Murray Walker
Murray Walker
Graeme Murray Walker, OBE, known as Murray Walker, is an English semi-retired Formula One motorsport commentator and journalist. For most of his career he worked for the BBC, but when it lost the contract for Formula One coverage to ITV, he continued commentating after the change of broadcaster...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth10 October 1923
car except
There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.
cover exciting slightly
I like to think I cover over as a slightly over-the-top enthusiast. It is a very exciting sport, after all.
lap
This is lap 54 - after that it's 55, 56, 57, 58...
memories racing having-fun
Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has...
reality past happened
That's history. I say history because it happened in the past.
way degrees failing
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.
heart hammers usual
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
guarantees gone bad-grades
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.
people confusing wish
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.
car racing important
And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.
racing motor
And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte
moving car stationary
Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move.
racing mind wonder
I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in
funny motor-racing car
And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.