Author: Murray Walker

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

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Unless I’m very much mistaken… I AM very much mistaken!

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Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.

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

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

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You have to wonder what kind of chemical reactions were taking place inside Walker’s head when he said these things.

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

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And Michael Schumacher is actually in a very good position… he’s in last place.

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And he’s lost both right front tires.

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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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Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna’s Lotus sounding rough?

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Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

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I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in.

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That’s history; I say history because it happened in the past.

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Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him.

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

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And he’s done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

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

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I make no apologies for their absence… I’m sorry they’re not here.

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It’s lap 26 of 58, which unless I’m very much mistaken is half way.

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