Mansell won his F1 title in the era of Piquet, Prost, Senna who had 10 WDC's between them. He then immediately went to IndyCar as a rookie against Fittipaldi, Andretti, Rahal and a bunch of other hotshoes who had experienced the American racing scene all of their careers. He was racing for a great team but was also up against Penske. He had never done ovals before but won on both short and long versions in his first season. He was technically the F1 and IndyCar champion at the same (short) time. And he scored places/points when carrying injuries that would stop others from walking, let alone drive at over 200mph. If you can read the above back and not realise that Mansell was a determined, talented and worthy double champion then you probably have an agenda !
He was also a very nice guy. Talked to him that year at Road America and he couldn't have been nicer. He is one of the best drivers to drive an Indy Car.
@@purtlemoirrey1161 i think that comes largely from him knowing he was as good as the world champions because he regularly beat them, but very unfortunate.
Nigel was one hell of a driver. The IndyCars of the ‘90’s are just beautiful. I love and miss the sound of them turbocharged V-8’s and them 6-speed manuals rowing gears.
TheKingduffy138 At Indy 500 quals in 1993 Arie Luyendyk averaged 223 mph (360 kmh) over the 2.5 mile oval meaning down the straights he was hitting closer to mid 230’s - 240 mph or up to 386 kmh. Just a few years later Arie set the track record at IMS with an average speed of 382 kmh.
In 2000 Gil de ferran averaged 241 mph (around 380 km/h) at indy, that means that in the straights he would hit more than 400 km/h, thanks to ultra little downforce and 900+ hp turbo engines
He should have been a 3 times world champion. He was always the underdog. And always got dealt a bad hand, until he retired, then he got a fair deal at last. No 1 driver in a top team with a top car that could finish races, at last. The Lion, Senna said he was the only driver that he feared to see in his mirrors. The Lion
I'm amazed his life hasn't been made into a movie. It's incredible what this guy could do, how courageous he was - and how much crap he had to put up with in his career. Just find the most boring actor in the industry to play him and you've got a great picture ;)
I watched every race that season. Nigel was amazing! Al Jr., Mario, Tracy, Sullivan, Fittipaldi, and Willie T! What a series! Maybe the only year Indy Car was better than F1!
Me too, but I had been watching as much Indy car as I could find in the UK for several years prior to that. In the early to mid 1980s all that was shown was an edited recording of the Indy 500, shown a week or more later.
Nigel Mansell 🇬🇧 Legend, his F1 and Indycar careers, high drama. My favorite racing driver, My top 10 racing drivers. 1 Nigel Mansell 2 Scott Dixon 3 Alex Zanardi 4 Kimi Raikkonen 5 Fernando Alonso 6 Jaun Pablo Montoya 7 Paul Tracey 8 Jenson Button 9 John Watson 10 Keke Rosberg.
I was at the race in Milwaukee and had Mansell on my scanner. For the last restart I swear I heard him say something to the effect " That's the last time those SOBs do that to me". I also was at the Friday practice, it was cool and overcast a touch damp, and during the first session on his first lap of the Mile, he went out and layed down huge slide marks all through the south turn.The friends I was with just shook their heads in amazement. That guys was fearless and ultra talented.
I watched him in Adelaide in 1986 in the Williams . He was unlucky not to win the Championship that year. He was definitely the fastest into the braking area at the end of the long straight ( where his tyre blew on Sunday ). He was the only driver to use every gear braking into the the hairpin. He was absolutely on fire that weekend.
