Author: Murray Walker Page 2

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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Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

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

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

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

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

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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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And the first five places are filled by five different cars.

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Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

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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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As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

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And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

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

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Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

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Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

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This is lap 54; after that, it’s 55, 56, 57, 58.

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

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

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Let’s stop the startwatch.

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

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