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Jackie Stewart: There will never be another Murray Walker 14 March, 2021 Following the passing of legendary Formula 1 commentator, Sir Jackie Stewart declared “there will never be another Murray Walker”  to aptly sum up the sentiments of everyone in motorsport. The passing of Graeme Murray Walker aged 97, whose remarkable broadcasting career spanned more than half a century, was announced on Saturday evening. Walker’s unique, high-octane style will forever be ingrained in British sporting culture. He commentated on his first grand prix for the BBC in 1949 before going on to call Ayrton...

Murray Walker Credit: Gray Mortimore/ Getty Images Murray Walker, who has died aged 97, was for more than half a century the high-octane voice of British motor sport and a consummate exponent of – and, indeed, with a strong claim to have invented – the “pants-on-fire” school of broadcast commentary. At full throttle at the television microphone for a Formula 1 grand prix, Walker would typically let rip with what he called his “crash, bang, wallop” approach, developed during years of commentating on low-budget motocross and rallycross competitions. “I reacted excitedly and enthu...

The battle had been long and bloody, and the street was littered with bodies, but the enemy was not beaten yet. As a 21-year-old British officer leapt from his Sherman tank, he was confronted by a young German soldier. Pale and bespectacled, the officer drew his pistol and waited to discover whether the German, still desperately clutching his weapon, was prepared to stake everything on one last stand. But the man was dying, and no shots were exchanged. Murray Walker would never forget that intense moment in what he called 'a bloody time', as he joined the Allied spearhead into Germany in 1945...

Legendary Formula One commentator Murray Walker has died aged 97, the British Racing Drivers' Club announced today.   Walker, whose broadcasting career spanned more than 50 years, worked for the BBC and ITV, before he retired from commentating in 2001.  Walker will be remembered as the undisputed voice of Formula One. His unique, high-octane style - once described by Australian comic Clive James as 'sounding like a man whose trousers are on fire' - is forever ingrained in British sporting culture. From James Hunt's 1976 championship triumph over Niki Lauda at a rain-lashed Fuji, to Ayrton ...

Walker’s enthusiastic style won him legions of fans.