Martin Brundle has dismissed the idea that Sky Sports F1’s coverage is biased towards British drivers.

It comes after Red Bull’s Max 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Verstappen took aim at British media following his s💫tunning comeback victory at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

In the wake of criticism from ex-F1 drivers including Brundle, Damon Hill, and Johnny Herbert, the Dutchman said in the post-race FIA press conference in Brazil: “I have a quick question. I appreciate all of you being here, but I don’t see any British press? They had to run ﷽to the airport? Or they don’t know where the press conference is?”

Brundle rejected the not♑ion of British bias on a recent Sky Sp🥃orts F1 podcast, though he did not mention Verstappen or his recent comments directly.

“I don’t think we do,” Brundle challenged podcast host Matt Baker wܫhen he suggested that Sky tries to tell the story of🅠 British drivers.

“I’m a Brit. I’m a former British F1 driver, and we’re broadcasting 🌳primarily to a British broadcaster. Others take our feed all the way around the world.

“When I watch the Olympics or the World Cup or the European Cup, obviou🌊sly, your commentators are fervently pro whichever country they’re from. I don’t think we do that. I like to think we’re pretty balanced. I really do.

“We get flack from pretty much everybody, because wꦑhat I have learned in these 27, 28 years is that you can say 1,000 positive things about somebဣody and one negative will get back to them and their fans get onto it, or their family and friends tell them.

“I get a few cool, sideways glances sometimes. Nobody ever 🃏comes up 🐬to you and says, ‘Thank you very much for what you said about us.’”

Brundle revealed 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg is th⭕e only driver to thank him for positive comments he made about the German.

“I did have it once, actua🐽lly,” Brundle added. “It was Nico Rosberg, and he came up to me in Malaysia, a million years ago, said, ‘I’d like to thank you for what you said about me last weekend.’

“I said, ‘Okay, I really appreciate that, because I’ve go꧙t to be honest with y♌ou, you’re the first driver that’s ever said anything to me like that'. And by the way, the last.

“I said, ‘If you don’t mind, what did I say that you liked? Just 🥃for my reference?’ He said, ‘I don’t know. My mum told 🐲me I needed to thank you.’

“So actually, 🧜I still haven’t been thanke💧d by a driver for something.”