🤣😂 "nobody else could drive properly" Yeah, try telling that to Alain Prost who won the title next year. Or try telling that to Senna who mamaged to get 3 pole positions out of a post-active suspension Williams that was difficult to drive. Or try telling that to Damon Hill and Jaques Villeneuve, both of whom won the title without the bonus of being THE ONLY CAR IN THE FIELD WITH ACTIVE SUSPENSION, like Nigel had the luxury of. Also of note, Nigel's teammate that he "thrashed" was an aging Riccardo Patrese! 🤣 He only ever had 6 wins out of 256 starts!! 😂🤣 Half of Patrese's wins were in that dominant Williams car!!! 😂🤣😂 Patrese is literally THE ONLY teammate Mansell ever "thrashed" Every other teammate Mansell had in F1 either beat him senseless or was at the very least his equal. No. Mansell was no beast. At best he was a slightly better than average driver that could win races if given a top car. He was more of a whiny housecat really. In fact, he was a top notch whiner more than he was a winner! 🤣😂
Erik Corredor prost had to have power steering fitted. He cpildnt drive it. Anyhow, i get it. Youndont like or rate Mansell. We will have tomagree tomdisagree my friend.
i'd never watched indycar before but when nigel took part i started watching and i really enjoyed it. brilliant, exciting, open racing. i even bought indycar 2 and started racing there myself :)
He's a true real man. He never talked about how _HE_ won such and such a thing, how _HE_ broke record after record. No, he always said "WE won it. WE broke the record". Because he knows motorsports are a team sport. Even the best driver in the world can't make a bad car win. So he always gave his thanks and respect to teams that actually backed him like they're meant to (instead of sabotaging Mansell's car like Ferrari did)
One Man and the travels of his Stache, the world of Mansell. A true Bit legend, personally did he achieve everything his talent deserves, probably not but you've gotta love a fighter
Nigel's reluctance to pay me for a set of steering wheel grips I designed for him led to him give me the wheel back at Nazareth moments after he captured the championship!...a magnanimous gesture, the full impact he surely understood. I turned that wheel into a full Stand21 suit (I'm wearing it in my thumbnail), and that wheel is now enshrined at Stand21's headquarters in France. Thanks Nige!
Great video!! Well edited and narrated. A great story. Mansell always seems so calm. I kept fiddling with my wired headphones, until I switched to Bluetooth and realized it was the footage itself. This is what it was like to watch VHS, kids!! Now get off my lawn!!!
Prost didn't fill Mansell's vacant seat at Williams , he was going to be his team mate. Mansell knew from having been his teammate at Ferrari that he would be given preferential treatment , especially since the Williams engine supplier was Renault. So Damon Hill filled Mansell's vacant seat.
+Cheetah Car I remember Mansell and Prost at Ferrari (god I feel old lol) and you're absolutely right, Prost was just simply a level above Mansell. Mansell was spectacular to watch but could also be erratic.
@David Pietras you are exactly right and wrote the post I was thinking of. I wear a Senna '91 replica helmet on my motorcycle, I cried at the Senna documentary. BUT, over the years, I have become convinced that the "hated" Prost is actually the better driver. Senna is known for pole positions, but Prost had 41 fastest race laps, to Senna's 19. One of Senna's titles was won in a year that Prost scored more points, but the rules forced him to drop points. It should be 5 titles to 2, not 4 to 3. Prost may be better, but Senna is still my favorite. Any thoughts?
Jesus, dude had internal bleeding and though "nope..I'm gonna send it" . I loved Mansell when i was a kid, I knew him from F1, this title winning car was an iconic vehicle to me, more so than any other in F1. I did not know much about his time in Indycar, and although I was very much a fan and knew he was a charger, I never realised quite how fucking nuts this dude was. Fucking hell Nige' wheel barrow bollocks?
Excellent upload, a great documentary - don't see them like that these days. They have to add sound effects and mumbo jumbo to just fill it out for an hour. This was full on for the whole 45mins fantastic!!!
