F1 legend Martin Brundle has confirmed he’ll cut back his workload at Sky Sports activities throughout the 2026 season.
The 66-year-old Briton has reduce on the variety of races he takes half in, revealing he’ll solely compete in 16 Grands Prix this yr. That is two fewer rounds than the 18 he performed in 2025.
Mr Brundle started his profession as a critic at ITV in 1997 and labored on the broadcaster till 2008, earlier than becoming a member of the BBC staff from 2009 to 2011.
He moved to Sky Sports activities the next yr when it took over the rights to broadcast F1 within the UK. Brundle has been a continuing presence with the Sky Sports activities F1 Group ever since, however has step by step diminished his on-field presence lately.
Brundle took half within the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, however didn’t take part within the subsequent races in China and Japan. Meaning his now-iconic “grid stroll” was not a part of his pre-race preparations at these occasions.
Brundle defined on the F1 Present podcast: “We do 16 races a yr, so typically we miss races, and a variety of them are early morning races.” “Nonetheless, I all the time really feel slightly unhappy after I’m not at Suzuka. I really like the Suzuka circuit, each as a driver and as a caster, however recently I have never been capable of attend Suzuka.”
Nonetheless, Brundle confirmed he’ll return to the sphere on the Miami Grand Prix on Could 3.
Brundle believes Miami could possibly be a reset for the 2026 championship after the Iran warfare canceled the Center East double header in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and compelled a five-week break.
“Positively in Miami,” he mentioned. “It is like the beginning of a brand new F1 season. I feel it may be one of many greatest restarts in F1 historical past. It will likely be early Could, however I am trying ahead to it.”
