#F1 was barbaric and a death unexceptional in Fifties

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F1 was barbaric and a death unexceptional in Fifties, Sixties and Seventies… it’s much safer now

Martin Brundle running around the grid will be a rich prologue for the 1,000th grand prix show because it did for the past 22 years.

& # 39; It will be written on my grave & # 39 ;, says TV & # 39; s leading expert of his a-word-here, a-word-there grid walk. ] And before we continue with heavier things, such as how Brundle thinks Lewis Hamilton is likely to be crowned seven-time world champion by the end of next season, what does he make of his pre-race canter?

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[F1-expert] Martin Brundle is looking forward to his 500-and-something

& # 39; The problem is that nine out of ten people say they know and that it is my trademark, not & # 39; t? & # 39; he says. & # 39; It really is my alter ego that does it. I interrupt people.

& # 39; I have cut into a driver and has an important conversation with his engineer. When legends like Niki Lauda and Alain Prost speak, I get closer. It is not me. I've never looked back at anyone. & # 39;

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It takes about nine minutes to get around in Brundle, without practicing and without scripting, until adrenalinerushush with high stakes that Sky broadcasts to 68 countries. And yes, it can go wrong.

& # 39; I had a car accident in Bahrain last race, & # 39; he says. & # 39; You could hardly see an F1 car for people who were so busy on the net. I knew Guy Ritchie, the famous director, was somewhere out there.

& # 39; I actually know him because he spent some time with him at the beginning of the year. So I asked him a question, I thought. I wasn't looking at him at the time, but was looking around for my next victim. I got the wrong man – someone who looked like him. I would only say to his twin brother. He said it was his bodyguard.

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Brundle & # 39; s dashboard around the grid takes about nine minutes, is an adrenaline rush with high stakes that Sky broadcasts to 68 countries

& # 39; But the grid walk has produced some incredible moments. At the title downdown in Suzuka in 1998, I remember that Mika Hakkinen put on his helmet and gave me a look as if I had to say that I should know it all better than approaching him. But I asked him if he could win the title or not. "Yes, I can," he said. And in the 36th year of the Grand Prix – in Shanghai on Sunday – in his 36th year as Grand Prix – in Shanghai on Sunday – in his 36th year as an F1 professional, first as a driver who started 158 races and then as a since 1997. & # 39; I can't wait to go & # 39 ;, he says about the trip to China. & # 39; I am just as passionate about Formula 1 as I have ever been. & # 39;

He was born into the environment with his mother and father, who owned a car dealer, steeped in motorcycle racing. At the age of five, Brundle went to his first race in 1964 and got up before dawn to get home from Norfolk to Brands Hatch with his uncle Keith. He later stood on makeshift wooden crates at Copse Corner to watch races at Silverstone.

Ayrton Senna, Brundle entered F1 the following year

Having just missed the 2003 Formula 3 title for Ayrton Senna, Brundle entered Formula One the following year. I had several major blows, perhaps the most memorable when I stepped out of a crash, which he thought he killed in 1996 in Melbourne, to drive the spare car, calm if you want.

An injury that still hurts him was stopped in practice in Dallas in 1984.

He broke both feet and ankles, the left ankle so much that amputation was feared. & # 39; I am troubling my wife Liz and the family with a lot of concerns and I am grateful for their understanding, more than anything, & he says.

Others did not run away. Of those he knew well, his Tyrrell teammate Stefan Bellof died during a World Endurance Championship race in 1985. And nine years later he raced in the San Marino Grand Prix, killing Senna.

& # 39; We drove around his pool of blood for 50 laps after the accident, and that continues to upset me today & # 39 ;, says Brundle.

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Brundle had several big strokes, perhaps the most memorable when he had big strokes, perhaps the most memorable when he crashed out of Melbourne climbed in 1996. Crashed in a crash in Melbourne in 1996.

& # 39; The show must go on, sort of things. I remember that I saw Ayrton's private jet with the door open and the steps down thinking that this would not happen. I also remember the silence after the race, people did what they had to do without making a noise. When you get into a racing car, you know you can get hurt or paralyzed or killed. But you want a little fear, a little self-preservation. It is now safer than in the fifties, sixties and seventies.

& # 39; Death in the name of sport is now totally unacceptable, but then it was unremarkable. It was barbaric, but only through today's eyes.

Brundle will only take care of his dodgy during Sunday's race while he is about to broadcast, the co-commentator of David Croft. Murray Walker & # 39; s student for the title & # 39; Voice of Formula One & # 39; during their work together at ITV in the late nineties and early 2000.

Legend Ayrton Senna died in 1994

I ask Brundle, 59, who his heroes were like a boy? & Sir Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill, for their funny sketches on BBC Sports Personality of the Year, such as the Two Ronnies. & # 39; And the best? & # 39; It's the person you respect most in your own time. Jackie would put Jim Clark there. Sir Stirling Moss would put Juan Manuel Fangio up there. I would Senna

& # 39; Mika was the fastest lap I ever raced in. Ayrton had given by God and talent. Michael Schumacher was the most complete. I would add Lewis to an all-time greatness list. & # 39;

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Brundle believes that Lewis Hamilton is likely to be crowned a seven-time world champion who has earned credit in his own country? "Maybe not" says Brundle. "Maybe you should retire or die before people really appreciate you." love Lewis. I've known him since he was twelve, but sometimes I feel like I don't know him.

& # 39; Mercedes has endurance in their car to stay strong throughout the season. But I think Lewis or Fernando Alonso would have come closer to Mercedes than Sebastian Vettel had driven for Ferrari last year. Lewis is just wheel-by-wheel from street to street. Seb loses his head bit by bit. It must be at the front. & # 39;

CHINESE GRAND PRIX: live Sky Sports F1

Saturday: 06:00 qualifying. Sunday: Race: 7.05am

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