This was pure Mansell: pure drama, pure spectacle, pure brilliance.
The fighting spirit and determination to bounce back from the potentially devastating blow to his title hopes of the botched pitstop at Estoril the week before, the determination to triumph over adversity by overcoming a left-ankle sprain sustained in a Friday-night football match and the hard charge to climb from fourth to the lead added up to a famous win that kept his world championship bid alive.Īnd along the way, he ran wheel-to-wheel with his great rival, Ayrton Senna, on the main straight – an image we’re unlikely ever to forget. If you wanted to pick a race to showcase Nigel Mansell at his best, there are few better than the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix. These will not be repeats of old articles, but fresh retrospectives of these events While waiting for the 2020 Formula 1 season to start, we’re revisiting some classic grands prix worthy of new attention.
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