“Lucky” Martin Brundle expresses his gratitude for his time in F1 as renowned statistician shares an impressive fact about the Brit’s 1992 season


“Lucky” Martin Brundle expresses his gratitude for his time in F1 as renowned statistician shares an impressive fact about the Brit’s 1992 season

Martin Brundle scored the second most points in the last 9 races of the 1992 F1 season

It is a well-known fact that former F1 driver Martin Brundle is currently working as a commentator for Sky Sports F1. The 63-year-old acquired immense experience in the sport, although the British driver’s career statistics do not serve justice, with no Grand Prix wins to his name. Brundle is yet an integral part of the Formula 1 spectacle as his voice has become a feature of any Grand Prix.

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After his departure from F1 in 1997, Brundle continued racing outside of Formula 1, like the Le Mans 24 hours but the Brit ended up making a career in the field of broadcasting and now has been working for Sky Sports for over a decade. In the present day, the 63-year-old is respected throughout the paddock with drivers and team personnel never shying away from hearing from the former British driver. Irrespective of the record books, Martin is still regarded as one of the finer drivers of his time.

Brundle was let go by Benetton at the end of 2022, his career trajectory went down after that

The 1992 season for Brundle was one of his finer seasons in the sport, though he was up for quite a challenge as he was paired alongside the young Michael Schumacher at Benetton. Thus despite the Brit’s best efforts, he failed to out-qualify Schumacher, although this was the season where Martin would finally be a consistent points score and achieve podium finishes. The 63-year-old also came close to winning a couple of races.

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Martin Brundle reflects on his time at Benetton

Being teammates with young Michael Schumacher was a tough challenge for any driver

Recently, a conversation took place on Twitter, as a fan posted a video of Brundle’s onboard from the opening lap of the 1992 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. The onboard displayed the Brit’s talented driving as he looked to gain places at the start, something he would be doing the whole season. This brought forward a rather interesting fact from that year’s F1 championship.

A well-known F1 statistician then tweeted the fact that “In the final 9 races of 1992, @MBrundleF1 outscored every driver except Nigel Mansell.” A true showcase of how good the British driver had performed that year, and also a rather sad fact considering Brundle being forced out of Benetton at the end of the year. Martin scored 33 points compared to Senna’s 32, his teammate Michael’s 27 and his replacement Patrese’s 28 in that period.

Martin Brundle responded to this Tweet and said, “just as today there’s always a megastar to burst your bubble” a reference to being outshined by Michael Schumacher as his teammate that year. However, the Brit was thankful for getting the opportunity to be an F1 driver and said, “Was lucky to have the chance and even more lucky to survive the opportunity.” He always called his time as a driver to be a learning curve which has helped him greatly as a commentator, he tweeted, “My racing career was a fact finding mission for my TV career”

Something which can be learned from this fact is that Formula 1 is cruel, once you drop down in the order, no matter what you do, you might struggle to be back in the limelight, Brundle outscoring all except one driver in the last 9 rounds of the year went unnoticed and led to the Brit being sidelined by his team is just a proof of that.

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