He was famous for 'rubbishing' drivers he did not think were trying hard enough – during the BBC's live broadcast of the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix he described René Arnoux's comments that non-turbo cars did not suit the Frenchman's driving skills as "bullshit".
Era famoso polos seus 'insultos' aos pilotos que non cría que estaban esforzándose o suficiente, durante a emisión en directo da BBC do Gran Premio de Mónaco de 1989 cualificou o comentario de René Arnoux de que os coches non turbo non se adaptaban as súas habilidades de condución, como unha "merda".