73. Martin Brundle

Martin Brundle
Age 62
Occupation Expert Analyst at Sky Sports
Nationality British
Position Last year 75

Martin Brundle (born 1 June 1959) is a British former racing driver, best known as a Formula One driver and as a commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011, and Sky Sports since 2012.

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Brundle contested the 1983 British Formula Three Championship, finishing a close second to Ayrton Senna, and the two progressed to Formula One the next year. Brundle failed to win a race at the top level of single-seater racing, though continued to find success in other series. He was the 1988 World Sportscar Champion with Silk Cut Jaguar, with a record points score; and won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Man’s race for Jaguar Cars in a Jaguar XJR-12.

Having largely retired from motor racing, Brundle became a highly regarded commentator on British television network ITV, whom he joined when they began Formula One coverage in 1997, initially alongside Murray Walker, and from 2002 James Allen.

Martin Brundle joined the BBC’s commentary team alongside Jonathan Legard when they won back the rights to show F1 from 2009. Before the start of the 2011 season, the BBC announced that Brundle was being promoted to lead commentator and would be joined by fellow former F1 driver, David Coulthard. He signed for Sky Sports’ coverage at the end of 2011.

Unlike many F1 drivers who move to tax havens, Brundle has always lived within a five-mile radius of King’s Lynn, where he was born.

Martin Brundle best quotes:

“It’s live. When those words come out of your mouth they’re gone – forever. Sometimes you want to claw them back again.”

“As a former Formula One driver, I have earned the right to have an opinion about the sport, and probably know as much about it as anybody else. I have spilt blood, broken bones, shed tears, generated tanker loads of sweat, tasted the champagne glories and plumbed the depths of misery.”

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