“You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.”
“IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.”
“That’s history. I say history because it happened in the past.”
“I’m a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I’m commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.”
“I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.”
“With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.”
“Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.”
“You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not, it’s motor racing.”
“There’s nothing wrong with the car except that it’s on fire.”
“There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.”
“And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.”
“This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.”
“I’m in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.”
“I don’t make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.”
“You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I’d make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong.”
“The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.”
“And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.”
“Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.”
“It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world’s best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats.”
“I want to say so much more than I have time for.”
“I love what I do.”
“Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.”
“Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.”
“A battle is developing between them’ I say developing, because it’s not yet on.”
“Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium – and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world.”
“Either the car is stationary, or it’s on the move.”
“He can’t decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.”
“I’ve no idea what Eddie Irvine’s orders are, but he’s following them superlatively well.”
“I can’t believe what’s happening visually, in front of my eyes.”
“Schumacher wouldn’t have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.”
“Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.”
“It all comes down to money.”
“Somebody said once ‘Follow the money’ and that is what it is all about.”
“Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there’s never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.”
“I’m very careful with money – both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.”
“If you don’t trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn’t be doing the job for you.”
“I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn’t have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it’s all very confusing.”
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