When I was young enough to do hero worship but old enough to really understand what was going on. Peak racing for me. But run that's probably true of all teenage racing fans. My Dad thinks it was better when Fangio and Stirling Moss were the men to beat
Mansell was a Lion. His first year in CART Indy Car was a thrill. I was at the Indy 500 sitting in turn one with 500 veterans that have been going for decades. He drove magnificently having taking the lead late in the race. I yelled to my friend as engines screaming with Mansell driving by, “The Formula One champion is leading the Indy 500”, as we both were thrilled. Dozens of people around heard me and turned around looking at me. It was a surreal moment to think of the prospect of winning Indy. Unfortunately after a caution going green Al Unser and Emerson Fittipaldi went by him at the restart as they battled for the win. Watching him race at Michigan also was a thrill that year.
14:22 - Nige, mate, noone on Earth has ever talked in such a monotone, dull voice and yet been such a drama queen. Because of this particular attribute there arent many drivers that are as fun to watch, and for me that is what makes sport so gripping - unpredictability (is that a word?). I miss red no. 5.
That English moustache with matching eyebrows. what a man in honour of a true English man I will name February as a grow a Nigel Mansell moustache month.. bless you Nigel Mansell a true gent
To be honest I was not aware of how good this chap was ...And when you look at todays Madonnas you realise how good he really was A lot of folk talk about Senna and Michael but our Nigel was well on speed with these chaps .. When you look at todays champs its normally in one car Lullu comes to mind but in the older days a true champ won in many cars Which just goes to show how good they really were and on top of that if they had a bad crash they were either dead or a cripple. Todays young chaps and lasses thank god just walk away but it also means their courage is probably not the same either ??????????
Indycar in 1993/4 was arguably one of the best series anywhere on the planet. At the time Bernie Ecclestone was afraid that F1 would be dethroned , and it nearly was, in the early 1990s, Indycar was growing rapidly as far as international coverage went, consider that in Indycar had a truly international field and a TV coverage in over 110 countries. I seem to remember this being shown on British TV as well, this very broadcast, but I'm not totally sure.##Nige should, frankly, have gotten out of Indycar at the end of 1993, nobody could have forseen just how dominant Penske could have been....but Nige (seemingly anyhow) fell out big time with the fans and absolutely hated Indycar and Mario. There's a story that in 1993 at Phoenix Nigel overheard a few kids saying they'd cycled the track in so and so and so, he cycled around the track quicker and then slumped back to sleep after that.the 1990s
DieKolkrabe only because an F1 champion was there and the world watching if he could be the first to hold f1 and Indy at same time lol when he stop I never watch another Indy race again lol
Good all nige, loved it when Murray said where's it hurting, proceeding to poke his bruises on his head, them wuz da dayz, everything was simpler yet more confused
Lol at the guy punching Mansell’s car after his 1st Pitt stop...that’s dedication and taking ‘incremental gains’ to an absurd degree. But kudos to him and his dedication and mentality...
At the time when there was more (much more) driver and less car, less rules more racing... drivers so much approachable Today either you are watching a race or you are playing on ps4... ain’t much difference
Indy was good back then and Mansell was my 1st hero and always loved the Andretti's. I was 10 in 92 and started regularly watching racing and loved Indy and F1. Especially watching the local Kid from Montreal where I grew up Rise to fame win it all and then fall off the radar in 98, That being said I completely lost interest for Indy however still watch F1 since the 90's. Mansell is a Legend
If there is ANYthing that motor racing needs today… it’s a Nigel Mansell. Watching & remembering Mansell now only reminds me just how vanilla it all is now.
"Our Nige" I say Our Nige, and I'm not even British. But Nigel was something else. A lion, ballsy driver, a big drama queen, and a whiner, but man, one hell of a driver. Forever a favourite.
Mansell must have got a bit fed up competing against Brazilians in Marlboro sponsored red and white cars. In F1 he was often against Senna in his McLaren then in IndyCars against Fittipaldi in the Penske.
First race pol position and after fighting his way back to 1st three times and getting a time penalty, he still won the race....he showed how average Indy cars are and drivers are to the pinnacle of motor sports FORMULA 1.
Mansell won his F1 title in the era of Piquet, Prost, Senna who had 10 WDC's between them. He then immediately went to IndyCar as a rookie against Fittipaldi, Andretti, Rahal and a bunch of other hotshoes who had experienced the American racing scene all of their careers. He was racing for a great team but was also up against Penske. He had never done ovals before but won on both short and long versions in his first season. He was technically the F1 and IndyCar champion at the same (short) time. And he scored places/points when carrying injuries that would stop others from walking, let alone drive at over 200mph. If you can read the above back and not realise that Mansell was a determined, talented and worthy double champion then you probably have an agenda !
He was also a very nice guy. Talked to him that year at Road America and he couldn't have been nicer. He is one of the best drivers to drive an Indy Car.
Definitely one of the best.
You can only imagine the hype after finally winning the f1 championship and the expectations of joining cart racing
He was a conceited egotistical person when he lived on the Isle of Man
@@purtlemoirrey1161 i think that comes largely from him knowing he was as good as the world champions because he regularly beat them, but very unfortunate.
Nigel was one hell of a driver. The IndyCars of the ‘90’s are just beautiful. I love and miss the sound of them turbocharged V-8’s and them 6-speed manuals rowing gears.
those not them
400 kmh. Concrete walls. Turbo v8 engines. No safety zones at all. Thomas Magnum mustache. :) Steel balls.
400?! I think you mean 300 :D
TheKingduffy138 At Indy 500 quals in 1993 Arie Luyendyk averaged 223 mph (360 kmh) over the 2.5 mile oval meaning down the straights he was hitting closer to mid 230’s - 240 mph or up to 386 kmh. Just a few years later Arie set the track record at IMS with an average speed of 382 kmh.
@@eligoddard2730 That's still not 400
You forgot 'the best eyebrows in the business'👍🏁
In 2000 Gil de ferran averaged 241 mph (around 380 km/h) at indy, that means that in the straights he would hit more than 400 km/h, thanks to ultra little downforce and 900+ hp turbo engines
This footage is beautiful
ALL HAIL Mansell the guy was a beast his sight was better than anyone ever in F1
He should have been a 3 times world champion.
He was always the underdog. And always got dealt a bad hand, until he retired, then he got a fair deal at last. No 1 driver in a top team with a top car that could finish races, at last.
The Lion, Senna said he was the only driver that he feared to see in his mirrors.
The Lion
I really don't think Nigel had the best chassis out there but he made up the difference and proved he one of the greatest open wheelers of all-times.
I'm amazed his life hasn't been made into a movie. It's incredible what this guy could do, how courageous he was - and how much crap he had to put up with in his career. Just find the most boring actor in the industry to play him and you've got a great picture ;)
well they based a comedy character on him Steve Pissing :) th-cam.com/video/MRW9o-DnST0/w-d-xo.html
Because Tom Selleck is too old to play him now.
Some say his moustache gave him 3.4% extra downforce
And was interchangeable with his eyebrows.
😂😂😂😂👍
It also held reserves of beer and shepherds pie!
fastest mooooostach in the wooooorld
@@bobtee6466 lol!
I watched every race that season. Nigel was amazing! Al Jr., Mario, Tracy, Sullivan, Fittipaldi, and Willie T! What a series! Maybe the only year Indy Car was better than F1!
That is true😁
Me too, but I had been watching as much Indy car as I could find in the UK for several years prior to that. In the early to mid 1980s all that was shown was an edited recording of the Indy 500, shown a week or more later.
Late 90s CART was much more entertaining than Schumacher vs. Hakkinen.
saleem waheed its always better than
CART was better until about 2001
The emotions that Mansell gave me are indescribable, which is why the F1 of today is so sad.
