knowledge of F1 than Mr Walker. Its that simple. So he makes mistakes.
Big deal. Has anyone here tried commentating in an entertaining and
informaive way for 78 laps?
don
[|]-(_)-[|]
>> If he's past his sell by date
>> then he has been since 1970s
>Ah, that explains it then. I didn't start taking an interest in F1 until
>the late 80's, and it's only in recent years I've watched most of the
>races.
>Guess in my old age I'm just less tolerant of people who get paid well for
>doing a job they love, yet constantly annoy me with their often loose grip
>of their specialist subject :-)
>I still agree it wouldn't be the same without him, but I think his thought
>processes are best suited to live cricket commentary.
>Andrew McP
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Nobody, thank God!
Ian, we are all enthusiasts at something and we all do our best but there
does come a time when enthusiasm doesn't quite overpower the downgrading of
ability!
Murray was tolerable up until he lost his best asset.....James Hunt.
> IMHO, Murray has helped make F1 accessible to the mass market. Ok he makes
a
> few errors along the way but he is very enthusiastic about F1and it shows
> through his commentary which makes him very "listenable" maybe a little
> excitable.
> It all adds together to make F1 races more enjoyable for the
non-enthusiasts
> and possibly convert them into enthusiasts.
> Murray has said himself that he will know when he is unable to carry on
> commentating and that time can't be far away due to his advancing years,
but
> if ITV force him to leave they will likely be doing themselves a
disservice.
> A viewer poll was carried out last year and the vote to keep Murray was
IIRC
> about 70%.
> Who could take the place of Murray Walker ? :)
> Ian Parker
> > HAHAHAHAAAAAAA!! Lovely comment, Andrew!!
> > I've had to tolerate Murray since the GPs were telecast here in Oz from
> 1980
> > and his comments back then were as irksome as they are today.
> > I really think that he should retire before ITV do it for him.
> > > > If he's past his sell by date
> > > > then he has been since 1970s
> > > Ah, that explains it then. I didn't start taking an interest in F1
until
> > > the late 80's, and it's only in recent years I've watched most of the
> > > races.
> > > Guess in my old age I'm just less tolerant of people who get paid well
> for
> > > doing a job they love, yet constantly annoy me with their often loose
> grip
> > > of their specialist subject :-)
> > > I still agree it wouldn't be the same without him, but I think his
> thought
> > > processes are best suited to live cricket commentary.
> > > Andrew McP
How about Mansell? all he does is golfing nowadays, am I right? hmmm Mansell
is the type that could even start a career as popsinger too...;P
PS. He was my favourite F1 driver until he couldn't match the speed with
Mika H..... Such a lion for a britt he was :)
> don
> [|]-(_)-[|]
> >> If he's past his sell by date
> >> then he has been since 1970s
> >Ah, that explains it then. I didn't start taking an interest in F1 until
> >the late 80's, and it's only in recent years I've watched most of the
> >races.
> >Guess in my old age I'm just less tolerant of people who get paid well
for
> >doing a job they love, yet constantly annoy me with their often loose
grip
> >of their specialist subject :-)
> >I still agree it wouldn't be the same without him, but I think his
thought
> >processes are best suited to live cricket commentary.
> >Andrew McP
BTW I know you have your opinion, which I would never try to change, I'm
just giving mine :)
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Ian Parker
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we still have Ben doing CART commentaries ... we miss you John :)
I think I would change my F1 supersignal for a normal F1 coverage with those
guys ... almost ... :)
McKafre De La Rosa
Craig Jones escribi en mensaje
knowledge of F1 than Mr Walker. Its that simple. So he makes mistakes.
Big deal. Has anyone here tried commentating in an entertaining and
informaive way for 78 laps?
"Shinji Nakano comes in for what must be the first race pit stop of his F1
career."
(Bob Varsha - in Shinji's 4th season.)
"Jean Alesi has just set fastest lap of the race for the second lap in a
row. No mean feat considering that he is the only car on slicks, in a
torrential downpour, and must be traveling at least 1/4 mile further than
anyone else to complete a lap."
(Bob Varsha)
"Forget the tires and fuel, I'm coming in for an underwear change."
(Bob Varsha on Alex Wurtz's fishtail.)
"The rain tends to equalize the cars...
and has the exact opposite effect on the drivers."
(Bob Varsha)
"That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do. Why they let him
continue to race after that is beyond me."
(David Hobbs after an Alesi T-Bone.)
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Mark Jeangerard
www.soundchaserweb.com
New Mexico USA
> Bob Varsha and David Hobbs ripped gnarly curls, man!
> "Shinji Nakano comes in for what must be the first race pit stop of his F1
> career."
> (Bob Varsha - in Shinji's 4th season.)
> I just love Murray because he is 100 % wrong . It is almost super natural
> his ability. As soon as he says that a driver is doing badly you might as
> well turn the TV off because you know the winner immediately.
> And it must be the drivers nightmare to know that Murray says that they have
> the race
> in the bag. They must be immediately wondering what part is about to blow!
Lutz
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> Ben Edwards & John Watson
> Eurosport F1 commentators till 96 I think ...
> we still have Ben doing CART commentaries ... we miss you John :)
Lutz
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Well, considering the rest of the quotes in that message made sense, in a
witty sort of way, perhaps it was a wry observation on whether or not
Nakano actually was *racing* the previous three seasons!
Stephen
:>
:> Bob Varsha and David Hobbs ripped gnarly curls, man!
:>
:> "Shinji Nakano comes in for what must be the first race pit stop of his F1
:> career."
:> (Bob Varsha - in Shinji's 4th season.)
: So Murray Walker is not alone after all!
M
You missed my point... yes, he had two seasons in F1... yes he was
physically on the track... but could you call it racing?
:)
Perhaps Varsha's true wit is wasted...
Stephen
:>Well, considering the rest of the quotes in that message made sense, in a
:>witty sort of way, perhaps it was a wry observation on whether or not
:>Nakano actually was *racing* the previous three seasons!
:>
:>Stephen
