.

Martin Brundle the most underrated driver of all time! a HERO! love his commentary F1 would be bad without him, and if you followed his career as I did he was beating Senna back in the day! Shame his F1 drives didn't go to plan, but in sports cars and Lemans -wow what a truly talented and knowledgeable driver ! top MAN!

Great interview 👍

better driver than senna!!!

How can he say he was happy with his F1 career? He partnered Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher and never got near them. Not one fucking win out of 158 starts. Embarrassing.