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Murray Walker
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About the author
There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Today
I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Eyes
I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Mistakes
#Wrong
I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Word
#Fact
#Formula
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Heart
#State
#Tension
I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Idea
And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Now
Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Time
#Will
#Years
He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Open
That's history. I say history because it happened in the past.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Past
#History
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.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Now
#Wrong
A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Battle
Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Car
And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Car
#Racing
#Formula
You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Cricket
#Tension
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Race
Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Racing
Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Now
#Race
#Beginning
Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Past
The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Car
Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#World
#Past
#Belgium
There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Nothing
#Wrong
#Car
#Fire
You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
Murray Walker,
English
Entertainer
#Racing
#Cricket