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Murray walker insights

Explore a captivating collection of Murray walker’s most profound quotes, reflecting his deep wisdom and unique perspective on life, science, and the universe. Each quote offers timeless inspiration and insight.

It all comes down to money.

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

Mansell can see him in his earphone.

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

Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.

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

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

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

And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill.

Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.

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

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

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

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

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

Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.

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

[Andrea De Cesaris is] the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.

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

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

Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now

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

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

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

As you can see, visually, with your eyes.

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

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.

And all Niki really has to do now is coast

And he's lost both right front tires.

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

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

Let's stop the startwatch.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

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

Look up there! That's the sky!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.

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

And there's the man in the green flag!

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.

I wouldn't want to stop making those gaffes, even if I could. People realise I am flesh and blood. I am not sensitive about it. It's just my enthusiasm. I want to say so much more than I have time for.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

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

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

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

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

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

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position

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

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

I was there when I said it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unless I am very much mistaken...I AM very much mistaken...!

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

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

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte

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.

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

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

Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.

There are four different cars filling the first four places.

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

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