F1 broadcasting legend Martin Brundle has formally acquired his OBE from Prince William throughout a ceremony at Windsor Fort.
The long-time Sky Sports activities F1 pundit was awarded the honour after being named in King Charles III’s 2025 New 12 months’s Honours Listing for his providers to motorsport and broadcasting.
Brundle has performed an integral position in F1’s TV protection within the UK because the Nineteen Nineties.
In recent times, Brundle’s profile has solely grown as a result of his notorious grid stroll the place he speaks to varied celebrities forward of the grand prix.
Brundle has remained a part of Sky’s group within the UK since 2012.
Reflecting on the big day, Brundle advised Sky Sports activities Information: “It made me really feel very fortunate and really privileged as a result of at all times one thing like this, you obtain on behalf of an terrible lot of different individuals as a result of both they had been designing and creating and fixing my racing automobiles, or working with us within the broadcasting trade.
“You possibly can’t do something by yourself on the stage of Method 1. I have been very fortunate to have two careers in F1 as a driver and a broadcaster, which this award has been offered for.
“When the letter got here by means of simply earlier than Christmas, I used to be ecstatic.”
Congratulations to our very personal Martin Brundle for receiving his OBE from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Fort for providers to motor racing and to sports activities broadcasting 👏 pic.twitter.com/5MRYn2JBuC
— Sky Sports activities F1 (@SkySportsF1) Might 13, 2025
Brundle additionally revealed that he met Prince William for the primary time on the 1992 British Grand Prix.
Talking about that first encounter, he added: “He got here alongside together with his mom and his brother. We met them simply after the drivers’ briefing on race day.
“We’re West Norfolk individuals and he spends fairly a little bit of time up there, so a lot to speak about. He advised me a couple of different issues, however I assume they’re non-public.”
In 2024, Pink Bull boss Christian Horner acquired a CBE – a step forward of OBE in UK’s honours system – for providers to motorsport.
Horner has been answerable for Pink Bull since 2005, overseeing their title success with Sebastian Vettel within the 2010s and extra just lately with Max Verstappen.
