Author: Murray Walker Page 2

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

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I was there when I said it.

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

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There are four different cars filling the first four places.

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

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Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth.

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

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Let’s stop the startwatch.

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We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.

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

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

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

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Jenson Button is in the top ten… in eleventh position.

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Jacques Lafitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Lafitte.

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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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And there’s no damage to the car… except to the car itself.

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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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The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

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Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.

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Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

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