Author: Murray Walker

There are four different cars filling the first four places.

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As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

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

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

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Mansell knows exactly where he (Ayrton Senna) is because he can see him in his earphones.

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And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

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There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

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

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

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And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte.

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Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

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The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second.

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As you can see, visually, with your eyes… look up there! … that’s the sky!

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And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn’t surprising as this is an all Escort race.

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The lead is now 6.9 seconds… in fact, it’s just under 7 seconds.

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You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one.

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That’s the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.

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Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

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Frentzen is taking… er… reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

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You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not; it’s motor racing.

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…. Into lap 53, the penultimate last lap but one. 

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