Martin Brundle
Portrait of Brundle in 2011
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| Born | Martin John Brundle 1 June 1959 King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
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 British |
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| Active years | 1984–1989, 1991–1996 | ||||||||||
| Teams | Tyrrell, Zakspeed, Williams, Brabham, Benetton, Ligier, McLaren and Jordan | ||||||||||
| Entries | 165 (158 starts) | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 9 | ||||||||||
| Career points | 98 | ||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
| First entry | 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last entry | 1996 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1987–1988, 1990, 1997–1999, 2001, 2012 |
| Teams |
Jaguar Nissan Motorsport Toyota Team Europe Team Bentley Greaves Motorsport |
| Best finish | 1st (1990) |
| Class wins | 1 (1990) |
Martin John Brundle (born 1 June 1959) is a British 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 from 2012.
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, but he has been successful in other disciplines. He was the 1988 World Sportscar Champion, with a record points score, and won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans race for Jaguar Cars in a Jaguar XJR-12.
Brundle had an unorthodox route to Formula One. He began his racing career at the age of 12, competing in grass track racing, in the Norfolk village of Pott Row. In 1975, he moved to Hot Rod racing and received 'Star grade' status. In 1979, he started single seater racing in Formula Ford. During this time he also raced Tom Walkinshaw's BMW touring cars, during which he finished second against a field of international drivers at Snetterton. He won the BMW championship in 1980, and partnered Stirling Moss in the TWR-run BP/Audi team during the 1981 British Saloon Car Championship season. In 1982, he moved up to Formula Three achieving five pole positions and two wins in his debut season. He won the Grovewood Award as the most promising Commonwealth driver.The next year, he competed with Ayrton Senna for the Formula Three championship, which Brundle eventually lost on the final laps of the last race. In 1984, he was offered a Formula One entry.
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