Murray Walker Quotes

He can`t decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.

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

In twelfth and thirteenth, the two Jaguars of Eddie Irvine.

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

I can`t believe what`s happening visually, in front of my eyes.

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

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

That`s history. I say history because it happened in the past.

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

It looks as though this year there will be seventeen Grands Prix for the World Championship, compared with the traditional seventeen.

And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.

I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.

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

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

There`s nothing wrong with the car except that it`s on fire.

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

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

Schumacher wouldn`t have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

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

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

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

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

I don`t make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.

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

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

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.

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

I don`t know what happened, but there was a major malmisorganization problem there.