Brundle drove a kart for the first time at the age of eight. He began his car racing career in 2006 in the T Cars championship, a saloon car-based series for drivers aged 14 to 17, finishing eighth. In the closing months of 2006 he moved to open-wheel racing in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, finishing 21st overall. He returned to Formula Palmer Audi for the 2007 main championship (finishing eleventh) and again for the Autumn Trophy (improving to eighth). In 2008 he returned to FPA for a second season, taking a pole position and three podium finishes on his way to sixth in the championship. His father Martin, inspired by his son's progress, also raced in the round held at Spa-Francorchamps.
Brundle signed to drive for the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009, driving car number 5. He joined Jolyon Palmer and Jack Clarke in graduating from the previous year's FPA. He finished nineteenth in the championship with five points.
He returned to Formula Two for the 2011 season. After a difficult opening weekend at Silverstone, he took pole position for the first race at Magny Cours and secured a podium in both races that weekend. He added a third podium — third place in race one at Monza — and finished seventh in the standings, making him the most successful British driver of the 2011 Formula Two season.
Brundle competed in the 2010 British Formula 3 Championship with the T-Sport team, contesting all 30 rounds and finishing 17th with 11 points and a best finish of eighth.
On 3 February 2012, Brundle was signed by Carlin Motorsport for the eight-round 2012 GP3 Series, which followed the European leg of the Formula One Championship. He scored points on his debut with a tenth-place finish in the Feature Race at the Spanish Grand Prix, then added eighth in the sprint race the following day. On 29 July 2012, he took his first GP3 podium in race 2 of the Budapest event.
Brundle made his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in 2012, piloting a Greaves Motorsport-run Zytek-Nissan LMP2 alongside his father. Martin and Alex won the Woolf Barnato Trophy for the highest-finishing British drivers in a British car in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours.
In the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season, Brundle finished second in the championship for OAK Racing in the LMP2 class and second in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class.
After finishing fifth at the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona with Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, Brundle returned to OAK for the remaining 2014 United SportsCar Championship North American Endurance Cup events at Sebring International Raceway, Watkins Glen International, and Road Atlanta. He won the Total Pole Award for the most pole positions scored in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship.
In 2016, Brundle returned to the European Le Mans Series and won the championship with United Autosports, scoring a pole, three wins, and two further podiums. He also joined G-Drive Racing for the last five rounds of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, winning the last three races and taking one further podium.
Brundle signed on 12 February 2014 to become part of the Formula E Drivers Club in the new FIA championship for electric vehicles.
Brundle also competes in historic racing events, mostly driving a Lola T70 Mk3B in Masters Sports Car Legends competition.
Alongside his racing career, Brundle has served as a commentator for various motorsport series. He is best known for his commentary on select rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship and FIA Formula 3 Championship, working alongside lead commentator Alex Jacques.
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