Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken

Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken
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The voice of motor racing and much loved public figure – and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 – tells the story of his incident-packed life, with a brand new chapter on his globetrotting adventures since retirement.Murray Walker is a national treasure. When the man who made famous the catch phrase 'Unless I'm very much mistaken… I AM very much mistaken!!!' announced that he was retiring as ITV's Grand Prix commentator, the media reacted as if the sport itself was losing one of its biggest stars.His reputation for mistakes was the making of Walker. He was the fan who happened to be given the keys to the commentary box – and never wanted to give them back. His high-octane delivery kept viewers on the edge of their seats, while his passion for talking about the sport he loved was matched by an all-encompassing knowledge gained through hours of painstaking research before every race.In his book he writes about his childhood and the influence that his father, British motorcycle champion Graham Walker, had on his career. Failing to match his father's achievements on the track after active service in World War II, he made a successful career for himself in advertising which catapulted him to the top of his profession.An offer from the BBC to take over the commentary seat for their F1 broadcasts was too good to turn down, and it wasn't long before the infamous 'Murrayisms' enlivened a sport which until then had been shrouded in a cloak of unfathomable technical jargon and mind-numbing statistics.He also talks about the biggest changes in the sport over the last 50 years, in particular the safety issues which came to the fore after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna, which he witnessed first hand. His partnership with James Hunt behind the microphone is the subject of some hilarious anecdotes, while his views on drivers past and present such as Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher make for fascinating reading.

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Murray Walker. Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Murray Walker. UNLESS I’M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN

Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE A Proud Brummie

CHAPTER TWO Tanks It Is Then

CHAPTER THREE A is for Advertising

CHAPTER FOUR Starting at Masius

CHAPTER FIVE Goodbye Mars, Hello Wheels

CHAPTER SIX My Second Life

CHAPTER SEVEN The Rough Stuff

CHAPTER EIGHT Hell on Wheels

CHAPTER NINE You Name It, I Did It

CHAPTER TEN A View from the Commentary Box

CHAPTER ELEVEN My Wonderful World of Formula 1

CHAPTER TWELVE This is My Life

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Every One a Winner

CHAPTER FOURTEEN I Am Very Much Mistaken

Well, there’s a surprise!

Maybe I should rephrase that?

If you see what I mean …

Appearances can be deceptive …

I really do not believe I said that …

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Out With a Bang

CHAPTER SIXTEEN A Full-Time Passion

Plates

Career Appendix

World War II service (1944–47)

Advertising career

Competition career

Broadcasting career

Broadcasting highlights

Other commentaries

Awards

Index

Photographic credits

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Cover

Title Page

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Blackdown held no terrors like Corporal Coleman. I reached the required standard without interruption and, in October 1943, it was goodbye to 512 Troop at Pre-OCTU and hello to 115 Troop RAC OCTU at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, the most famous and historic in the world. Sandhurst, as it is known, has been the elite training centre for regular officers of the British Army since the early 1800s and, compared to Bovington and Blackdown, was relatively luxurious. When World War Two broke out it became the Officer Cadet Training Unit for Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) personnel only. We were quartered in the historic buildings and followed the long-established Sandhurst traditions and practices that had made the British Army so dominant and powerful over the centuries. I was immensely proud to be associated with and shaped by them and to be trained in such impressive surroundings.

Some 23 of us started in 115 Troop and six months later 18 of us reached the giddy heights of Second Lieutenant. Sandhurst was enormously enjoyable but it was also tough, because of the ever-present fear of failing what was a pretty demanding mental and physical regime. The whole thing was even more intense than Blackdown with major emphasis on determination, initiative and leadership. The Sandhurst assault courses had some fiendish elements. One of them required you to climb up a 40ft hill in full kit, run off the top of it on to a single narrow plank, clear a gap on to another plank, run across that, jump on to a third plank and then rush down the hill. I’ve seen strong men stuck with one foot on each plank and a 40ft drop beneath them, transfixed with fear and panic and unable to move. Being put into a room into which CS gas was pumped, but not being allowed to put on your gas mask until you had inevitably inhaled some of the filthy stuff was not a lot of fun either. Nor was having to negotiate pitch-dark shoulder-width underground tunnels while some joker dropped thunderflashes around you. However I made it, only to experience the supreme test of physical horror – a Welsh battle course.

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