Murray Walker famous quotes

Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him
-- Murray Walker

#Race #Racing #Lasts

Mansell can see him in his earphone.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Motor

Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Safe #Opinion

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.
-- Murray Walker

#Long #Racing #Facts

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.
-- Murray Walker

#Car #Racing #Four

We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.
-- Murray Walker

#Race #Opposites #Situation

I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.
-- Murray Walker

#Mistake #Humor #Prophecy

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.
-- Murray Walker

#Cutting #Stumps #Cricket

And Michael Schumacher is 37 seconds ahead, so he can refuel the car, change all four wheels, take off his helmet, have a smoke and a cup of tea, and rejoin in first.
-- Murray Walker

#Change #Car #Tea

It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Half

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Champion #Racing

And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Done

Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn't! It's a lap record.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Records

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.
-- Murray Walker

#Race #Half #Gone

And there's the man in the green flag!
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Men #Racing

And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Car #Racing

Unless I am very much mistaken...I AM very much mistaken...!
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Mistaken

Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Buttons

Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move.
-- Murray Walker

#Moving Forward #Car #Keep Moving

Look up there! That's the sky!
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Sky #Racing

Let's stop the startwatch.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Motor

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Race #Car

I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Motor

I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy.
-- Murray Walker

#Envy #Track #Frustrated

We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer.
-- Murray Walker

#Mistake #Filters #Made

I was often in the pit lane the noise was indescribable and I've no doubt that is why my hearing was affected.
-- Murray Walker

#Doubt #Pits #Noise

Andrea De Cesaris, the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.
-- Murray Walker

#Men #Winning #Racing

Somebody said once 'Follow the money' and that is what it is all about.
-- Murray Walker

#Said

It all comes down to money.
-- Murray Walker

I want to say so much more than I have time for.
-- Murray Walker

#Want

Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers.
-- Murray Walker

#Numbers #Olympic Games

The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Tire

Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Motor

The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Circuits

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Two #Car

I was there when I said it.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Said

Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Six

Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Drivers #Formulas

The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.
-- Murray Walker

#Unique #Car #Identical

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing.
-- Murray Walker

#People #Confusing #Wish

I'm a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I'm commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.
-- Murray Walker

#Smile #Morning #Car

Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.
-- Murray Walker

#Way #Degrees #Failing

That's history. I say history because it happened in the past.
-- Murray Walker

#Past #Reality

Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has...
-- Murray Walker

#Memories #Having Fun #Racing

And all Niki really has to do now is coast
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Coast #Motor

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Position #Motor

A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Mediocre

You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Reality #Thinking

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Interesting #Decline

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.
-- Murray Walker

#Gone #Guarantees #Profit

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.
-- Murray Walker

#Car #Racing #Important

Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.
-- Murray Walker

#Years #Four #Hills

A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.
-- Murray Walker

#Battle

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Doe

I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
-- Murray Walker

#Heart #Hammers #Usual

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.
-- Murray Walker

#Ideas #Order #Wells

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.
-- Murray Walker

#Jobs #Looks #Investment

It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world's best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats.
-- Murray Walker

#World #Honour

I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.
-- Murray Walker

#Parent #Grew #Sensible

This would have been Senna's third win a row if he'd won the two before
-- Murray Walker

#Winning #Two #Racing

There are four different cars filling the first four places.
-- Murray Walker

#Car #Racing #Four

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Motor

Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.
-- Murray Walker

#Race #Racing #Driving

... the lead is now 6.9 seconds. In fact it's just under 7 seconds
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Facts #Motor

I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Mind #Wonder

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second
-- Murray Walker

#Two #Car #Racing

Tombay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Zero #Racing

You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one
-- Murray Walker

#Racing #Digital #Clock

With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Two #Racing

Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now
-- Murray Walker

#Home #Racing #Coast

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Motor

Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Twelve

And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Hills

Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Jordan

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Finals

Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Gaps

As you can see, visually, with your eyes.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Eye #Racing

I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Kind

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Hills

That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Years #Racing

And he's lost both right front tires.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Tire

And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Car #Racing

And the first five places are filled by five different cars.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Car #Racing

Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Fifth

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Four

Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Eye #Racing

Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.
-- Murray Walker

#Funny #Racing #Schumacher