See, I used to like Walker and Hunt because they made it entertainment rather than techy-bore - they were animated and passionate ..... which is how I find Parrish and Cox
To prove they're following the standards set by Murray Walker, a few quotes plagiarised from elsewhere ...
“He’s got such bad luck that if he fell in a bucket of boob’s, he’d still come up sucking his thumb.”
"Tommy Rustad will be writing home to mum, 'I've just passed Alain Menu, the defending champion, and I nearly lost it in the process!'"
"It's like dropping a Porsche engine into a Reliant Robin, comparing how much power you have to the tyres"
"It can be calm one minute, and blowing your dog off the chain the next,"
"He needs that like a third armpit,"
"All you can see is dust in the distance, it's like the cavalry coming down"
"That track looks like it has much grip as the front step of my pub at 11 o'clock at night," - Cox on track conditions at Shanghai, 1st May 2005.
Just think how aerodynamic a latex body suit would be - Cox on aerodynamic advantages during the Catalunya Grand Prix, 12th June 2005.
"A nightmare in a bubblecar for Nakano," - Cox on Shinya Nakano being taken out of the Malaysian GP by Sete Gibernau, 25th October 2005.
"At least that stops him from falling off again" - Cox on Sete Gibernau's mechanical breakdown in the Valencia GP, 6th November 2005.
"That puts a dent in the cool coefficient" - Cox commenting on Melandri letting his bike fall over after doing a celebratory tyre burn-out, Valencia GP, 6th November 2005.
"He's gone through the field like a pig through hot strawberries" - Cox on Rossi's progress through the field late in the race, British GP (Donington Park), 2nd July 2006.
"He looks as happy as a bucket of sand" - Cox on Danny Pedrosa's face when on the podium, British GP, 2nd July 2006.
"I'll say it in my best Spanish. I'm effluent in that." - Parrish talking to Susy Perry after Toni Elias didn't understand the question from the BBC interviewer. Portuguese GP, 15th October 2006.
"If he fell in a cess pit he'd come up with a salmon on his head." - Parrish talking about Valentino Rossi's luck in previous years. Valencia GP, 29th October 2006.
"An electrical problem - the piston went through the engine and smashed the spark plug." - Parrish talking about De Punier's Kawasaki blowing up in smoke, Portuguese GP, 16th September 2007.
"As useful as the bottom half of a mermaid." - Cox commenting on De Punier after Parrish, Portuguese GP, 16th September 2007
