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[OO7]

On the Bahrain grid this year Martin bumps into Eric Clapton who will be waving the chequered flag at the finish. Eric asks for some advice, to paraphrase, 'Is it a double hand or single hand' (Eric mimics a flag waving technique) . Martin replies, 'well thats very topical at the moment' with obvious connotation and innuendo towards the whole Max Mosley scandal that had recently broken. Eric sort of hesitates for a while then bursts out laughing as the penny drops.

So what other funny moments can you remember?

Obi

[Sébastien]

Isn't it a bit early for an obituary, he'll probably be dumped for next year but please let's wait until it's official

[wrighty]

Originally posted by Sébastien
Isn't it a bit early for an obituary, he'll probably be dumped for next year but please let's wait until it's official

and you know why? he could call his autobiography (for his life as a pundit) 'the man who was too good'....poor Martin, his gridwalk was THE start of the GP for me, whether i was trudging around a store or entertaining an offspring, quarter to was 'gridwalk time' and then the GP is on so please don't expect any more attention and erm, is there coffee?
Lately, he just doesn't seem to have the access that he used to have.....the 'spinners' may say that his anarchist comments didn't help his cause but even without that Martin may be past his sell-by date with 'the faces' on the grid.....i've watched him kinda grasp for conversation recently and it's a little tragic so with a heavy heart I think we're enduring a long, slow goodbye at the mo....
Perhaps a change of style for the Beeb....not so involved but at the heart of the action, a presenter walks down the grid, points at cars, tells us the latest (i mean WHITE-hot) news on each car....whispers of strategy, drivers mood in the parade, ambient conditions etc....get to the heart of the action but maybe not trying to get 'the word on the street', as the word recently has been....bland


Sorry martin, you've redefined the 'colour' role, i tip my cap, you're a legend

[britishtrident]

Originally posted by Sébastien
Isn't it a bit early for an obituary, he'll probably be dumped for next year but please let's wait until it's official

Yeah I don't think Max will around next year either

[wrighty]

oops i forgot the funny moments......anything involving bernie of course , the drivers obv arent usually up for banter these days but its still nice to just see how is before the off.....it was never intentionally funny as such but the Kimi Brazil one was a right chortle if you were watching live, as was Clapton obviously but we kinda knew that was coming so it took the edge off it for me

[Sébastien]

Originally posted by wrighty
Lately, he just doesn't seem to have the access that he used to have.....the 'spinners' may say that his anarchist comments didn't help his cause but even without that Martin may be past his sell-by date with 'the faces' on the grid.....i've watched him kinda grasp for conversation recently and it's a little tragic so with a heavy heart I think we're enduring a long, slow goodbye at the mo....

I think the nice folk at the beeb saw that too and his commercial interests in 2MB Sports Management might be a put-off also.

[jesee]

Originally posted by Sébastien
Isn't it a bit early for an obituary, he'll probably be dumped for next year but please let's wait until it's official

I hope they don't drop brundle. A friend sent to me a recording of him driving those cars at silverstone and i can remember he was very good. His voice was very sexy and i thought almost orgasmic when he was saying " oh baby, yeah baby" as he drove that vintage around silverstone. I also remember him interviewing bryan adams....

Martin: "Bryan, glad I caught up with you. Had to run to you. It seems like everything I do today is in a bit of a rush, but please forgive me." ... "The first time I went to a Grand Prix I thought I was going to go to Heaven." ... "These drivers are pretty reckless, but they don't give up do they?" ... "Thanks for talking to us, let's hope we can make it a race to remember."
Bryan Adams: "Yeah, when you're gone."

Laughed like crazy

[postajegenye]

I always wondered why noone has ever made a tribute of him on youtube, featuring his best gridwalk moments.

[Sébastien]

Originally posted by postajegenye
I always wondered why noone has ever made a tribute of him on youtube, featuring his best gridwalk moments.

Oh well, there are snippets of his "brilliance" on YouTube like here

[Tigershark]

Though not limited to grid-walk moments, you'll find a lot of Brundle's quotes over at, rather unsurprisingly, http://www.brundlequotes.com/.

[Scotracer]

My favourite:

Martin Brundle: "Kimi you missed the presentation by Pele. Will you get over it?"
Kimi Raikkonen: "I was having a shit"
Martin Brundle: "*laughs* Okay, you'll have nice light car then"



I love you Martin!

[Suntrek]

I really liked the way he stood up to Maxxx and his load of rubbish in Monza 2006. Kudos, Martin!

[osborn]

The best ever gridwalk was about 4/5 years ago at the Monaco GP where ITV had to cut the gridwalk because Martin quite literally got crushed at the end hahaha. It was so funny, Martin was trying to wrap up the segment but was surrounded by so many people on the grid that the cameraman directly infront of him kept moving ever closer, to the point where the lens was directly pressed against Martin's face ... it was like being onboard a zombie's face in a horror movie the way it progressively edged in on its terrified victim.

[F1Fanatic.co.uk]

Originally posted by Suntrek
I really liked the way he stood up to Maxxx and his load of rubbish in Monza 2006. Kudos, Martin!

Did a very good job with Ecclestone at Indianapolis in 2005.

I would be very disappointed if the BBC didn't keep Brundle as co-commentator. He does excellent work and I don't think there's anyone out there who could fill the role better. Some have suggested Anthony Davidson but it would be a travesty if he's not in a racing car of some sort next year.

[potmotr]

I think the irony here is that Martin could find his spot on the BBC F1 team taken by a driver he manages, David Coulthard.

DC's BBC deal has been rumoured since back in May, so I'm sure Brundle will be aware of it.

He knows the game, and has said TV is as ruthless as F1.

He's also a fighter so will end up doing something successful.

He'd make a great Stig, a hundred times quicker than Ben Bloody Collins.

[rfus]

Originally posted by Suntrek
I really liked the way he stood up to Maxxx and his load of rubbish in Monza 2006. Kudos, Martin!

Jeez isn't max such a dick

why did they end up clarifying the rule if he was right ?

[Bloggsworth]

Originally posted by Sébastien

I think the nice folk at the beeb saw that too and his commercial interests in 2MB Sports Management might be a put-off also.

The BBC are very selective about who they dump on for having commercial/political ties - Kirsty Walk is practically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party, and several commercial interests seem to acquire her presence, but she still fronted Newsnight for years. Auntie Beeb, bless her cotton socks, seems to have no trouble sub-contracting work to "independent" production companies with close ties to people who work for her.

The problem with BBC coverage may be the modern producers who hate the sport and just want the personalities, so expect bimbos to be doing studio interviews during the race. If you think I'm joking, it was reported that overheard on the satellite link to Augusta was the exasperated call from a producer in London, to "Stop showing all that golf and get back to the interviews............................................."

[mursuka80]

Originally posted by Suntrek
I really liked the way he stood up to Maxxx and his load of rubbish in Monza 2006. Kudos, Martin!

He really made Maxxx look like a douche that he is