Murray Walker Has Died Motor Sport

[8-Ball]

Broadcasting legend.

Legendary Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker has died at the age of 97.

Walker commentated on his first grand prix race for the BBC at Silverstone in 1949 and became a full-time F1 commentator in 1978.

He became synonymous with F1 through his commentary, first with the BBC and then ITV, before retiring in 2001.

"He was to so many of us fans of F1 the voice that epitomised the sport we love," said Stuart Pringle, Silverstone managing director.

"Knowledgeable beyond words and with a passion that occasionally got the better of him in commentary, he brought the sport and some of its greatest moments to life in a way that ensured they remained seared in our memories for ever."

Walker commentating on rallycross at Lydden Hill, and I paraphrase -

"and the holes in the perspex windscreen of the Mini are so he can still see clearly even in these atrocious conditions"

The words were hardly out of his mouth when the same Mini flies straight off the track and buries itself into an embankment.

Murray - "What am I saying!"

The trousers-on-fire voice of motorsport for 50 over years.

 

[Sad Professor]

No commentator in any sport compared. Legend. RIP.

 

[Fraser]

Genuinely sad at this.

My Sundays as a boy were spent watching F1 with him talking you through it. What a voice and character.

Won't be another like him.

 

[Tom]

RIP. A famous voice and genuine enthusiasm were an integral part of many historic motorsport moments. His good natured mistakes and misquotes added to every one of them.

 

[Dylan]

Such sad news. He really was a legend of the sport