I think that's one of the reasons why he was so popular (apart from being brilliant, of course), he was so down to earth and people could relate to him. And he adored his fans too.
@Dan123. Wait so did the dad give money to nigel or the other way around which year was it and I think it is common among celebrities to do that and Nigel was not financially great until 1985 so you know
Senna v Mansell is the best display of car control (factoring in mutual respect of each other's ability) that will ever exist. No other pair can drive that close and that fast without wrecking, pure class from both.
@@Samylton it depends on how you see that, if you look back at the 60s and 70s era the iconic driver with moustache was Graham, if you look at 80s and 90s it's Nigel
Actually Mansell was a cracking driver. Pulled off some of the best moves seen in F1, and I remember literally being on the edge of the sofa watching his overtakes. he worked very hard for his wins.
They had a couple of run ins with each other not long after Senna became an F1 driver but they sorted things out and after that, they had the utmost respect for each other.
This man is the real deal. British legend. In my opinion, there’s simply nothing more evocative in the British F1 pantheon than Mansell, wheel to wheel with Senna, overtaking him down the straight. Phenomenal. As Hakkinen was to Schumacher, Mansell was to Senna.
When I was a child I waited 3 hours outside the team trailer in the paddock for his autograph in Nazareth Pa. When Mansell emerged I was one of a few kids that scored an autograph. He was in hurry but took the time to sign autographs for the lucky kids like myself that stood there. I immediately realized the class of the man in that moment and will forever remember the joy I felt that day. Long live the Lion!!
I went on a course with someone who had worked at the golf club Mansell owned in Devon. He never met the man himself, but most of the staff had some kind of tale about him - every single one completely negative.
@@newforestroadwarrior One of my friends managed the building of his golf club and said he was petulant, however I met him at Bowood Golf Club and he was generous with constructive comments for his fellow golfers and was delighted to give me an autograph - perhaps he is a perfectionist and expects high standards from those who he is paying the wages too?
Maybe I’m just of a certain age, but Nigel Mansell will forever be my favourite racing driver. He was not mechanically sympathetic and had frequent failures as a result - but when he was on a charge he just blew the rest away - senna included.
^^This^^ - It would be unfair to say that Nigel didn't care about the championship but his determination to race, to do everything to get past the driver in front of him, probably cost him at least one title, if not more. But then that's why he was so beloved by the fans. It takes a lot for an English driver to become a favourite of the Tifosi and remain so even when not driving for Ferrari.
The idea that he was mechanically unsympathetic was put to Patrick Head in an interview I read a few years ago. His response was "It's absolute nonsense and we know that for a fact because telemetry data hides nothing."
@@David_D. I'm not convinced that the telemetry tells the full story. All it says is that, for example, the driver did not over-rev the engine or misuse the clutch. I think it would be fair to say that Mansell always drove his car to the limit. Extracting the most performance from equipment that is already highly stressed will lead to more failures. Overtaking Gerhard Berger on the outside of a corner in a car with worn tyres was a moment of racing brilliance. But it also risked the tyres and could easily have pitched Mansell's Ferrari off the track if the wear had caused the car to lose grip. I think that's what we mean by 'not mechanically sympathetic'. Whilst at Williams had a similar situation occurred Nelson Piquet would have nursed the car home for third place, Mansell would have taken the risk and, half the time, failed to finish. Hence Piquet was World Champion despite Mansell being the much faster driver. As an aside I think Mansell would struggle in modern F1. We know that the drivers are rarely pushing their cars hard because they have to manage their tyres. He would never do that and I think that's why we remember that era so fondly. The racing may not have been any better but at least we had drivers racing as hard as they could.
Single championship..... in F1. He then went to the USA and won the Indycar series in his rookie year, being at one time the F1 and Indycar champion at the same time. First and, so far, only person to hold that record
His 92 season is something i'll never forget. The FW14B was a masterpiece by Newey. All the races he finished he was either 1st or 2nd. Amazing. My all time favorite driver is a tie between Lauda and Mansell.
I watched every race of the 1992 season, live on television. My favourite ever season of F1, won by my favourite F1 driver ever. I watched most of the races live on television before, but not getting up at 5am for the Japanese Grand Prix or the Australian one. I did in 1992.