Nigel Mansell 🇬🇧 Legend, his F1 and Indycar careers, high drama. My favorite racing driver, My top 10 racing drivers. 1 Nigel Mansell 2 Scott Dixon 3 Alex Zanardi 4 Kimi Raikkonen 5 Fernando Alonso 6 Jaun Pablo Montoya 7 Paul Tracey 8 Jenson Button 9 John Watson 10 Keke Rosberg.
Great list.
Good to see Watson's name in there never forget the day he crashed and he's car split in half
Mansell looked like a NASCAR driver, big fan here, especially when he drove for Newman Haas team.
I worked the Vancouver race in '93. Got to meet the man and get his autograph. Thanks for the upload!
The best era of motorsport in my lifetime that’s for sure.
I will buy that . Certainly in Australia
Reigning, F1 and Indy Car champion at the same time, awesome.
Mansell a crazy legend a true champ in every sense of the word
I was at the race in Milwaukee and had Mansell on my scanner. For the last restart I swear I heard him say something to the effect " That's the last time those SOBs do that to me".
I also was at the Friday practice, it was cool and overcast a touch damp, and during the first session on his first lap of the Mile, he went out and layed down huge slide marks all through the south turn.The friends I was with just shook their heads in amazement. That guys was fearless and ultra talented.
Wow. What a legend. I see how he got his nickname. Bravo Nigel. 👏
I watched him in Adelaide in 1986 in the Williams . He was unlucky not to win the Championship that year. He was definitely the fastest into the braking area at the end of the long straight ( where his tyre blew on Sunday ). He was the only driver to use every gear braking into the the hairpin. He was absolutely on fire that weekend.
Mansell was a beast. Amazing talent in an era of the greats.
YEah no. He won his F1 title in a car no other team could match. End of story.
In a car nobody else could drive properly. He thrashed his teammate and then went on to win the Indycar title the year after. Fantastic driver.
🤣😂 "nobody else could drive properly" Yeah, try telling that to Alain Prost who won the title next year. Or try telling that to Senna who mamaged to get 3 pole positions out of a post-active suspension Williams that was difficult to drive. Or try telling that to Damon Hill and Jaques Villeneuve, both of whom won the title without the bonus of being THE ONLY CAR IN THE FIELD WITH ACTIVE SUSPENSION, like Nigel had the luxury of. Also of note, Nigel's teammate that he "thrashed" was an aging Riccardo Patrese! 🤣 He only ever had 6 wins out of 256 starts!! 😂🤣 Half of Patrese's wins were in that dominant Williams car!!! 😂🤣😂 Patrese is literally THE ONLY teammate Mansell ever "thrashed" Every other teammate Mansell had in F1 either beat him senseless or was at the very least his equal. No. Mansell was no beast. At best he was a slightly better than average driver that could win races if given a top car. He was more of a whiny housecat really. In fact, he was a top notch whiner more than he was a winner! 🤣😂
Erik Corredor prost had to have power steering fitted. He cpildnt drive it. Anyhow, i get it. Youndont like or rate Mansell. We will have tomagree tomdisagree my friend.
@@petyrkowalski9887 beta males hate MEN with a MANLY mustache
i'd never watched indycar before but when nigel took part i started watching and i really enjoyed it. brilliant, exciting, open racing. i even bought indycar 2 and started racing there myself :)
Indycar Racing 1 and 2 were such amazing sim games! I spent a lot of time playing those during the 90s
We all remember mansell mania, true grit driver, one of the best
Nigel is a true British Lion!!! He's also a Karate black belt.
Nigel was a man's MAN. Never give up.
Mansell is one of the best racing drivers ever. How many people do you know have won F1 title and Indy title
Andretti, Villeneuve, Montoya.
Not sure about Montoya winning an F1 Title?
Yeah my bad, was thinking of actual Indianapolis race winners.
U guys forgot about Fittapaldi!!!
Did Mario Andretti won indycar title?
