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Special Contributor. He was a man for whom nobody in F1 had the slightest animosity. Such was his passion that even Murray Walker's infrequent mistakes were endearing. It became de rigueur to poke fun at him for them, but the truth behind such occasional gaffes — which his audiences came to love - was that few ever prepared so carefully and professionally for their job, nor had such an encyclopaedic knowledge of their sport.

Nobody was better prepared or more passionate about the subject matter than Murray. In many ways, Graeme Murray Walker — who died on Saturday aged 97 — was born to his role.

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His father, Graham, was a talented motorcycle racer who later held a microphone. One in particular always used to give him a tin of toffees. But his love of motor racing never dimmed. A graduate of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Walker commanded a Sherman tank in the Battle of the Reichswald during World War 2 and later in life he would surprise viewers, and racer Derek Bell who accompanied him in one part of a documentary on his life, with his adroit handling of tracked vehicles.

When he was demobbed, Captain Walker briefly raced motorcycles, competing against the emergent John Surtees.