Martin Brundle reveals secrets to famous F1 grid walk and 'car crash television'

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Martin Brundle has revealed that three producers communicate with him in his ear during his famous F1 grid walks. Sky Sports broadcaster Brundle, a former F1 driver himself, is known for his amusing and sometimes awkward encounters with drivers and celebrities on the grid before races.

The 65-year-old has now divulged some of the secrets of his grid walk, including how producers communicate and inform him where to be for certain conversations. "So, I have three people in my ear – can't always hear them," Brundle said, on a Sky Sports Reddit Q&A. "Somebody once switched my radio off, that's on my belt behind me because they thought it was funny on the grid in Monaco, and I heard absolutely nobody.



"So I try to just see people out of the corner of my eye and trip over - it's car crash television on the grid. I don't know what's going to happen next and I think..

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