Editing Murray Walker (section)

==Commentary style==
Walker chose to stand while commentating during races rather than sitting down, allowing him to speak louder due to his lungs being inflated and his shoulders pushed back.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/murray-walker-i-wouldnt-be-here-if-social-media-existed-my-time|title=Murray Walker: I wouldn't be here if social media existed in my time|last=Willams-Smith|first=Jake|date=30 July 2019|website=Motor Sport|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> He was uncritical of drivers who had made errors, preferring to let that judgement pass to his co-commentators.<ref name=DoodsononMurray>{{Cite journal|last=Doodson|first=Mike|date=10 October 2013|title=Murray: The Man Behind The Mic|journal=Autosport|volume=214|issue=2|pages=69–71}}</ref> Walker was articulate in his speech, and he was a good reader of mood after an on-track incident.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bradley|first1=Charles|last2=Freeman|first2=Glenn|last3=Straw|first3=Edd|date=10 October 2013|title=Talking About F1's Most Famous Talker|journal=Autosport|volume=214|issue=2|pages=63–67}}</ref> He sometimes made humorous verbal errors known as "Murrayisms" that ranged from "simple misidentifications" to "lovely, labyrinthian, effortlessly complex acrobatic displays of linguistic virtuosity."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2122496/murray-walker-retires-and-hes-leaving-f1-broadcasting-booth/|title=Murray Walker retires and he's leaving the F1 broadcasting booth|last=Bulgin|first=Rusel|date=3 October 2001|website=[[Autoweek]]|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325205832/https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2122496/murray-walker-retires-and-hes-leaving-f1-broadcasting-booth/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Stephen Moss of ''[[The Guardian]]'', they were "the hallmark of his commentary over the years" and noted that they made him "the fan who happened to have been given the keys to the commentary box: he couldn't control his enthusiasm and that seemed naturally to lead to catastrophe."<ref name=Guardian2000/> Moss likened Walker's commentary voice to a "screech and resembles a 500cc engine being revved up" because he required "a harsh, aggressive, noisy, fast-moving voice" to comment on a constantly changing landscape.<ref name=Guardian2000/>

He prepared himself for every piece of commentary work by meticulously researching facts and statistics on every driver and race track,<ref name=Guardian2000/><ref name=BBCWalker90>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/24362288|title=Murray Walker at 90 on James Hunt and Ayrton Senna|last=Barretto|first=Lawrence|date=10 October 2013|publisher=BBC Sport|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207213639/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/24362288|archive-date=7 February 2016|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> updating and rewriting them for the following event.<ref name=BBCWalker90/> George Tamayo described Walker as having an "encyclopedic" knowledge of Grand Prix racing, and one who held enough authority amongst the press that members of the Formula One community would rarely decline to be interviewed by him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/murray-walker-voice-of-f1-interview/1855709/|title=Murray Walker "Voice of F1" interview|last=Tamayo|first=George|date=16 January 2001|publisher=motorsport.com|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> Before the introduction of reliable satellite broadcast equipment, he was obliged by his superiors at the BBC to prepare for television broadcasts by venturing to a circuit two days before a race to prepare for a broadcast in London, where he would watch the day's events on a satellite feed and then commentate on it during the evening highlights programme.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=DoodsononMurray/> Walker was voted "the greatest sports commentator of all time" in a poll conducted by British sports fans in late 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/6699469/Formula-One-legend-Murray-Walker-voted-best-commentator-of-all-time.html|title=Formula One legend Murray Walker voted best commentator of all time|date=1 December 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=15 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319174827/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/6699469/Formula-One-legend-Murray-Walker-voted-best-commentator-of-all-time.html|archive-date=19 March 2020}}</ref>