{"id":604374,"date":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604374\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:47:09","slug":"martin-brundle-sets-record-straight-on-sky-sports-f1-future-after-replacement-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604374\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Brundle sets record straight on Sky Sports F1 future after replacement rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/martin-brundle\/585\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Martin Brundle<\/a> has set the record straight after reports began to circulate that he was taking a step back from his Sky Sports Formula 1 duties.<\/p>\n<p>The former F1 driver responded to reports claiming that he was reducing the number of races he would be covering in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One fan commented on their disappointment at the prospect of seeing less of the Briton on the F1 coverage. &#8220;Nooooo! I love Martin Brundle\u2019s commentary. I understand though as he needs to put him and his family first. Thankfully, I love listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/jenson-button\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jenson Button<\/a>\u2019s insight too,&#8221; the fan wrote, responding to reports hinting that 2009 champion Jenson Button could replace Brundle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Utter clickbait nonsense Margaret, don\u2019t be concerned,&#8221; Brundle responded. &#8220;I\u2019ve done 16 races per year for a good while now and continue to do so. In fact with the cancellations I am at 15 of the remaining 19 races this season, subject to world events of course, as always.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Button, who has been part of the Sky Sports F1 broadcast team since 2019 after initially joining as a guest analyst for the 2018 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, also chimed in on the rumours.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old added, &#8220;I am not positioned to replace Martin, he\u2019s the man when it comes to commentary and insights. As much as I love jumping in when Martin is taking a well-deserved break I wouldn\u2019t want to do more as I\u2019ve got enough going on!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After retiring from racing, Brundle joined ITV when the network began its F1 coverage in 1997. In 2009, the Briton joined the BBC&#8217;s commentary team and later moved to\u00a0Sky Sports at the end of 2011, joining lead commentator David Croft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his co-commentator and analyst role, Brundle is also known for his fan-favourite grid walk during the pre-race build-up.<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Brundle has set the record straight after reports began to circulate that he was taking a step&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[209422,121187,49,48,578,576,577,228417,82,4962],"class_list":{"0":"post-604374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-bahrain-gp","9":"tag-bahrain-international-circuit","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-f1","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-martin-brundle-sets-record-straight-on-sky-sports-f1-future-after-replacement-rumours","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-trendingteam"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}