Martin Brundle

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 7 January 1985
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 0
Races started: 158
Pole positions: 0
Teams: Jordan 1996, Ligier 1995, 1993, McLaren 1994, Benetton 1992, Brabham 1991, 1989, Zakspeed 1987, Tyrrell 1984 - 1986

Martin Brundle career

Martin Brundle and Ayrton Senna battled to the last race of the 1983 F3 season, with Martin Brundle finishing second. He then moved up to the Tyrrell F1 team, but the team struggled to be competitive. For the 1987 season he moved to Zakspeed and scored their only points. In 1988 he moved to sports cars and won the world championship. For 1989 he moved to Brabham, but after an unsuccessful season he went back to sports cars and won Le Mans. His move to Brabham in 1991 got him a drive with Benetton in 1992 in which he was Michael Schumacher’s most competitive team mate. He was surprisingly dropped at the end of the season, so moved to Ligier for 1993 and was the best of the cars without active suspension. In 1994 he moved to McLaren but suffered from the unreliability of the Peugeout engines in their first year in F1. For 1995 he was replaced at McLaren by Nigel Mansell so moved to Ligier and for his final season in F1 he raced for Jordan. In total he raced in 158 F1 races. More recently he has commentated for British TV.

1996

Team: Jordan
Position: 11
Points: 8
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
Martin Brundle's last season in F1 was with Jordan which was mixed with several points scoring finishes and a number of retirements.

1995

Team: Ligier
Position: 13
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
For this season he returned to Ligier but had to share the drive with Aguri Suzuki. In Belgium he finished on the podium for the last time in his F1 career.

1994

Team: McLaren
Position: 7
Points: 16
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
For this season Marin brindle moved to McLaren and had a mixed season. the Peugeot engines were unreliable but he regularly scored points when he did finish. His best result was second in Monaco.

1993

Team: Ligier
Position: 7
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
For this season he moved to Ligier and had a consistent season with 11 points scoring finishes and one podium.

1992

Team: Benetton
Position: 6
Points: 38
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
For this season Martin Brundle moved to Benetton for his most successful season in his F1 career in which he was teammate to Michael Schumacher. He finished 6th in the drivers championship with 5 podium finishes and a best result of 2nd.

1991

Team: Brabham
Position: 15
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
His return to F1 and Brabham for 1991 was not successful with only one points scoring finish.

1989

Team: Brabham
Position: 20
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
The Brabham car this year struggled to be comp[competitive with 7 retirements and 2 non-pre-qualifying races.

1988

Team: Williams
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
Most of this season he raced sports car but had one race as a substitute driver for Williams at the Belgium Grand Prix.

1987

Team: Zakspeed
Position: 18
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
For the 1987 season Martin Brundle moved to the German Zackspeed team and had a difficult season finishing only 3 races. He did however score the only points Zackspeed scored during their time in F1.

1986

Team: Tyrrell
Position: 11
Points: 8
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was also a difficult season with 7 retirements but he did score some points for the team this season.

1985

Team: Tyrrell
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
Tyrrell switched from Cosworth engines to the turbo Renaults part way through the season but still struggled in the mid field.

1984

Team: Tyrrell
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
In his first season in F1 he crashed at the Dallas GP and broke both ankles forcing him to sit out the rest of the season. The team was later disqualified for a technical infringement.