I watched every race of the 1992 season. All because of Mansell. That was a brilliant season. He's my favourite F1 driver ever. My favourite racing driver in fact. The only driver to be F1 and Indycar champion at the same time.
Mansell could beat anyone on the day, I loved following his career. I was once in a very German hotel in Majorca when Schumaker was winning quite convincingly. Despite the one sided commentary I noticed Mansell was not settling for 3rd at the Portugese GP. I realized he could do it with about 5 laps to go. He beat him on the last lap and I leapt into the air in a star jump. I was greeted by total silience from about 40 german fans in the tv lounge, us Welsh have got very thick skin and I was trying not to laugh too much
"It has been said about Nigel Mansell, that no driver fought harder to get in Formula 1." According to Christopher Hilton, a formula one drivers biographer, it's the last self made driver getting in formula 1 and winning a championship. With his wife, he financed almost his entire career until he was remarked by a Lotus Team's member. Niki Lauda did it too but with risky business but Nigel was working several jobs as cleaning offices, for exemple, and looking after sponsors during weekend races. Until 1977, he worked as an aerospace engineer, so he had more technical skills than usually said. A Renault engineer confirmed it in 1992, comparing his racing with his team mate. Even if he was faster, he was more soft with the mechanic, especially in curves : slowing earlier and breaking softer, but entering faster with greater balance allowing him to keep it all along his way out. And so, some of his moves could seem bold or idiotic as said Nelson Piquet. Remember that he lost at least two title because of mechanical failures that he was not responsible of. (Although, this "self made" way to formula 1 left him with a feeling of being alone which didn't help him getting along with his teams in some critical moments leading their relationship into mutual complains especially when it was about equal treatment between team mates.) All of this, not telling huge injuries in his early career (broken neck and vertebrae), could explain why he was one of the drivers who had to fight harder than the other to get in Formula 1, but also why he was so exceptionally determined as shows it the 10th moment in Dallas GP of 1984. It can also help to realize that such moments were not due to luck, but performance of a pure talent, because fighting so hard would never has been enough to succeed as he did. He was able to be faster than most of his opponent in a curve with several lines which demonstrate a tremendous sens of grip allowing him to be in both of their mirors as said Ayrton Senna. Once again, his early career is quite enlightening as he had to fight first being his proper team : he couldn't afford to broke and he had to win speed wherever he could with engines less prepared than drivers racing for a team. In formula ford, he had a physical argument with Ayrton Senna about the fact that not everybody could afford to crash a car. The lap of honors they spontaneously chose to share at Silverstone in 1991 shows interesting mutual feelings of respect in drivers rivalry's history. He is a legend as many others, because there will always be many things to learn from his talents, but he was clearly underrated.
+1000 so well explained i can just applause. There is also a fact here that matters, Nigel was more weight than the rest of the field as someone explains earlier, to be as equal or faster than drivers that weight 10 to 20kgs less than him, that meant he was to be way faster than them.
1993 Brazilian Grand Prix with Senna 1988 Italian Grand Prix with Berger and Alboreto Lol..It was nothing different of what had already happened in other countries
@@neilr4867 cuz they wait to storm the track these days? There is insane support from Britain for Hamilton. People are on the track as the cars are going to parc ferme.
Nigel Mansell always gives me the impression of someone's dad who accidentally ended up in an F1 car. Said dad then raced the likes of Senna and Prost - and won.
Our Nige really was a superb driver he was fast n fearless and to be able to be the only driver to be f1 world champion and Indy car champion at the same time really is unbelievable
I was a Senna fan but loved watching Nigel's wild driving style. Total respect. I loved the 70s and 80s early 90s racing. Beautiful cars, great drivers. Actually, the last couple years is starting to look like a great lineup with all of these great young drivers on the grid now.
You Know, I've watched Formula one since 1970 alongside F3, FFord and Super Vee and the thing I most admired with Nigel, was the way he drove Formula one cars as though they were Formula 3, especially in long sweeping curves where he took the long way round the outside where his opponents took the shorter inside route and he just drove round the outside! He did that time and time again, dazzling! I remember watching him in the F3 Unipart March at Donnington, flying down the Cramer Curves so much faster than anybody else - frightening!
Can we talk about the insane production quality of this video?I mean wow, they are really going off with the off-season content. feels like I am watching a mini-documentary with all this historic footage.
