The Murray Walker Quotation/appreciation thread

[callmedave]

With the recent sad news of Mr. walkers condition, it would be nice to dedicate a thread to such a legend in Motorsport.

Please post your favorite quotations, pictures or just wish him a speedy recovery.

for me its will always be the 'GO GO GO'

Best wishes to Murray Walker

Callmedave.

[PanzerCommander]

"Unless I'm very much mistaken, I AM very much mistaken"

Best wishes to Mr Walker, have a speedy recovery.

[CraigyMc]

Murray Walker said:

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

[afrochicken]

Murray Walker said:

"So Bernie, in the seventeen years since you bought McLaren, which of your many achievements do you think was the most memorable?"

To which Bernie Ecclestone said:

"Well I don't remember buying McLaren."

[V8KSN]

Murray Walker said:

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

And...

Murray Walker said:

"Anything happens in Grand Prix racing and it usually does"

[BaronVonVaderham]

"He's slowing down.....


OH NO HE'S NOT, IT'S A NEW LAP RECORD!"

[emicen]

Not F1 related. 1992 BTCC finale at Silverstone, epic battle, John Clelland is busy giving one of the BMW drivers the finger as we jump to his onboard;

"I'm going for first says John Clelland"

Brilliant.

[alpinemauve]

"There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire" MW

[alpinemauve]

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

[alpinemauve]

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

[alpinemauve]

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

[alpinemauve]

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

[alpinemauve]

"You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong." MW

[alpinemauve]

"And he's lost both right front tyres." MW

[john2443]

In the days when there was a mix of turbo and non turbo F1 cars

Murray Walker said:

"He's got a problem...I think his turbo's blown"

James Hunt said:

"Err....he hasn't got a turbo Murray"

[alpinemauve]

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

[alpinemauve]

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

[StottyZr]

I'm belly laughing at these.

Brilliant

[alpinemauve]

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

[Mermaid]

'and I interrupt myself to bring you this....'