And what a tough rebaptism he chose after six years in retirement. With the inclement weather, the red flags and the mayhem of the German Sunday afternoon all raining down on his 83year-old brain, the man who nearly patented the inverse prophesy in the one breath . . . "unless I'm very much mistaken . . . I am mistaken" seemed totally at sea. "It's changing so much there is no use telling you what's happening, " he told us early on as cars shunted each other on and off the track.

And he basically took his cue from that and told us little of what was happening thereafter.

Proof that in commentating, as in life, every dog has his day. But Murray will always have a special place in our lives for the legacy of Colemanballs he left behind him.

Here's just a few to gladden the heart: He's obviously gone in for a wheel change. I say obviously because I can't see it With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing and it usually does As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is 5th I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem