Martin Brundle has named speaking to Mika Hakkinen before one of his F1 championship victories as his “peak”🃏 grid walk mom෴ent.

Sinc♒e the late 1990s, Brundle’s grid walk has been synonymous with fans and viewers around the world.

The Brit often speaks to drivers and numerous celebrities on the ❀grid before the national anthem.

Brꦚundle continues to do his infamous grid walks in 2024 fo📖r Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

Speaking recently on the , Brundle reflected on his long career in broadcasting, specif♋ically his gr𝓰id walks.

Brundle named speakingﷺ t🔴o Hakkinen as his “peak” moment on the grid.

Hakkinen won both of his F1 titles at Suzuka against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher (1998) and Eddie Irvine (1999) respectively.

“I woul🃏d always start 🐟with the drivers in that respect,” he said.

“Talking to Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen. We hadඣ an amusing event in Brazil once. Perhaps the peak for me was front of the grid, Suzuka, Mika Hakkinen is on pole. He’s got a chance of winning the🦄 world championship. And he’s just putting his balaclava on as I get there.

“We were teammates at McLaren, know each other well, still very much do, and he looked at me as much to say ‘Come on Martin’. So I just said to him ‘Mika, can you win the world championship today?’ꩵ. ‘Yes I can’.

“Down goes the balaclava, on goes the helmet, gets in the car and wins ꦯthe world championship.

“For me that is uniqu🐎e broa𒅌dcasting opportunity, content. Which other sport can you do that in?”