He's a true real man. He never talked about how _HE_ won such and such a thing, how _HE_ broke record after record. No, he always said "WE won it. WE broke the record". Because he knows motorsports are a team sport. Even the best driver in the world can't make a bad car win. So he always gave his thanks and respect to teams that actually backed him like they're meant to (instead of sabotaging Mansell's car like Ferrari did)
He had balls of steel. Utterly fearless. He wasn’t known as “il leone” by the tifosi for nothing.
One Man and the travels of his Stache, the world of Mansell. A true Bit legend, personally did he achieve everything his talent deserves, probably not but you've gotta love a fighter
Nigel is a warrior through and through!
"The Lion"
This actually was one hell of an achievement
Nigel's reluctance to pay me for a set of steering wheel grips I designed for him led to him give me the wheel back at Nazareth moments after he captured the championship!...a magnanimous gesture, the full impact he surely understood. I turned that wheel into a full Stand21 suit (I'm wearing it in my thumbnail), and that wheel is now enshrined at Stand21's headquarters in France. Thanks Nige!
Great video!! Well edited and narrated. A great story. Mansell always seems so calm.
I kept fiddling with my wired headphones, until I switched to Bluetooth and realized it was the footage itself. This is what it was like to watch VHS, kids!! Now get off my lawn!!!
Prost didn't fill Mansell's vacant seat at Williams , he was going to be his team mate. Mansell knew from having been his teammate at Ferrari that he would be given preferential treatment , especially since the Williams engine supplier was Renault. So Damon Hill filled Mansell's vacant seat.
+Cheetah Car I remember Mansell and Prost at Ferrari (god I feel old lol) and you're absolutely right, Prost was just simply a level above Mansell. Mansell was spectacular to watch but could also be erratic.
@David Pietras you are exactly right and wrote the post I was thinking of. I wear a Senna '91 replica helmet on my motorcycle, I cried at the Senna documentary. BUT, over the years, I have become convinced that the "hated" Prost is actually the better driver. Senna is known for pole positions, but Prost had 41 fastest race laps, to Senna's 19. One of Senna's titles was won in a year that Prost scored more points, but the rules forced him to drop points. It should be 5 titles to 2, not 4 to 3. Prost may be better, but Senna is still my favorite. Any thoughts?
@David Pietras Great points, and I think we are on the same page. Long live (real) turbo F1!
@James Hodson Wise? That ship sailed a long time ago! lol.
@Cheetah Car I think everyone considers Prost better than Mansel.
Jesus, dude had internal bleeding and though "nope..I'm gonna send it" . I loved Mansell when i was a kid, I knew him from F1, this title winning car was an iconic vehicle to me, more so than any other in F1. I did not know much about his time in Indycar, and although I was very much a fan and knew he was a charger, I never realised quite how fucking nuts this dude was. Fucking hell Nige' wheel barrow bollocks?
Excellent upload, a great documentary - don't see them like that these days. They have to add sound effects and mumbo jumbo to just fill it out for an hour. This was full on for the whole 45mins fantastic!!!
Brilliant racing - imagine heavy wheel locking during an overtake and continuing in modern F1.. old days really were so much better
When I was young enough to do hero worship but old enough to really understand what was going on.
Peak racing for me.
But run that's probably true of all teenage racing fans.
My Dad thinks it was better when Fangio and Stirling Moss were the men to beat
CART ROCKED!
Mansell was a Lion. His first year in CART Indy Car was a thrill. I was at the Indy 500 sitting in turn one with 500 veterans that have been going for decades. He drove magnificently having taking the lead late in the race. I yelled to my friend as engines screaming with Mansell driving by, “The Formula One champion is leading the Indy 500”, as we both were thrilled. Dozens of people around heard me and turned around looking at me. It was a surreal moment to think of the prospect of winning Indy. Unfortunately after a caution going green Al Unser and Emerson Fittipaldi went by him at the restart as they battled for the win. Watching him race at Michigan also was a thrill that year.
Fittipaldi and Mansell duking it out in Indy must have been fun to watch
One F1 commentator described Nigel as a racer who breaks last and accelerates first.
