‘There’s nothing wrong with the car – except that it’s on fire!’ 20 memorable Murrayisms

‘There’s nothing wrong with the car – except that it’s on fire!’

‘Unless I am very much mistaken, I AM very much mistaken!’

‘Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh no he isn’t! It’s a lap record.’ ‘I imagine that the conditions in those cars today are totally unimaginable.’ ‘IF... is a very long word in Formula 1... In fact, IF is F1 spelt backwards!’ ‘And now excuse me while I interrupt myself.’ ‘Do my eyes deceive me or is Senna’s car sounding a bit rough?’

‘He’s obviously gone in for a wheel change, and I say obviously because I can’t see it.’

‘The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it, which is identical.’

‘I don’t make mistakes. I make prophecies, which immediately turn out to be wrong.’

‘Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.’ ‘With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.’

‘A sad ending, albeit a happy one, here at Montreal for today’s Grand Prix.’

‘You watch the pit lane while I stop the start watch.’

Murray: ‘What’s that? There’s a body on the track!’ James Hunt: ‘Umm, I think that is a piece of bodywork from someone’s car!’

‘The battle is developing between them – I say developing because it is not yet on.’

‘Prost can see Mansell in his earphones.’

‘And he’s done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.’ ‘He will not produce a winner, but if he can produce second it will be the next best thing.’

Murray: ‘Just look at the flames coming from the back of Berger’s McLaren!’ Hunt: ‘Actually, Murray, they’re not flames. It’s the safety light.’