Sky Sports F1 legend Martin Brundle is not at the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, a big disappointment to his army of UK fans tuning in for the action.

Brundle is a much-loved member of the Sky Sports F1 team, and has been since 2012, when the broadcaster gained rights to show the sport in the UK.

Brundle is usually David Croft's co-commentator, but also undertakes his world-famous grid walk feature, something that has been ongoing since the 1997 British Grand Prix for a variety of different broadcasters.

He provides great analysis and insight from his time spent on the grid as an F1 driver, between 1984-1996.

But this weekend, Brundle is not at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City for Sky Sports' coverage of the Mexican GP. That means no cutting-edge analysis and no Kim Kardashian chats on the grid walk (the reality TV superstar IS in Mexico City for work purposes but no confirmation as yet if she will be at the race today).

Why is Martin Brundle not in Mexico?

Brundle is missing out this weekend as part of Sky's usual rotation of pundits. With it being a long, 23-race season, a number of pundits swap in and out at certain race weekends, even the biggest names such as Croft, Brundle and Ted Kravitz.

British F1 legend Brundle admitted earlier this year that it would be too much for him to do all of the races.

Brundle's F1 career

Brundle was a solid if unspectacular F1 driver during his 12-year career, in which he competed for a total of eight different teams.

The now 67-year-old British star never took the chequered flag in an F1 race but was on the podium nine times. His most successful single season was while driving for Benetton in 1992 when he scored five podiums and 38 points.

That was by far his best total, allowing him to finish sixth in the drivers' championship that year as part of his best run in the sport as he was seventh in 1993 and 1994 while driving for Ligier and McLaren respectively.

Brundle’s last season was in 1996, and though he had options to continue to race beyond that, he took his opportunity to be part of ITV’s broadcast team. It was a decision which worked out well, with his broadcasting career now spanning more than three decades.

Brundle was also able to focus on Le Mans, entering the 24-hour race on five different occasions with a best finish of 15th in 2012.