Quote #88

[after Derek Warwick spun at Monaco ending up facing the wrong way...] '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.'

More from Murray Walker

  1. 'I like to think I come over as a slightly over-the-top enthusiast. It is a very exciting sport after all'
  2. [possibly Murray's most ecstatic moment when Mansell passed Senna to win in Hungary after starting well down the grid] 'He's going for it! …
  3. 'I am inclined to go over the top and I know it. I am communicating an electric situation'
  4. 'We're now on the 73rd lap and the next one will be the 74th.' [Monaco 1992]
  5. 'I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong' [Murray on his style of commentary]
  6. 'James has just nipped out to have a look at the far side of the circuit' [Actually James Hunt would leave the commentary box to smoke a jo…
  7. 'Now the Frenchman Jacques Lafitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Lafitte.'
  8. 'If they have any shillelaghs in Suzuka, they'll be playing them

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