Monday 25 July 2011

Old Murray



Murray: "There's a car coming into the pits now, they're so unreliable with all those electronics on board. "
James Hunt: "Actually, Murray, one of his wheels has just fallen off! "

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

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

"He's obviously gone in for a wheel change. I say obviously because I can't see it."

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

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

Describing how the leader can see the driver following him: "... Mansell can see him in his earphone... "

Murrary: "What's that? There's a BODY on the track!!!"
James Hunt: "Um, I think that that is a piece of bodywork, from someone's car. "

As an introductory piece for a rallysprint race, Murray was put in the navigator's seat in a Chevette HSR: "And there's a 600 foot drop on my left. AND we're doing 120 mph... AND we're approaching a hairpin...OH MY GOD we're going to die..."

Murray: "And look at the flames coming from the back of Berger's McLaren."
James Hunt: "Actually, Murray, they're not flames, it's the safety light. "

"...and there's no damage to the car.....except to the car itself. "

"The beak of Ayrton Senna's chicken is pulling ahead."

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

"This is an interesting circuit because it has inclines, and not just up, but down as well. "

"Only a few more laps to go and then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is. "

"This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been."

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

"Tambay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now. "

"Martin Brundle's got a bald spot - he won't be pleased about that..."

"...and Andretti is going very slowly - he must have an electrical problem of some sort..." (Andretti was driving on three wheels, having hit something on the track.) "As you can see, visually, with your eyes... "

"Andrea de Cesaris...the man who has won more Grands Prix than anyone else without actually winning one of them. "

"...and now, just in case there is any confusion this is the race order on lap 19: David Coulthard leads and has yet to stop; Hakkinen leads and has yet to stop... "

"Nigel Mansell - the man of the race - the man of the day - the man from the Isle of Man."

"An Achilles heel for the McLaren team this year, and it's literally the heel because it's the gearbox..."

"And now the boot is on the other Schumacher."

"The atmosphere is so tense you could cut it with a cricket stump."

"Alain Prost is in a commanding second place."



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