Murray Walker Quotes

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

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

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

Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.

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

He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.

Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now

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.

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

And there's the man in the green flag!

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

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

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

And he's lost both right front tires.

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

Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.

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

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

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

Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.

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.

Look up there! That's the sky!

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

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

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

And the first five places are filled by five different cars.

It all comes down to money.

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

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

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

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

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

Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.

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

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

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

And all Niki really has to do now is coast

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

Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world.

I was there when I said it.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.

Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.

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

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.

I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes.

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

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

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