David Croft launched an unexpected attack on a team\u2019s leadership during Sky Sports\u2019 broadcast of Friday\u2019s running at the Mexico City Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
No, he wasn\u2019t having a go at a Formula 1 team boss, he was calling for his beloved West Ham\u2019s leadership of chief David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady \u201cto go\u201d.<\/p>\n
David Croft vented: You\u2019ve got to go<\/p>\n
Formula 1 is racing in Mexico City this weekend with an intriguing title fight unfolding<\/a> as Max Verstappen has stormed into contention, just 40 points down on championship leader Oscar Piastri and 26 behind Lando Norris.<\/p>\n But while Croft was covering his F1 duties for Sky, the commentator was dwelling on West Ham after the club lost to Leeds United, 2-1, on Friday evening. The Hammers have won just one of nine matches and sit P19 in the Premier League standings, firmly in the relegation zone.<\/p>\n Chants of \u2018sack the board\u2019 and \u2018you sold our soul\u2019 rang out on Friday evening.<\/p>\n Croft is on board with that.<\/p>\n More on Sky Sports\u2019 F1 team<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Sky F1 unveil new addition to F1 2025 presenter line-up<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Why Martin Brundle fears Sky F1 gridwalk will \u2018finish my career one day\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking during Sky\u2019s F1 broadcast, he vented: \u201cI like stats in Formula 1 and I\u2019ll give you a stat for a moment.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 3.1 per cent of our total game time, that is the amount of time in the Premier League this season that West Ham have been ahead \u2013 25 minutes and six seconds. So opening stages against Chelsea and the last few minutes against Nottingham Forest and that is it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe next worst is Fulham on 13.3 per cent \u2013 that is how bad West Ham are.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not sleepwalking to relegation, we are hurtling at 225mph top speed down the Mexico City straight here, at that pace, towards relegation.<\/p>\n Can we all agree that David Croft needs to be the official West Ham fans spokesman in the media? The guy nails it every time. https:\/\/t.co\/K9pfrsrdIa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mark Harrison (@MarkHarrison23) October 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNow something has to change and change fast. And not just the playing staff, which needs a complete overhaul, not just the manager who needs to be playing to what he\u2019s got at the moment, but the top with the board as well.<\/p>\n \u201cDavid Sullivan, Karren Brady your time\u2019s up. You\u2019ve got to go.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what decisions you\u2019re making that you think you\u2019re getting right but you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n \u201cIf this was a series of The Apprentice, Karren Brady you\u2019d have been fired after episode one quite frankly.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd David Sullivan it seems like you\u2019re running my club, our club, as a vanity project. Stop doing it, get out now while you can and while West Ham still have a chance of staying up.\u201d<\/p>\n Read next: Audi F1 2026 update given amid rumours engine is down on power<\/a><\/p>\n