22 Murrayisms to make Murray Walker fans smile

If you’re wondering what Murrayisms are then perhaps you’re not familiar with the late, legendary, Formula One commentator Murray Walker.

Murrayisms were amusing, and often factually incorrect quips that Murray Walker would say as he got carried away by his own enthusiasm and excitement during an F1 race.

For motorsport fans everywhere, they added to the entertainment and endeared Murray to their hearts. His enthusiasm was genuinely infectious and the fans loved him for it.

Graeme Murray Walker OBE was a British motorsport commentator, journalist and former advertising executive. He provided television commentary of live Formula One racing in a broadcasting career spanning over 50 years. And his way with words helped to earn him his status as a national treasure in Britain.

So here are 22 Murrayisms for your pleasure and entertainment. Enjoy them all.

Murrayisms (1 – 11):

And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.
Either the car is stationary, or it’s on the move.

With half the race gone, there’s half the race still to go.
There’s nothing wrong with the car except that it’s on fire.
Anything can happen in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

You might think that’s cricket and it’s not, it’s motor racing.
That’s history. I say history because it happened in the past.
I can’t believe what’s happening visually, in front of my eyes.

He can’t decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.
The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.
If is a very long word in Formula One. In fact IF is F1 spelled backwards.

Murrayisms (11 – 22):

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One racing.
Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.

I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.
I’ve no idea what Eddie Irvine’s orders are, but he’s following them superlatively well.
I don’t make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.
Schumacher wouldn’t have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today and four of them are Michael Schumacher.
Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium, and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world.
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.

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