He was great man and F1 commentator. I didn't realize he served his country until this interview. Everyone should respect and admire him for his service. God bless him!
I loved listening to the late Murray Walker as a kid. I found his enthusiasm infectious and his interactions with the drivers funny, genuine and endearing. Rest in peace.
Also his involvement and part ownership of an Indycar team. I used to like watching his show to see the diverse guest list and crazy stunts/gimmicks they'd do. Two I remember well were dropping things from the roof of the building to see what would happen to them when they hit the road, the fluorescent light tubes smashed but stayed in a straight stick pattern after smashing, so from the roof it looked like a bunch of white toothpicks laying scattered below. The other was a massive catapult which they put pumpkins in one at a time and fired it to see how far down the street they'd go. He's had Sebastian Vettel, David Coulthard, Juan Pablo Montoya, Eddie Irvine, Murray Walker, Jacques Villeneuve, Alex Zanardi and maybe even more of F1's personalities on his show 😎
*The greatest commentator in history of ANY sport, and don't you even DARE to disagree with ME!* Seriously though, the man was one of a kind, when he was forcibly retired it was for me almost like another unnecessary F1 driver fatality, his voice sounded like the language of the F1 engines if they could have found a way of communicating with us.
A brilliant commentator and a genuinely lovely man. He made F1 captivating and exciting for so many people and his voice covered so many memorable races. We hope he's found peace ✌ wherever he's chilling. Thanks for the entertainment Mr Walker ❤ 😊
This is something I haven't heard mentioned much. His commentary gave the F1 97 era PSX / PC games a whole different sound concept. His style even matches the clunky way it worked in game back then
I first heard his voice in Formula One 2001 on PS2. I didn’t watch F1 in my elementary school days, so I really didn’t know anything about it. Both that game and F1 2000 on PS1 were gifts from my dad, as he was somewhat interested in the sport.
I miss Murray. His was THE voice of motorsport for me growing up, especially F1. Always entertaining, if not always entirely accurate! A lovely man and a gentleman too. RIP Murray, from a big fan.
That was nicely done: Letterman is moving on blah blah - and one more from Murray that is a journo and presenter right there. I see the game, I watch the game, I AM the game. To Murray Walker, voice of a generation
I still watch the old races with Murray and James. The dynamic between them is unique. Murray is keeping the pace and form and James is spicing it up with his personal reflections. They really made watching F1 better. And that was during the golden F1 years.
As a Xennial PS1 generation, Murray Walker was a huge part of my growing up. "I cannot believe this, he's actually driving round the track the wrong way" 😂😂😂😂
If every country put forward one person to represent the very best of themselves. I would want either David Attenborough or Murray Walker representing England.
I had always been familiar with the Brazilian pronunciation of "ah-EER-ton", so when I recently started watching old F1 broadcasts for the first time, I was amused by Walker's "EHR-ton". And then I watched that 1994 broadcast, and immediately noticed that Walker had switched, but I didn't know that he then switched back after that! It is also ironic that the name Ayrton is of English origin, so arguably "EHR-ton" is correct and the Brazilians corrupted it.