Nigel had a heart of a lion. My favorite.
Mansell was allways at 100% lot of entertaiment to watch.
Just not so fun when he opens his mouth
Yes,A winner! I am envious of him for one thing,That he met and knew Paul Newman,who was and will always be my hero!!!!
I know, I am truely envious of that. There was something about Paul Newman.
@@arconeagain He was cool,and he loved his bikes!
@@djyul Like cool hand Luke.
@@arconeagain wasnt that the film where he ate all those boiled eggs?
@@djyul yep
Mansell is an absolute beast. So quiet and unassuming, yet absolutely rock hard and single minded. An amazing guy.
Thanks for uploading and thank you Nigel Mansell
Wow, what a stand up guy!
Ill leone,had the pleasure of meeting him on his first race in Australia, an honour
Good old days of CART
Eu simplesmente amei! Simply I loved this video! I'm from Brazil and love people like Mansell! Mansell Forever!!!❤
just makes me laugh how calmly he talks about some of his injuries, totally deadpan
Best season of Indycar ever.
Paul Page did a great job. I don't follow this sport but his narration kept me listening.
How can I forget all those races in front of the TV and some I watched live in Michigan, Cleveland, Mid-Ohio!
Mansell was one of the best oval drivers ever in Indy.
18:25 That cigar though...
"Newman Hass Indycar featuring Nigel Mansell" I loved that sega genesis game *___*
Look at the crowds in attedance in the CART era!
A feat never to be equaled. Congratulations number 5 team.
Go on Nigel 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧I always remember the battles with Paul Tracy
14:22 - Nige, mate, noone on Earth has ever talked in such a monotone, dull voice and yet been such a drama queen. Because of this particular attribute there arent many drivers that are as fun to watch, and for me that is what makes sport so gripping - unpredictability (is that a word?). I miss red no. 5.
Mansell was a great F1 and Indycar champion! Definitely one of my favorite racing driver all time.
In the 80's F1 had the glamour, but IndyCar/CART had the racing.....and a bunch of past and future F1 drivers
That English moustache with matching eyebrows. what a man in honour of a true English man I will name February as a grow a Nigel Mansell moustache month.. bless you Nigel Mansell a true gent
Grow one in November over here in Australia we call it MOVEMBER ( not a typo ) to raise money for mens health. Not sure if it's wotld wide.
@@robertmclachlan8372 am growing it now but will consider raising money mens health
Paul Page is the best.
nigel never left f1 . he was pushed out . the team wanted prost . but they couldnt work together .
To be honest I was not aware of how good this chap was ...And when you look at todays Madonnas you realise how good he really was
A lot of folk talk about Senna and Michael but our Nigel was well on speed with these chaps .. When you look at todays champs its normally in one car Lullu comes to mind but in the older days a true champ won in many cars Which just goes to show how good they really were and on top of that if they had a bad crash they were either dead or a cripple. Todays young chaps and lasses thank god just walk away but it also means their courage is probably not the same either ??????????
These cars from the 90´s are beautiful! Go go Nigel the legend!
Indycar in 1993/4 was arguably one of the best series anywhere on the planet. At the time Bernie Ecclestone was afraid that F1 would be dethroned , and it nearly was, in the early 1990s, Indycar was growing rapidly as far as international coverage went, consider that in Indycar had a truly international field and a TV coverage in over 110 countries.
I seem to remember this being shown on British TV as well, this very broadcast, but I'm not totally sure.##Nige should, frankly, have gotten out of Indycar at the end of 1993, nobody could have forseen just how dominant Penske could have been....but Nige (seemingly anyhow) fell out big time with the fans and absolutely hated Indycar and Mario.