It seems they've got some amateur footage or alternative shots that weren't in the original broadcasts thrown in as well. It's definitely not a video that's been chucked together in quick time.
It seems they've got some amateur footage or alternative shots that weren't in the original broadcasts thrown in as well. It's definitely not a video that's been chucked together in quick time.
Loved 'Red 5', a racing animal whether in F1 or Indy car and a true gentleman. Saw him win in '87 Silverstone. Hungary '89, not many racers win from P12 on the grid.
Thank you for bringing back the memories of my all time favourite F1 driver! The overtaking move at 3.40 is the one I always remember. The trust between Mansell and Senna was just colossal, you couldn't miss a second of it!
Its amazing how long it took for him to take his first and only championship. He came so close in 1986 though, that final race in Adelaide was so chaotic.
An honourable mention would be from Imola 1990 when challenging Gerhard, that incredible 360 spin on the grass is quite possibly the greatest ever bit of car control I’ve ever seen. I have and always been and always will be a Senna fan but Nigel was well worthy of his nickname il lione, he truly was a beast, and he and Ayrton were easily the best wheel to wheel racers of that period.
Check out the 'beyond the grid' podcasts. They are interviews with many people from the world of F1, both current and past. I download them all and listen to them at work. I listened to one last week who was racing against Nigel. I can't remember who it was, but they came into his garage and cupped his croth because after Nigel had taken a particular corner flat he wanted to feel how big his cojones actually were! My favourite podcast is Derek Warwick, when he confirms the story that someone else had told about after a young Michael Schumacher had taken Derek off while in DTM quali or testing, and Derek chasing Michael through several garages before cornering him and winding up to punch his lights out and another driver present shouting "HIT HIM HIT HIM!" I won't spoil it by saying what happened next 😁
That story of Keke Rosberg being a lap down, with Mansell letting him pass and Keke storming up to third, I hope to see 10 moments of Keke Rosberg brilliance soon.
Nigel 4 president 🤴 He was, in my opinion, one of the TOP 3 drivers of F1. Biggest rival to all other toppers. A real gentleman. Hard, but fair. And by seeing his general history he earned all and everything. Kind regards from Switzerland.
When Nigel was in the zone you definitely paid close attention, most exiting overtaker ever, even if he was prone to some silly mistakes, also he shined kinda late in his career, a bit of a late starter, then he went to the US to a somewhat different racing discipline and blew them away, impressive.
Great video. Nigel Mansell was one of Englands most dashing and exciting drivers to watch on the track.Quit a driver and personality.Wish there were more like him.
I was a 9 year old mansell fan at the 86 British gp. and had the joy of dinner in the Williams team tent after the race, due to my dad's position in ici tactel. I had my photo taken and got his autograph that day, and will cherish that memory forever.
I liked a lot the way that Mr Mansell drove his car. He was a brilliant pilot in formula 1. I don't know abroad but in Brazil his nick name is "the lion" and merited!
I was never a Mansell fan when he was driving (Senna of course was my favourite) but when I first got my hands on all the older 80s and 90s races the first thing I wanted to watch was Mansell in the Ferrari days. Still rate his drive in Adelaide 1990 as one of the best I've seen. Hounding Senna with a slower car and way ahead of Prost. Tyres went off and he even spun. Then came back charging and had a huge go at Piquet for the win at the last lap but just failed. That race sort of defined and mirrored his career in a way. When you realise that he was about 15kg heavier than Prost and around 10kg more than Senna, which means he was giving up around half a second before they even turned a wheel for a lap. So when he was ahead of them which did happen often, you can imagine how fast he actually was! He genuinely deserves to be ranked as one of the all time greats. Top 10 definitely, probably even top 5
Nigel was and always will be the best, no drama, no tricks like Senna and Schumaker, just straight out masterful driving with the tenacity of a lion. Yay Nigel!!
Racing in legends era he was my favorite driver of all time simply epic, just the vigour he had was quite remarkable. This video makes justice to one of the best driver's in F1. A true legend 👏
Those were thrilling years watching Nigel Mansell and listening to the commentary of James Hunt and Murray walker. It is hard to pick just 10 moments out of so many.
Some are best, legendary or most successful but if I have to name one driver of them all to represent F1 entirely, it would Mansell for sure. Driver of passion.
Muita saudade de ver o Mansell pilotando. Para mim o melhor piloto inglês da história da fórmula 1, pois em qualquer cockpit que sentava dava espetáculo.
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Mansell is so loveable because he literally just seems like a bloke from your local pub who just happened to have an F1 career.
I think that's one of the reasons why he was so popular (apart from being brilliant, of course), he was so down to earth and people could relate to him. And he adored his fans too.
In Murray's case that was almost literally true - Murray and Nigel both grew up in the same part of Birmingham, albeit about 30 years apart!
@Dan123. Wait so did the dad give money to nigel or the other way around which year was it and I think it is common among celebrities to do that and Nigel was not financially great until 1985 so you know
@@badiullahmeri3389 Fairly sure this happened in the late 90's
Yes sirrr
"He's the only driver capable of being in both of my mirrors at the same time"
~Ayrton Senna
The best of The world , Ayrton Senna do Brasil♥️🇧🇷🙏🏾
What a great quote!
Superb quote about Mansell
It was such a shame they were never teammates.
Senna v Mansell is the best display of car control (factoring in mutual respect of each other's ability) that will ever exist. No other pair can drive that close and that fast without wrecking, pure class from both.
That moustache will go down in history as legendary
Some say he split it in half and that then it was interchangeable with his eyebrows
Some says he used his mustache as an additional source of drag in breaking zones :)
Ageed!!! However the first F1 champion with moustache was Graham Hill😁
@@lorbet2419 Not as iconic
@@Samylton it depends on how you see that, if you look back at the 60s and 70s era the iconic driver with moustache was Graham, if you look at 80s and 90s it's Nigel
@@lorbet2419 Nigel is better remembered
The respect and friendship that came from his rivalry with Senna, was brilliant to see. They just couldn't dislike each other.
I love the respect between them, it's very humbling.
Prost, Senna, Schumacher, Piquet, Mansell. That was truly the era of legends in Formula 1
I agree, only Niki Lauda was missing
and damon hill
Schumacher Raikkonen Alonso Hamilton Vettel Button. These names will one day be looked back on with the same fondness.
And then now Russell Leclerc Norris Gasly Verstappen
@@bipbapthegrunt Norris? Gasly?
*Nigel was a nightmare for us Brazilians... a great rival of Piquet and Senna, brilliant and super-fast driver!*
G. Ceara??? I miss Super Monaco GP! And you're right, what a nightmare for us.
Actually you where a nightmare for us who loved the Lion
in the UK we loved Ayrton Senna - still regard him the best F1 driver.
@@dafyddthomas7299 In my house we don't. We loved Nigel Mansell.
The greatest days of F1.
I just don't bother anymore.
Motorcycles are my thing.
These guys were absolute warriors though.
Actually Mansell was a cracking driver. Pulled off some of the best moves seen in F1, and I remember literally being on the edge of the sofa watching his overtakes. he worked very hard for his wins.
It was said of Mansell that he lacked the sheer talent that Senna or Prost had, but that he more than made up for that in determination and bravery.
I absolutely loved watching mansell.
@@zolfodor4835 Mansell was top-notch like Senna
nobody said he wasnt
They had a couple of run ins with each other not long after Senna became an F1 driver but they sorted things out and after that, they had the utmost respect for each other.
This man is the real deal. British legend. In my opinion, there’s simply nothing more evocative in the British F1 pantheon than Mansell, wheel to wheel with Senna, overtaking him down the straight. Phenomenal. As Hakkinen was to Schumacher, Mansell was to Senna.
When I was a child I waited 3 hours outside the team trailer in the paddock for his autograph in Nazareth Pa. When Mansell emerged I was one of a few kids that scored an autograph. He was in hurry but took the time to sign autographs for the lucky kids like myself that stood there. I immediately realized the class of the man in that moment and will forever remember the joy I felt that day. Long live the Lion!!
People always say Mansell was selfish, etc. but all interviews I've seen with him, he's very magnanimous and polite to his opponents.
It's called true sportsmanship
He’s why Frank Williams is the way he is
I went on a course with someone who had worked at the golf club Mansell owned in Devon.
He never met the man himself, but most of the staff had some kind of tale about him - every single one completely negative.
@@newforestroadwarrior you once golfed with someone who talked to someone who met him. You definitely have the inside scoop on Nigel.
@@newforestroadwarrior One of my friends managed the building of his golf club and said he was petulant, however I met him at Bowood Golf Club and he was generous with constructive comments for his fellow golfers and was delighted to give me an autograph - perhaps he is a perfectionist and expects high standards from those who he is paying the wages too?
Honorable mention: his 1993 Indycar season . On his first season, he won 4 of 6 ovals races on that season and became the champion.
He actually also won on his debut race, in Surfers Paradise, Australia after a superb move to Emmo Fittipaldi for the lead.
And for one week he was both reigning F1 champion and IndyCar champ.
Should have won the Indy 500 too but for the yellow flags coming out when he was leading a few laps from the end.
A whole lot better than in F1
His win at New Hampshire in particular... he ought to have finished behind both Penskes, but he just outdrove them.
The reason I started watching F1. Mansell was a proper race driver and definitely deserved more than 1 championship.
Maybe I’m just of a certain age, but Nigel Mansell will forever be my favourite racing driver.
He was not mechanically sympathetic and had frequent failures as a result - but when he was on a charge he just blew the rest away - senna included.
^^This^^ - It would be unfair to say that Nigel didn't care about the championship but his determination to race, to do everything to get past the driver in front of him, probably cost him at least one title, if not more. But then that's why he was so beloved by the fans. It takes a lot for an English driver to become a favourite of the Tifosi and remain so even when not driving for Ferrari.
+1
The idea that he was mechanically unsympathetic was put to Patrick Head in an interview I read a few years ago. His response was "It's absolute nonsense and we know that for a fact because telemetry data hides nothing."
@@David_D. I'm not convinced that the telemetry tells the full story. All it says is that, for example, the driver did not over-rev the engine or misuse the clutch. I think it would be fair to say that Mansell always drove his car to the limit. Extracting the most performance from equipment that is already highly stressed will lead to more failures. Overtaking Gerhard Berger on the outside of a corner in a car with worn tyres was a moment of racing brilliance. But it also risked the tyres and could easily have pitched Mansell's Ferrari off the track if the wear had caused the car to lose grip. I think that's what we mean by 'not mechanically sympathetic'. Whilst at Williams had a similar situation occurred Nelson Piquet would have nursed the car home for third place, Mansell would have taken the risk and, half the time, failed to finish. Hence Piquet was World Champion despite Mansell being the much faster driver.
As an aside I think Mansell would struggle in modern F1. We know that the drivers are rarely pushing their cars hard because they have to manage their tyres. He would never do that and I think that's why we remember that era so fondly. The racing may not have been any better but at least we had drivers racing as hard as they could.
@@kevinjohnbetts Then we'll just have to agree to disagree.
He’s the GOAT to me ... no one gives me a joy to watch as much as him ...
+1
+ another 😊
@@matthewbriggs388 And another! 😄😍
same here brother...
No contest. If he was racing now, non of the f1 wokers would touch him
This just brought tears to my eyes. I mean Nigel fought really hard for that single championship he had. That's really admirable! A true legend.
He paid with his own money to buy a Lotus car and get in F1...That made Colin Chapman to respect him...
Single championship..... in F1. He then went to the USA and won the Indycar series in his rookie year, being at one time the F1 and Indycar champion at the same time. First and, so far, only person to hold that record
Nigel Mansell complete with Murray Walker commentary.....magic
I think Nigel is one of the most loved driver.
His 92 season is something i'll never forget.
The FW14B was a masterpiece by Newey.
All the races he finished he was either 1st or 2nd.
Amazing.
My all time favorite driver is a tie between Lauda and Mansell.
I watched every race of the 1992 season, live on television. My favourite ever season of F1, won by my favourite F1 driver ever. I watched most of the races live on television before, but not getting up at 5am for the Japanese Grand Prix or the Australian one. I did in 1992.
the dislikes are from people who cant grow moustaches..
35 non italian women?
I’m 13 and I have some hairs on that lip dude
Lando Norris?
Ksi?
Now that u said that, I have a sudden itch to dislike this vid 😂
I watched every race of the 1992 season. All because of Mansell. That was a brilliant season. He's my favourite F1 driver ever. My favourite racing driver in fact. The only driver to be F1 and Indycar champion at the same time.
Actual Top 1 Moment of Mansell Brilliance: *Growing the Moustache*
The true reason of his power
@@alvarodebarrio7718 rumours are the stache grew him
@@Azeria 😳
@@ForeverF1 why do you keep editing this comment?
