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Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Sky Sports broadcaster Martin Brundle shuts down Michael McIntyre's request at the Monaco Grand Prix in another awkward exchange
Martin Brundle did not have much time for Michael McIntyre 's hopeful request at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. The Sky Sports host, 65, spoke to the comic, 49, as he interviewed the big names at the event, beginning the conversation by saying he had been invited onto Michael's 'show with the circle'. Brundle said: 'Your people invited me onto your show with the circle.' Spotting an opportunity for a joke, the comic replied: 'The show with the circle? It's called The Wheel! 'I think a Formula 1 driver should know what a wheel is. That is not a circle, it's called a wheel.' After establishing the upper hand in the conversation with his quick wit, Michael took the opportunity to repeat the invite to his popular quiz show. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The comedian asked: 'Why don't you come on The Wheel?' Martin then explained that he was unable to appear on the show because of his other commitments in June, but he plans to take up the invite one day. He said: 'Because I can't do it, it's in June. 'I've got to do some other things, but one day I will.' For those unfamiliar with the show, The Wheel is a quiz show which features a contestant who answers questions with the help of celebrity experts. Hosted by Michael, contestants have a chance to win cash prizes of up to £116,000. Needless to say, Martin, as a former Formula 1 driver, would likely be a help for any motoring questions. Michael's appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix comes after troubles in his own motoring life after his luxury sports car was towed in Kensington High Street earlier this month. He was photographed speaking to an official as his high-end £195,000 sports car was hoisted onto the back of a lorry with its wheels clamped He was photographed speaking to an official on May 14 as his high-end £195,000 sports car was hoisted onto the back of a lorry with its wheels clamped. The comedian looked unimpressed as he had an animated discussion with an official, who wore a yellow hi-vis jacket as builders watched on. The funnyman looked dapper in a navy suit and pink shirt while he sported his signature square glasses for his unfortunate outing into the city. Michael's vehicle, a Mercedes-AMG GT R, had been hoisted onto the back of a tow truck as it was moved from the street. The TV star's vehicle was towed after it was parked in a parking bay reserved for police vehicles.
Daily Mirror
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
No Martin Brundle grid walk at Imola as new Sky Sports contract explained
Martin Brundle, fresh from collecting his OBE from the Prince of Wales, will be missing from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola under the terms of his Sky Sports contract Formula 1 fans hoping for a gloriously chaotic Martin Brundle grid walk at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will be left disappointed. The Sky Sports star and ex-F1 racer's pre-race walks have become the stuff of legend since he started performing them for ITV back in 1997, producing an abundance of hilarious and awkward moments over the years. However, with the F1 calendar swelling to 24 grand prix, the 65-year-old doesn't attend every race weekend. Brundle will miss eight rounds this season, including round seven at Imola, the first of a triple-header including Monaco and Spain. The 16-race limit is part of the new contract Brundle recently agreed with Sky, who have been trimming costs amid F1's bloated schedule. Even at the races he does attend, Brundle isn't duty-bound to undertake a grid walk every time. Under the terms of his contracts with broadcasters over the years, he performs a grid walk at three out of every four races he attends. Despite the popularity of his grid walks among fans, who often complain when they are missing from a race weekend, Brundle himself isn't a fan. As he collected his OBE from the Prince of Wales this week for his services to motorsport and broadcasting, he told Sky Sports: 'We get in amongst it. 'The grid gets very busy. There must have been a thousand people on there in Vegas. I can't see anybody half the time, I can't see an F1 car sometimes! Because it's a bit edgy - and sometimes we failed miserably - people are living it whether I'm having a good day or a bad day. 'I've never watched one in 27 years of doing it because it's not my natural habitat, to run around being cheeky and interrupting people. But it's grown a life of its own.' Brundle was a proud man after picking up his gong from Prince William but was quick to pay tribute to his Sky Sports colleagues He said: 'It made me feel very lucky and very privileged. 'As always with something like this, you receive on behalf of an awful lot of other people because either they were designing and creating and fixing my racing cars, or working with us in the broadcasting industry. "You can't do anything on your own at the level of Formula 1. I've been very lucky to have two careers in F1 as a driver and a broadcaster, which this award has been presented for. When the letter came through just before Christmas, I was ecstatic." Another familiar voice missing from Sky's F1 coverage this weekend is regular commentator David Croft, who, like last year, is set to miss occasional races this year. He has been replaced by Harry Benjamin, BBC Five Live's regular F1 commentator. Natalie Pinkham is fronting Sky's coverage from the iconic Italian circuit, with Ted Kravtiz on reporting duty. Jacques Villeneuve, 1997 world champion, and top female racer Jamie Chadwick are part of Sky's punditry team.
The Independent
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Motorsport's Martin Brundle says OBE ‘a great privilege'
Ex-Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports broadcaster Martin Brundle has said it is 'very special' to be honoured. The 65-year-old was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. He told the PA news agency: 'It's very special, obviously a great privilege. 'I feel very lucky anyway because I've managed to have two careers in Formula 1 with the driving and sports broadcasting, which is what the OBE has been awarded for. 'So I think I'm lucky enough already to have that opportunity in a sport that I love and been involved in for over 40 years. 'I don't know, is it the crowning glory? You sort of get your head down, do what you think is best, either into a corner at 200 miles an hour or walking down the grid or something on live television. 'You don't imagine you'll ever get recognised, but you do it because you love doing it and then sometimes on a day like today, you stop, turn around and look behind you and think 'Yeah, we've covered quite a lot of ground'.' Brundle spoke about his 'crazy' grid walk interviews with drivers and celebrities which often go 'viral'. He said: 'They get more and more crazy as time goes on. Formula 1's incredibly popular at the moment in a way I've never seen in those four decades in terms of who wants to be there, who will be seen to be there. 'But it's a unique opportunity in any live sport to talk to the participants literally moments before, in our case, they head off down to the first corner with 1,000 horsepower. 'So you couldn't do it at Wimbledon or Wembley… I can go up to a driver literally last minute and ask a question, and we get some interesting people on the grid. 'And there's also a bit of a car-crash television mentality about it. I don't know what's going to happen next… sometimes it's awful, and sometimes it is quite entertaining, and we see how it goes.' Brundle said he features in the forthcoming Hollywood film F1, starring Brad Pitt and produced by seven-time champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, having done some voiceover work with commentator David Croft. 'They wanted it to be credible and realistic in terms of Formula 1 action,' he said. 'So I don't know the back story to it. All I know is the cinematography and the action is going to be extremely accurate and real. 'I think we've done 19 hours in a voiceover studio so far where we're looking at it, so I've seen all of the track action. 'And then you finesse it, and then they'll change the story slightly, and you go back in again and change the story again. 'It's a big process.' – F1 will be released in UK cinemas on June 25.
Western Telegraph
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Western Telegraph
Motorsport's Martin Brundle says OBE ‘a great privilege'
The 65-year-old was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. He told the PA news agency: 'It's very special, obviously a great privilege. 'I feel very lucky anyway because I've managed to have two careers in Formula 1 with the driving and sports broadcasting, which is what the OBE has been awarded for. Martin Brundle receives his OBE for services to motor racing and sports broadcasting from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle (Yui Mok/PA) 'So I think I'm lucky enough already to have that opportunity in a sport that I love and been involved in for over 40 years. 'I don't know, is it the crowning glory? You sort of get your head down, do what you think is best, either into a corner at 200 miles an hour or walking down the grid or something on live television. 'You don't imagine you'll ever get recognised, but you do it because you love doing it and then sometimes on a day like today, you stop, turn around and look behind you and think 'Yeah, we've covered quite a lot of ground'.' Brundle spoke about his 'crazy' grid walk interviews with drivers and celebrities which often go 'viral'. Martin Brundle said he feels lucky to have had two careers in Formula 1 – driving and broadcasting (Yui Mok/PA) He said: 'They get more and more crazy as time goes on. Formula 1's incredibly popular at the moment in a way I've never seen in those four decades in terms of who wants to be there, who will be seen to be there. 'But it's a unique opportunity in any live sport to talk to the participants literally moments before, in our case, they head off down to the first corner with 1,000 horsepower. 'So you couldn't do it at Wimbledon or Wembley… I can go up to a driver literally last minute and ask a question, and we get some interesting people on the grid. 'And there's also a bit of a car-crash television mentality about it. I don't know what's going to happen next… sometimes it's awful, and sometimes it is quite entertaining, and we see how it goes.' Filming for the film F1 takes place at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire in July 2024 (David Davies/PA) Brundle said he features in the forthcoming Hollywood film F1, starring Brad Pitt and produced by seven-time champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, having done some voiceover work with commentator David Croft. 'They wanted it to be credible and realistic in terms of Formula 1 action,' he said. 'So I don't know the back story to it. All I know is the cinematography and the action is going to be extremely accurate and real. 'I think we've done 19 hours in a voiceover studio so far where we're looking at it, so I've seen all of the track action. 'And then you finesse it, and then they'll change the story slightly, and you go back in again and change the story again. 'It's a big process.' – F1 will be released in UK cinemas on June 25.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Motorsport's Martin Brundle says OBE ‘a great privilege'
Ex-Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports broadcaster Martin Brundle has said it is 'very special' to be honoured. The 65-year-old was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. He told the PA news agency: 'It's very special, obviously a great privilege. 'I feel very lucky anyway because I've managed to have two careers in Formula 1 with the driving and sports broadcasting, which is what the OBE has been awarded for. 'So I think I'm lucky enough already to have that opportunity in a sport that I love and been involved in for over 40 years. 'I don't know, is it the crowning glory? You sort of get your head down, do what you think is best, either into a corner at 200 miles an hour or walking down the grid or something on live television. 'You don't imagine you'll ever get recognised, but you do it because you love doing it and then sometimes on a day like today, you stop, turn around and look behind you and think 'Yeah, we've covered quite a lot of ground'.' Brundle spoke about his 'crazy' grid walk interviews with drivers and celebrities which often go 'viral'. He said: 'They get more and more crazy as time goes on. Formula 1's incredibly popular at the moment in a way I've never seen in those four decades in terms of who wants to be there, who will be seen to be there. 'But it's a unique opportunity in any live sport to talk to the participants literally moments before, in our case, they head off down to the first corner with 1,000 horsepower. 'So you couldn't do it at Wimbledon or Wembley… I can go up to a driver literally last minute and ask a question, and we get some interesting people on the grid. 'And there's also a bit of a car-crash television mentality about it. I don't know what's going to happen next… sometimes it's awful, and sometimes it is quite entertaining, and we see how it goes.' Brundle said he features in the forthcoming Hollywood film F1, starring Brad Pitt and produced by seven-time champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, having done some voiceover work with commentator David Croft. 'They wanted it to be credible and realistic in terms of Formula 1 action,' he said. 'So I don't know the back story to it. All I know is the cinematography and the action is going to be extremely accurate and real. 'I think we've done 19 hours in a voiceover studio so far where we're looking at it, so I've seen all of the track action. 'And then you finesse it, and then they'll change the story slightly, and you go back in again and change the story again. 'It's a big process.' – F1 will be released in UK cinemas on June 25.
