David Croft used this 12 months’s Autosport Awards to have fun and replicate on the moments that also make him giggle out loud.
Croft, affectionately referred to as “Crofty” by associates and followers, has greater than a decade of grand prix expertise as a commentator. By the microphones of Sky Sports activities and the BBC, he is commentated on most of the championship’s biggest and most defining moments.
However as he stood on the purple carpet of the 2026 Autosport Awards, he famous his “craziest” dwell broadcast moments as he grinned from ear to ear.
“Craziest factor I’ve seen on a dwell broadcast… properly, there was that point in Korea we had a truck on the monitor. The time in India the place we had a canine on the monitor. That was all fairly loopy. Max Verstappen going from nearly final to getting on the rostrum…”
The 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix was a career-high for the adorned Purple Bull driver. Beginning seventeenth on the grid in heavy rain, the Dutchman carved by the pack to complete first. It was not solely an awesome second for the four-time champion, however a spotlight of the 2024 season itself that noticed Verstappen struggle towards McLaren’s Lando Norris.
“Fairly loopy. In a constructive method on that one,” he stated earlier than including: “And Lewis Hamilton successful on three wheels at Silverstone [in 2020]. Yeah. There’s 4 for you.”
Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing RB20, overtakes Esteban Ocon, Alpine A524
Photograph by: Lubomir Asenov / Motorsport Photographs
The dialog then moved to moments that also made him giggle out loud, with the F1 stalwart considering again over his years of expertise.
“What second nonetheless – apart from Karun Chandhok crashing in Australia after three corners as a Friday driver… I do not imply that. I am sorry, Karun.
“It nonetheless makes me giggle, although, to be honest.” He continued: “Murray Walker’s commentary as two drivers at Hockenheim bask in a little bit of fisticuffs. ‘Take that and that!'” he laughed, referring to one of many legendary commentator’s most-watched moments from 1982’s German Grand Prix.
Then-race chief Nelson Piquet collided with backmarker Eliseo Salazar whereas lapping him on the Ostkurve chicane. Piquet’s Brabham got here to a cease and the driving force shot out of the automobile to bodily confront his rival.
Walker, at all times up for a little bit of enjoyable, began narrating the struggle, describing it as “fisticuffs” – one thing that may turn into folklore of the championship.
Croft continued: “Me commentating over a repeat, a replay. Yeah, in Monaco with Martin Brundle. Nonetheless see his face now – ‘What are you doing? What are you doing, Crofty?’ To be trustworthy, a number of issues may make me chuckle.”
Croft will return to Sky Sports activities F1 when the 2026 season begins on 8 March in Australia.
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