Murray Walker

[Titch]

What a sad bit of news.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Really hope Murray Walker pulls threw and makes a full and healthy recovery.

 

[GermanF1]

I am really sad to hear this. And I'm not someone who gets too emotional when something happens to people I don't even know. But I really hope Murray will recover from this. My thoughts are with him.
Get well Murray!!

 

[mjo]

I was just thinking... it was a blessing that Murray did fall and break his hip, otherwise they wouldn't have detected the cancer as soon as they did. Get well soon!!

 

[Bill Boddy]

 

[Boyle]

The writing makes it look like they are part of a cult

 

[Bill Boddy]

They are, the Murray Walker cult. The writing is on all three sides.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Murray is 90 today. Happy birthday.

 

[gethinceri]

Hooray, well done Murray!!!!!!

 

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

what a damn good innings ... since he spent most of his working life around race tracks, chemicals and dangerous activity ...

 

[mjo]

I was just watching Murray's feature on the beeb site, and I was just thinking that, for 70, let alone 90, what good shape he was in. Seems that he's recovered fully!

 

[Bill Boddy]

I hope so.

 

[Boisko2]

true legend

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Growing up as a kid this intro was the prelude of 2 hours of Murray Walker and James Hunt on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[F1Brits_90]

although the current titles are good. them titles. the starting grid & Murray's introduction you knew something exciting was going to happen

(i also skirt past the issue. when i saw Murray Walker i feared the worst )

 

[Legs]

THIS!

 

[FB]

I wrote a letter of complaint to ITV when they took over F1 coverage and then signed up Muddly as the commentator. It wasn't helped by having Jim Rosethal, Tony Jardine and Simon Taylor in the studio. I got a very nice letter back explaining that they had asked F1 fans who they would like as commentator and Muddly came it top. They didn't ask me!

I watched Eurosport instead.

 

[Titch]

They didn’t ask me either.

 

[F1Brits_90]

isnt that sacrilege, how can you not like murray walker

but i remember a great story about murray walker & ITV. where the contract was announced i think in Japan. they were asking him what he was going to do now after his BBC contract was going to expire after that weekend. he said " who is going to want to hire at guy over 70, they'll go for youth" all the while having the ITV contract secretly signed & sealed

 

[cider_and_toast]

isnt that sacrilege, how can you not like murray walker

People didn't laugh with Murray when he commentated, they laughed at Murray when he commentated.

I, like FB, switched to Eurosport until they lost the rights.

I think James Hunt sums it up nicely here: