Martin Brundle

Martin Brundle was born in Kings Lynn, England on the 1st of June 1959. He never won a grand prix but he definitely deserved to!

Martin started off in Formula three where in Eddie Jordan's team he nearly beat Senna to win the World Championship, but Senna drove the last race perfectly and pipped him to the post.

In 1984 he started life off in Tyrrell and had one podium finish before breaking both ankles and recovering for the rest of the year. He spent two more seasons with Tyrrell and only managed to score a handful of points. In 1987 he joined Zacspeed and didn't get on so well so he changed to Jaguar sports car racing and became World sports car champion. Not only did he achieve this he also won the Daytona 24 hours with Jaguar. He then returned to F1 to drive for Brabham. It wasn't a brilliant car but he still managed to qualify fourth at Monaco and scored three more points for the rest of the season.

In 1990 he returned to Jaguar sports car and won LeMans 24 hours. Martin did another unsuccessful year with Brabham but in 1994 secured a place with Benneton. He achieved a sixth place in the championship with 11 top six finishes and got five podiums. In 1993 he moved to Ligier and made seven finishes in the points with one podium finish but in 1994 he moved to McLaren but in their bad year which saw him get two podium finishes. Martin had one more with Ligier in 1995. In his last year Brundle went to Jordan but they were struggling. He gained two points finishes and it was also the year that Martin had "that" spectacular crash that saw him cartwheel over the barrier at Adelaide. He emerged completely unharmed, ran to the pits and jumped in the spare car for the restart.

In 1997 he joined Murray Walker to become his co-commentator and did a fantastic job with his vast knowledge of the sport and he still does but now with James Allen. As well as this Martin is David Couthard's business affairs manager and he also runs successful car businesses. He also holds two sports pundit of the year awards.