![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/martin-brundle-hits-out-at-red-bull-over-max-verstappens-sky-sports-ban/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000314583384_1_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqS8LvVGaCov9_zEWH2d7j7beHsZFrEmHQDi0eQN40zhg.jpeg&description=Martin Brundle rallied behind pit lane broadcast colleague Ted Kravitz as Sky Sports' rift with world champion Max Verstappen continued to escalate. The British driver-turned-commentator waded into the row after Verstappen said he was tired of being 'constantly disrespected' and had 'had enough'. Brundle responded by calling for "dialogue" after the Red Bull team took the unprecedented step of boycotting Sky following his victory in Mexico, with the world champions refusing to speak to the British Formula One broadcaster as well as their German and Italian colleagues. "For the avoidance of doubt my friend and colleague for the past 26 years Ted Kravitz has my full support," the former driver Brundle posted on Twitter. "Face to face dialogue is the only way to sort out issues and disputes in the relentless crucible of the F1 paddock. We all have opinions and different jobs to do, that's life." The world champion's 14th win of the season, from Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, was a new F1 record. But the achievement was soured by an extraordinary boycott understood to have been triggered by comments made by Sky's pitlane reporter Kravitz in Austin the previous weekend, when he said Hamilton had been 'robbed' of an eighth world championship in Abu Dhabi last year. After Verstappen refused to speak to Sky Sports after taking pole on Saturday, the situation escalated, with Verstappen's team-mate Sergio Perez, team principal Christian Horner, and senior motorsport advisor Helmut Marko all joining in the boycott. A spokesperson for Red Bull told Telegraph Sport there had been 'longstanding issues with the lack of balance' shown by Kravitz in particular, which had been communicated to Sky Sports 'on numerous occasions'. Verstappen, speaking after his win, said Kravitz's comments in Austin were the final straw, suggesting that they were contributing to a poisonous atmosphere on social media. 'It has been a constant kind of digging and being disrespectful, especially from one partic){kind=link}
The world champion accused the broadcaster and pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz of ‘disrespect’ during the Mexican Grand Prix
Martin Brundle rallied behind pit lane broadcast colleague Ted Kravitz as Sky Sports’ rift with world champion Max Verstappen continued to escalate.
The British driver-turned-commentator waded into the row after Verstappen said he was tired of being “constantly disrespected” and had “had enough”. Brundle responded by calling for “dialogue” after the Red Bull team took the unprecedented step of boycotting Sky following his victory in Mexico, with the world champions refusing to speak to the British Formula One broadcaster as well as their German and Italian colleagues.
“For the avoidance of doubt my friend and colleague for the past 26 years Ted Kravitz has my full support,” the former driver Brundle posted on Twitter.
“Face to face dialogue is the only way to sort out issues and disputes in the relentless crucible of the F1 paddock. We all have opinions and different jobs to do, that’s life.”