Martin Brundle archive
F1 drivers who won at Le Mans
This weekend sees the 77th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The great race has been won by 117 different drivers and over half of them – 62 – also competed in the Formula 1 world championship at some point in their career.
Many of them were race winners in F1, some were even champions [...]
FIA trying to ban Martin Brundle?
Mosley’s man wants commentator out
BBC’s 2009 F1 team: Legard, Brundle, Coulthard, Humphrey and McKenzie
Pitpass claims the BBC has named its 2009 F1 coverage presenters as Jonathan Legard, Martin Brundle, David Coulthard, Jake Humphrey and Lee McKenzie.
Legard has previously commentated for the BBC on Formula 1 on Radio Five Live and has an expert knowledge of the sport. Pairing him with Martin Brundle, who’s won awards for his ‘expert [...]
How will BBC TV cover F1 in 2009?
Top Gear has launched a new Formula 1 blog but will the BBC’s hit motoring show play any role in the corporation’s coverage of F1 which begins in 2009?
Speculation about a Top Gear-F1 link up has mounted after The Times ran a front page story suggesting Richard Hammond would front the BBC’s coverage which it [...]
The men who might replace Max Mosley
I was planning to write an article about who Max Mosley’s successor as FIA president could be as he was expected to stand down in 2009. However following the allegations about his sex life made today his immediate future is now in doubt.
So who is likely to take over from Mosley, one of the most [...]
F1 news review: Traction control debate
In the F1 news this week there are fresh concerns over the banning of traction control this year.
Plus more reviews of 2007 and more debate over who was the best driver of the year – which invariably boils down to a discussion about two drivers: Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen.
All this and more in the [...]
Martin Brundle hits back at the FIA over ‘bullying’
Martin Brundle has hit back at the FIA following the news that the sport’s governing body intends to sue the Sunday Times over one of his articles.
In a new piece today entitled “How can Formula One justify blatant double standards?” Brundle defends his earlier claim that the FIA is engaged in a witch-hunt against McLaren [...]
FIA suing Sunday Times over McLaren article
The FIA are taking legal action against the Sunday Times over an article concerning the McLaren-Ferrari espionage case, according to an article on Pitpass. The complaint appears to relate to an article written by Martin Brundle over the Italian Grand Prix weekend.
That article is still online but carries the notice ‘This article is subject to [...]
F1 07 review: Year in quotes
It’s been a years of big news – and big talking.
Here is how they year unfolded from the mouths of the people who made it what it was, from Lewis Hamilton to Bernie Ecclestone, and Martin Brundle to Kimi Raikkonen.