There's a story that in 1993 at Phoenix Nigel overheard a few kids saying they'd cycled the track in so and so and so, he cycled around the track quicker and then slumped back to sleep after that.the 1990s
DieKolkrabe only because an F1 champion was there and the world watching if he could be the first to hold f1 and Indy at same time lol when he stop I never watch another Indy race again lol
I think that indy is finally on its way back. F1 will go down hard its fake sport only 3 teams are capable of winning its a joke
It's definitely getting better, but Indy still doesn't have the international appeal that CART had yet.
Yeah they showed the whole season on Itv and the year after. Wasn't enough ratings to compete with F1in the end though.
I don't understand your last paragraph.
Rivals of indycar 1993
Nigel Mansell
X
Emerson Fittipaldi
A true legend...
A true saviour of motor racing.
Good all nige, loved it when Murray said where's it hurting, proceeding to poke his bruises on his head, them wuz da dayz, everything was simpler yet more confused
Mansell was an entertainer and made F1 exciting and same in Indy car.
Un des cinq meilleurs pilotes au monde.
Lol at the guy punching Mansell’s car after his 1st Pitt stop...that’s dedication and taking ‘incremental gains’ to an absurd degree. But kudos to him and his dedication and mentality...
This video is extraordinary, thank you so much @champcar4vever
You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it.
At the time when there was more (much more) driver and less car, less rules more racing... drivers so much approachable
Today either you are watching a race or you are playing on ps4... ain’t much difference
Indy was good back then and Mansell was my 1st hero and always loved the Andretti's. I was 10 in 92 and started regularly watching racing and loved Indy and F1. Especially watching the local Kid from Montreal where I grew up Rise to fame win it all and then fall off the radar in 98, That being said I completely lost interest for Indy however still watch F1 since the 90's.
Mansell is a Legend
my favorite driver, fearless, finally got one world champ of F1 RACING
Yes he was one my favorites at the time too.
Nigel Mansell sou muito seu fã e assisti todas suas batalhas com Airton Senna obrigado por existir Mansell grande abraço
I miss golden times of F1 and IndyCar 80s 90s.
Top upload.. and LOVE that retro-style music! 😍 ..oh, and coming from an English fan from back in the day! 😘
Saw that race at Loudon. Great day in the sun.
what a fucking legend. still injured with half his body numb from anesthesia and racing. they just don’t make em like they used to
If there is ANYthing that motor racing needs today… it’s a Nigel Mansell. Watching & remembering Mansell now only reminds me just how vanilla it all is now.
Did I really just watch 45 min of documentary without knowing it's been 45 fuken min
I think the mustache gave him some sort advantage over the competition during his racing career.
"Our Nige" I say Our Nige, and I'm not even British. But Nigel was something else. A lion, ballsy driver, a big drama queen, and a whiner, but man, one hell of a driver. Forever a favourite.
Nice documentary cheers
Great true hero story,would make a great film.
NIGEL MANSELL !SHOW , BRAVO.🏁🏆🏆🏁👏👏👏👏👏👏👏F1 👏CART/INDY👏👏👏
Nigel has such a deadpan face I could not tell him apart from his Madame Tussaud's dummy!
Very good thanks.
absolut champion in all world .... in all open wells series
Nigel is a fuckin savage. The definition of a top bloke.
I met him & camped out in the infield that w/end . Good stuff.
31:56 - if his pants/trousers got any higher he surely wouldnt be able to move his arms.
Ha ha! Nigel high pants Mansell. Hey when you're as good as him you can wear your pants over your head.
Christ, what a bloke.
Mansell must have got a bit fed up competing against Brazilians in Marlboro sponsored red and white cars. In F1 he was often against Senna in his McLaren then in IndyCars against Fittipaldi in the Penske.
Full grandstands. Don’t see that anymore
Too expensive I bet
so sad what has happened to Indy Car racing since 1995!
First race pol position and after fighting his way back to 1st three times and getting a time penalty, he still won the race....he showed how average Indy cars are and drivers are to the pinnacle of motor sports FORMULA 1.