MURRAY: THE MAN WHO CREATED A GENERATION OF MOTORSPORT FANS
December 18, 1995, is one of those days that BBC Sport will never forget. The hardcore of the BBC Formula 1 team were marooned in a departure lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2 waiting for a delayed flight to Lisbon.At 0800hrs the next morning we had our last and only chance to interview Michael Schumacher for an in-depth documentary that would go out immediately after Christmas. The pressure was on.
Nevertheless, the news that came up on Ceefax still managed to get our full attention. “BBC LOSES FORMULA1 TO ITV. …1996 WILL BE LAST YEAR OF FORMULAONE ON THE BBC” screamed the headline. The shock of the
