Martin Brundle: Racing With Senna And Schumacher | F1 Beyond The Grid Podcast

As a seasoned voice in the world of Formula 1, Martin Brundle offers a unique perspective, reliving tales of his on-track duels with titans like Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Brundle speaks on driving a whopping 68 F1 cars in the past few decades from Fangio's W196 streamliner & Senna's legendary MP4/8 just to name a few.

Martin describes in great detail the crash that caused his injuries, how close he came to losing his foot, and what impact that had on the rest of his time in F1.

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[loicmartel]

Martin you need to make sure you can live forever I will not tolerate F1 without you.

[KainedbutAble]

His ankle injury sounds like a nightmare. Major respect to him for dealing with the pain for decades.

[LaPtiteAnglaise]

Martin Brundle is supremely talented as a communicator.
Could listen to him for ages.
So informative. Utterly charming. Easy company.

[nickmildon]

Sid Watkins is a literal angel. Everything you hear about him is incredible. A truly altruistic person who knew the value of life. Nothing is more heartbreaking than his final conversation with Senna

[beaujeste]

Watched him and Ayrton testing (Tyrell and Toleman in 1983 at Brands. They were heroes then and heroes still…

[chse]

I wish this was little bit longer! I will always have enormous respect for Martin Brundle.

[nellyandbert]

“I feel sorry for them that they missed the upside of their greatness” - what an amazingly accurate statement to the great drivers that never got to walk away from the car. Martin is a legend of the sport and a national treasure! Great interview, thanks for sharing this with all of us!

[ericmcmanus]

Martin Brundke is one of the last public figures that says what he feels regardless of political correctness. I absolutely love it. We need so much more of this.

[kayejeyeracer]

Thanks Martin for saying Aryton would've been President of Brazil because I tell people all of the time. He was socially aware and loved his BRAZIL. Rest Well Aryton! 🏎 😇

[Rsutherland]

Martin is the best commentator F1 has ever had. He combines experience and knowledge that surpasses that of Crofty and even the legend we all miss terribly, Murray. F1 would be empty without him.

[Good_Horsey]

Probably the person I'd most want to meet if I were in a paddock somewhere.

[pauljalbert]

I could listen to Martin Brundle tell stories all day. A true legend. Not many people have been involved in F1 as long as he has.

[benakachandrashekar]

Brundle is always like a breath of fresh air! It's a joy and privilege listening to his insights on Senna and Schumi ❤
Thank you for this Tom! 🙌🏼

[stephanehalleux]

I've always been a big fan of Martin. I was cheering for him in 1992. At Spa, he should have won. I met him a few years later at Le Mans when he was driving for Toyota. A true racer and a nice bloke!

[thebluehawk]

Mad respect always for this man that only increased the day I was there to see Martin run back for the T car at Melbourne. I will never forget that.

[theelf]

Really appreciate having Martin Brundle reflect on his era and the incredible courage you needed to race in the earlier eras in 60's/70's in F1. I recall Martins accident on tv but didn't appreciate just how badly broken his feet were. It's incidents like this and Lauda's crash that instilled a passion for F1 because of these guys courage and eagerness to go back to what they loved. It is incredibly true in ANY sport that people with rare natural skills always peak our interests most because it is something you just cannot learn it's like a super human attribute. I've encountered this through many younger years in Rugby and Soccer - there was always that 1 or 2 players that just did freaky things others couldn't, this is why Always preferred Senna to Schumacher, and if you want to talk about finding grip you must mention Kimi in Portimao 2020. Also agree with Tom's comment on depth and distance perception - it seems like a simple thing but is incredibly rare - I was that guy that could throw any object (cricket ball, apple, lemon, rock, ball of paper) anywhere from 10M-80M and hit a target l1ft diameter repeatedly sometimes with no practice and other times even moving - like birds in flight!. My first office job I threw a paper ball 15m into a small garbage bin 10 times in a row. Regret never pursuing motor racing because I had incredible reflexes once measure in 000's of a second along with that hand eye co-ordination - it always freaked my friends outs both in sports and in cars and opponents hated me.

[Drk_Rlm]

Martin, I shattered my ankle aswell playing sport. Cant afford anything to fix it. My mobility is gone and my whole fitness has suffered for it. Im glad you got it fixed

[trautsj]

It's always brilliant with Brundle. The man really is a boon to have affiliated with the sport. I pretty much always enjoy seeing/hearing from him.

[the_fleeing_dutchman]

Great interview TC and thank you F1 for making this podcast and now with video, fantastic!
Martin is always soft-spoken, but his knowledge and experience are like the sauces you get on hamburgers, they are dripping all over. And that is why, he is my favourite all-time commentator on F1.
Painful to hear about that ankle injury, glad that you've benefited from improved R&D and product development to get you a new ankle. Hats off to you for putting up with all those years of agony and glad that those days are now behind you. Thank you, thank you Martin!!

[keithclunk]

Martin Brundle is a national treasure.