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Martin Brundle's witty and wry comments (as well as the sarcastic and sometimes all-too-brutally honest ones!) are considered by many to be the highlight of ITV1's coverage of Formula 1 Grand Prix races. This site lists some of Martin's best quotes.
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EUROPE
“It’s more of a zone than a corner.”

“The final corner – let’s call it Turn 23. It depends how you interpret some of the curves earlier on in the lap as to whether they’re corners or not.”

“I wonder if Gerhard Berger has talked Ferrari into giving them the very latest Ferrari donkeys to put in the back of that Toro Rosso, ‘cause it’s absolutely flying.”

“If you brake five metres early, you’ll give away a quarter of a second; brake too late, you’ll give away half a second.”

“There’s a bit of Red Bull on the track and it’s not of the liquid variety.”

“It might be better saying to one of their cars, ‘Right, on lap 22 you’ve gotta spin on Turn 5 and block the track and bring out the Safety Car.’ That’d be less of a gamble, frankly!”

James: “Next week they have the local tomato throwing festival.”
Martin: “Sounds like the stewards’ meeting later on, about Massa’s pit exit, doesn’t it?!”

“It’s a worthy victory, well deserved. We haven’t seen him lock a wheel, put a foot wrong anywhere. There’s obviously a cloud over it in terms of that pit exit but you can’t take away the great drive that Massa’s had.”

“I’d want (Kubica) in my team if I had a Grand Prix team, for sure.”

Driver of the Day
“I think it should go to Vettel.”


HUNGARY
Martin was on holiday this weekend.


GERMANY
“A tyre doesn’t wanna slow you down or accelerate you when it’s not turning.”

“He’s been missing in action most of the season and Piquet now finally beginning to get on terms with Formula 1.”

“Turn 2 – that’s where we used to head off into the countryside at ridiculous speeds. You sort of danced your way around there at 220 miles an hour. You usually were just sitting there for seconds on end, waiting for your engine to go bang.”

“Michael Schumacher can only sit and watch ... and wave.”

“The Ferrari was wagging its tail down there.”

“Let’s do a Marty’s Random Person ... You look like Alonso’s older brother!”

“We hope there’s loads of rain and it’s complete and utter carnage and chaos, because that makes for good races.”

“Mika! Good to see you, mate! You’re looking very glossy here, I have to say! ... Your old manager, Keke Rosberg, said, ‘When I was managing him, I couldn’t get him to do one PR event, and now he doesn’t stop!’ What’s the difference? Are you bored at home or something? ... Now, your trophies got burned down in the house. Did you lose all your trophies, ‘cause I nearly cried when I heard that, genuinely.”

“It was understeering like a supermarket trolley on the way in, and oversteering like an airport trolley on the way out.”

“Ambition ahead of adhesion there.”

“(Hamilton) looks like he’s just enjoying a nice day out in a McLaren.”

“When the momentum’s with you, you can afford to move over and nerf the other driver.”

“Right now they’re P9 and not going anywhere, fast.”

“Clearly synchronised swimming between the two McLarens.”

“Massa basically should have put a little flag out, like, ‘Shove me off the racetrack, please’.”

James: “If you were the boss of Ferrari, would you be thinking, ‘Can we win a world championship with this guy, or should I get Kubica or Alonso on the phone?’ do you think?”
Martin: “It wasn’t one of the best laps of Massa’s career, I’ll say that.”
(Submitted by Shayne Holloway)

“Piquet coming alive and coming of age in these last few laps.”

“(Massa) looks a lot happier than I thought he would. Ferrari were thrashed today in many respects.”

Driver of the Day
“Nelson Piquet.”



2008 CALENDAR

7 September: Italy

14 September: Belgium

28 September: Singapore (night race)

12 October: China

19 October: Japan

2 November: Brazil