Martin Brundle

andicole0 · 16 Jul 2017 at 17:51

Hope he recovers soon.

F1 without Bundle, Croft and Kravitz would be like Top Gear without Clarkson, Hammond and May.
Andi.

GravyMonster · 16 Jul 2017 at 17:58

Hear hear. Sky are saying it was just a stomach bug and not a repeat of the heart problems he suffered around Monaco time last year. Hopefully that's the truth and not a cover.

Also, in before 'Sky sucks, Croft is annoying, Ted is an idiot' etc.

andicole0 · 16 Jul 2017 at 18:18

Any haters can just watch Ch4 no problems.
Andi.

V F · 16 Jul 2017 at 20:51

Spunkey said:
Hear hear. Sky are saying it was just a stomach bug and not a repeat of the heart problems he suffered around Monaco time last year. Hopefully that's the truth and not a cover.

Also, in before 'Sky sucks, Croft is annoying, Ted is an idiot' etc.

LOL! Crofty is irritating. HYPE! Screaming hype!

Glanza · 17 Jul 2017 at 12:41

Shame he wasn't there for the British GP but I think PDR did a good job as a stand him for him.

GravyMonster · 18 Jul 2017 at 09:52

V F said:
LOL! Crofty is irritating. HYPE! Screaming hype!

To be fair it's his job. Although it does grate a little when he goes mad over a DRS overtake on a straight.

Glanza said:
Shame he wasn't there for the British GP but I think PDR did a good job as a stand him for him.

I was dreading PDR in the commentary box as I find him very dour, but I thought he did well. Still prefer Anthony Davidson though.

MooMoo444 · 18 Jul 2017 at 09:53

He missed a decent race. I think he usually takes Hungary off every year right so won't see him for a while.

GravyMonster · 18 Jul 2017 at 09:57

Hungary is exciting by comparison to most races these days. If he's got any sense he'll give Sochi a miss next year

SS-89 · 18 Jul 2017 at 13:48

I like Brundle and hope he gets back soon, can't stand Crofty and Kravitz, they are so biased it makes it painful to watch.

Much prefer Ant and PDR to the latter two.

V F · 18 Jul 2017 at 16:15

SS-89 said:
I like Brundle and hope he gets back soon, can't stand Crofty and Kravitz, they are so biased it makes it painful to watch.

Much prefer Ant and PDR to the latter two.

Ted is good 98% of the time when he isn't in journalist mode.

SS-89 · 18 Jul 2017 at 17:30

V F said:
Ted is good 98% of the time when he isn't in journalist mode.

I don't mind his notebooks actually but I just find him grating on racedays/qualifying.

MooMoo444 · 18 Jul 2017 at 18:06

Ted is annoying when he starts with the 'Mercedes are morally obligated to __ for Hamilton' style gibberish.

timmeh · 21 Jul 2017 at 22:20

Does a shoey in Austria, a week later he's got a stomach bug. Coincidence? I think not

utajoker · 24 Jul 2017 at 20:36

Totally forgot about this, last thing i heard was the on air coverage saying he is doing ok and waved as he left. Has there been more?

Duke · 24 Jul 2017 at 22:00

Sounds ok but not there yet - https://twitter.com/MBrundleF1/status/888705175438987268 ?

crinkleshoes · 24 Jul 2017 at 22:12

F1 is nothing without Murray Walker

Kevin Clark · 26 Jul 2017 at 16:29

@MBrundleF1
On the mend but won't be in Hungary for the GP. But my impressive SkyF1 colleagues will cover every moment of track action live as always

Sounds like he might have had norovirus or gastroenteritis rather than just a dodgy curry!

Regy53 · 27 Jul 2017 at 12:32

confirmed wont be at this weekends race either

andicole0 · 27 Jul 2017 at 12:37

Regy53 said:
confirmed wont be at this weekends race either

Yes that doesn't bode well. He has said he's OK but 2 weeks since Silverstone, hopefully just being safe.
Andi.

this_is_gav · 28 Jul 2017 at 10:41

Brundle never liked Hungary anyway. He always used to choose Budapest as the race to miss when F1 was on ITV (remember Ant Davidson's terrible commentary when Button won his first race), so I'm guessing he wouldn't be running for the plane if given the choice.

He'll be fine with a bit more rest. It can be so easy to pick up food poisoning and even debilitating viruses when jetting around the world.