F1With BBC A Drop (OrTwo)Too Much Roger Moody


"At the French GP at Dijon – the commentary facilities were quite appalling. We had scaffolding and planks of wood to sit on, and another plank in front of us on which we had our TV monitors. I think it was raffia over the top of us. That would have been alright if it had been a blazing hot summer's day but, halfway through the meeting, the heavens opened and the raffia wasn't able to cope with the downpour. Everything blacked out. "So Murray said, 'I've lost my pictures but I'm sure you're still getting them at home


so I shall continue to commentate'. But, of course, he had nothing to see apart from the odd car coming round every 90 seconds. I was seconded to go off and find the engineer. Nonames, no pack drill but this particular engineer enjoyed a drop of red wine. When I got to theOB[Outside Broadcast] trucks, he was blissfully unaware that we had lost our pictures and he was lying, semi-comatose with a bottle of wine in his hand. Fortunately, the picturescameback sowesurvived that one!”


"Good old Wattie. It was a delight to be able to talk about such a successful British driver and two of


John's five Grand Prix wins for McLaren were well-nigh unbelievable - the 1982 American Grand Prix at Detroit and the following year at Long Beach - because on both occasions, he started from the back of the grid. And I'll never forget his emotional victory at Silverstone in 1981 where, from the commentary box, like the rest of the crowd, I was willing him to win."


PP


: "And so was I, in that crowd!" (Chris Willows)


MurrayWalker Scrapbook 95


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