"I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is."
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"As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth."
"I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well."
"This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well."
"Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move."
"Tombay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now"
"I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one."
"Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve."
"Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race."
"A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been."
"I was there when I said it."
"Somebody said once 'Follow the money' and that is what it is all about."
"Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?"
"I wouldn't want to stop making those gaffes, even if I could. People realise I am flesh and blood. I am not sensitive about it. It's just my enthusiasm. I want to say so much more than I have time for."
"Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill."
"I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing."
"Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers."
"The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick."
"And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car."
"I'm very careful with money - both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver."