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Martin Brundle has recently revealed how he got drunk with Michael Schumacher to break the ice over something that has led to a five-year radio silence between the two. Brundle has been a regular in F1 punditry for decades now, and when he started the segments like the grid walk prior to a race, it was during the era when Schumacher was the benchmark in F1.
Brundle had a history with Michael Schumacher, as the two were teammates at Benetton for a year before the Brit was replaced. After Brundle's F1 career ended, he moved on to the role of being a commentator with British media and has done the role with broadcasters like BBC, ITV, and more recently Sky Sports.
As part of his role, Brundle had started doing the 'Gridwalk', a novel idea at the time where he would talk to drivers and team personnel just minutes before a race. In an interview with Sky Sports, Brundle revealed that even though this was an easier thing to do in the early days as he knew a lot of the drivers, it became a bit strange with Schumacher, who had become offended by a poorly translated quote in German.
