Martin Brundle has revealed his “most disagreeable time” within the Method 1 commentary field. The previous F1 driver who now works for Sky Sports activities expressed the problem of engaged on the 2021 season and particularly the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Brundle has been a commentator for many years, working for ITV, BBC, and now Sky Sports activities. After ending his F1 racing profession within the 90s, he later began working alongside legendary commentator Murray Walker. He has coated practically every part in latest F1 historical past, however one “disagreeable” second stands out.
“Probably the most disagreeable time I’ve identified in all these years of commentating was Abu Dhabi 2021, and 2021 on the whole,” Brundle mentioned on the Sky Sports activities F1 podcast.
Why Abu Dhabi 2021 was uncomfortable for Brundle
Brundle revealed his secrets and techniques to commentating on F1 Grands Prix. “I’ve acquired my touchstones within the paddock the place we commerce data, three or 4 folks. If one thing huge goes up, I’ll go and speak to Zak [Brown], Christian [Horner], Toto [Wolff], go and speak to anyone. And so they gained’t inform me lies. If they’ll’t inform me, they gained’t inform me, or they’ll inform me one thing. I’d say 60 or 70 per cent of what I do know I can by no means say on the TV, however that does give me the opposite 30 per cent,” Brundle mentioned.
Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton battled all through the 2021 season in one of the crucial intense World Championship duels within the historical past of the game. However Brundle explains how Sky acquired caught up within the “crossfire”.
“It grew to become so feisty, so aggressive between Mercedes and Pink Bull and Sky sort of acquired caught up in the midst of that. We acquired caught within the crossfire, mainly. And every group just about felt in case you weren’t with them, you needed to be towards them. And so they each felt that. And it was actually uncomfortable, truly, that entire section. However friendships remained, and all of us moved on,” Brundle concluded.
Earlier within the yr, Adrian Newey spoke out about how he felt Sky “demonised” Verstappen in the course of the 2021 season.
