Martin Brundle is the latest Formula 1 legend to be recognised for his work over the decades. The Sky Sports pundit was made an OBE in the 2024 New Year's Honours list for his services to motor sport and sports broadcasting. And, after the news was announced, he took to social media to explain what it meant to him to be recognised.
Former F1 racer Brundle, 65, wrote: "Thank you for so many lovely messages, they mean as much to me as the OBE, which is a great deal to say the least. "My eternal and sincere thanks to family, friends, motorsport and broadcasting team-mates, and motorsport folk and fans, for the help and support since I first grass-tracked a Ford Anglia 53 years ago. It's been a blast, I'm a very lucky man.".
Another man in the F1 world who has not been knighted but has recently been honoured is Red Bull chief Christian Horner. He was made a CBE in 2023 for his services to motorsport. Horner’s career began as a racing driver, becoming a race winner in the 1992 British Formula Renault Championship before switching to team management after retiring from competitive driving at the age of 25.
Horner has led Red Bull’s F1 team since 2005, winning six constructors’ championships between 2010 and 2023, and is married to Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell-Horner. Horner has had his eye on potentially landing a knighthood in the future - but it's something that a 2024 featuring one very notable scandal may well have sidelined, especially for the foreseeable future.
