Martin Brundle has admitted that he's 'really annoyed' at being known for his F1 grid walks with Sky Sports - rather than what he achieved during his racing days.
The 65-year-old is set to regularly appear on screens once again this year as the start of the new season creeps closer.
Brundle has been a regular with Sky ever since 2012 after previous stints with the BBC and ITV.
His grid walks have become the stuff of legend, with the charismatic broadcaster never afraid to mince his words.
Martin Brundle has admitted that he's 'really annoyed' at being known for his F1 grid walks with Sky Sports - rather than what he achieved during his racing days
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He has clashed with Machine Gun Kelly and Cara Delevingne in the past, while the former F1 star has also had some awkward exchanges with the likes of Ozzy Osbourne and Kylian Mbappe.
Brundle, obviously, enjoys what he does.
However, speaking to the Daily Mail, the veteran has now admitted that the grid walks 'really annoy' him because that's what the world knows him for.
He revealed: "The grid walk actually really annoys me because that’s what I’m known for now.
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"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.
"It’s quite a funny thing but I can’t knock it - heading towards 66, I’m lucky to still be in live sport and that’s why I was pleased with the OBE because it wasn’t an OBE just for gridwalking."
Brundle also claims that he never watched his grid walks back.
F1 legend Martin Brundle has taken part in some awkward grid walks over the years
SKYThe reason why? Because he doesn't feel the need to amid fears he won't enjoy what he sees.
"It’s not my natural habitat to interrupt people, and be cheeky and rude because that’s what it’s become," he continued.
"I know when I've done a decent job or embarrassed myself in front of millions of people.
"I can't bear to watch it even though I really should. But in my heart of hearts, I know when I’ve done well."
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Brundle will be at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, the first race of the new season.
And he's quipped that he and his entourage will be looking to stay 'sober' so viewers enjoy their coverage as much as possible.
"We’ll just try and stay sober on Saturday night," he said.
"I like to mix and match it because we have a real broad church of an audience - you have viewers that know more than we do, others that are casually interested and others who just end up watching on a Sunday because it’s raining outside.
Martin Brundle has been working for Sky Sports since 2012
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"The aim is to try and give everyone something without talking down to people or angering them and the gridwalk is the same.
"You’ll know when I’m in trouble if I’m looking for a ‘Martin’s Random Person’ which I call an MRP with five minutes to go, because then anything can happen."
