"I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is."

"The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."

"He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed."

"Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite."

"I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes."

"With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go."

"Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world."

"That's history. I say history because it happened in the past."

"You can cut the tension with a cricket stump."

"You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing."

"There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire."

"A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on."

"Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so."

"I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong."

"Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does."

"And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing."

"Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill."

"Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move."

"And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself."

"Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it."

"IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards."

"I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well."

"There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher."