Where Martin Brundle doesn’t agree with Sky F1 colleague Ted Kravitz in grid walk stance

Martin Brundle and Ted Kravitz are two of the most recognisable and respected Sky Sports F1 broadcasters, but the pair’s methods of working are very different

Martin Brundle and Ted Kravitz have very different approaches when it comes to their coverage of Formula One race weekends on Sky Sports. The two broadcasters are highly popular among F1 fans thanks to their television work with the BBC before moving to Sky in 2012.

Kravitz, known for his insightful and quirky ‘Ted’s Notebook’ segment, is a familiar face in the paddock, engaging directly with teams and drivers. However, he’s taking a break from the action this weekend at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Meanwhile, former F1 driver Brundle has made a name for himself as a veteran pundit and commentator. The 66-year-old is particularly well known for his pre-race grid walks, which often result in awkward encounters with A-list celebrities.

Despite their success, long-time colleagues Kravitz and Brundle go about their craft in different ways. Kravitz says he meticulously rewatches and analyses his segments in order to improve, while Brundle cannot stand rewatching his own grid walks.

Speaking on the Road To Success podcast, Kravitz admitted to being self-critical after races, saying: “Every ten minutes I’m self critical. Constantly. That’s the only way you learn. You have to watch back your pieces to say, ‘Ah I should have done that differently’, or, ‘Maybe I should have said that there’.

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“Very few sports have such high demands of their participants as F1. Perfection is expected. And if you don’t notice your own performance then you’re not doing it right and you’ll never improve. You’ll never have an idea the next time you do it.

“I’ve had so many ideas for the next time I do something by watching myself back and thinking, ‘I could have done that better’. Sometimes there will be something I forgot to do on a Saturday that I can revisit on a Sunday, but you have to watch Saturday back in order to do that.”

Brundle, meanwhile, has openly admitted in the past: “There’s a reason why I’ve never watched back an F1 gridwalk in a quarter of a century of doing them. You have no idea how much I dislike doing them but somehow those crazy moments have defined my professional career. Oh well, that’s the way it is.”

Perhaps the crucial distinction is that while Kravitz’s segments are highly technical, the quick-witted Brundle’s grid walks often throw up bizarre and painful interactions, given their unscripted nature and the egos of the celebrities involved.

The Brit is regularly spotted darting around and attempting to interview the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Cara Delevingne and Megan Thee Stallion, all three of whom have snubbed him in recent years.

“The grid walk actually really annoys me because that’s what I’m known for now,” Brundle told The Mail. “The whole thing is still a mystery. I won a lot of races as a driver and was on the F1 podium. I was World Sportscar Champion, winner at Le Mans, beat Ayrton Senna a lot of times in F3.

“I was a reasonably handy racing driver and I’m a reasonably handy commentator but all I’m going to be remembered for is getting ignored on the grid by the Megan Thee Stallion and other people I’d never heard of until that moment.”