“What I wanted above all else after 52 years of talking about grand prix racing, was to go out on a high note and be euphoric about the fact that we have just seen a great race… So that’s the last from me. All I can say is, it always has been a pleasure and I hope that you will enjoy grand prix racing from now on. Goodbye.”
With these words to camera, in a commentary box high above the grandstand at Indianapolis, legendary F1 TV commentator and my mentor, Murray Walker, signed off his epic career and final commentary at the US Grand Prix. It was 30 September 2001, two weeks before the great man’s 78th birthday. It was the end of an era.