@@Azeria because I keep typing the wrong emoji 😐
Never had a verified TH-camr reply to me lol
Mansell could beat anyone on the day, I loved following his career. I was once in a very German hotel in Majorca when Schumaker was winning quite convincingly. Despite the one sided commentary I noticed Mansell was not settling for 3rd at the Portugese GP. I realized he could do it with about 5 laps to go. He beat him on the last lap and I leapt into the air in a star jump. I was greeted by total silience from about 40 german fans in the tv lounge, us Welsh have got very thick skin and I was trying not to laugh too much
What made nearly all of Nigel Mansell's moments so legendary was Murray Walker's commentary alongside them.
Peraltada, Mexico 1990. Still the most breathtaking overtake I can recall. Around the outside at that corner. Astonishing.
"It has been said about Nigel Mansell, that no driver fought harder to get in Formula 1." According to Christopher Hilton, a formula one drivers biographer, it's the last self made driver getting in formula 1 and winning a championship. With his wife, he financed almost his entire career until he was remarked by a Lotus Team's member.
Niki Lauda did it too but with risky business but Nigel was working several jobs as cleaning offices, for exemple, and looking after sponsors during weekend races. Until 1977, he worked as an aerospace engineer, so he had more technical skills than usually said. A Renault engineer confirmed it in 1992, comparing his racing with his team mate. Even if he was faster, he was more soft with the mechanic, especially in curves : slowing earlier and breaking softer, but entering faster with greater balance allowing him to keep it all along his way out. And so, some of his moves could seem bold or idiotic as said Nelson Piquet. Remember that he lost at least two title because of mechanical failures that he was not responsible of. (Although, this "self made" way to formula 1 left him with a feeling of being alone which didn't help him getting along with his teams in some critical moments leading their relationship into mutual complains especially when it was about equal treatment between team mates.)
All of this, not telling huge injuries in his early career (broken neck and vertebrae), could explain why he was one of the drivers who had to fight harder than the other to get in Formula 1, but also why he was so exceptionally determined as shows it the 10th moment in Dallas GP of 1984. It can also help to realize that such moments were not due to luck, but performance of a pure talent, because fighting so hard would never has been enough to succeed as he did. He was able to be faster than most of his opponent in a curve with several lines which demonstrate a tremendous sens of grip allowing him to be in both of their mirors as said Ayrton Senna. Once again, his early career is quite enlightening as he had to fight first being his proper team : he couldn't afford to broke and he had to win speed wherever he could with engines less prepared than drivers racing for a team. In formula ford, he had a physical argument with Ayrton Senna about the fact that not everybody could afford to crash a car. The lap of honors they spontaneously chose to share at Silverstone in 1991 shows interesting mutual feelings of respect in drivers rivalry's history.
He is a legend as many others, because there will always be many things to learn from his talents, but he was clearly underrated.
+1000 so well explained i can just applause.
There is also a fact here that matters, Nigel was more weight than the rest of the field as someone explains earlier, to be as equal or faster than drivers that weight 10 to 20kgs less than him, that meant he was to be way faster than them.
Nige .... one of the greatest drivers I've ever witnessed on a race track. The cars & engines were beautiful back then to.
Mansell mania at silverstone was unlike anything I have seen in F1. Even to this day with any other driver.
Just wait for Max mania at Zandvoort :P
1993 Brazilian Grand Prix with Senna
1988 Italian Grand Prix with Berger and Alboreto
Lol..It was nothing different of what had already happened in other countries
You'll never see that for Hamilton
@@neilr4867 cuz they wait to storm the track these days? There is insane support from Britain for Hamilton. People are on the track as the cars are going to parc ferme.
@@simracingchannel7691 If Max wins at Zandvoort they are gonna wreck the joint
Nigel Mansell always gives me the impression of someone's dad who accidentally ended up in an F1 car. Said dad then raced the likes of Senna and Prost - and won.
This is so true. You take the average British dad of the 1980's and they looked like Nigel. My dad looked a bit like him at the time.
For me he look like a rich ranch owner from the 70's driving his pickup to the city to sell some cows.
For me he look like a rich ranch owner from the 70's driving his pickup to the city to sell some cows.
For me he look like a rich ranch owner from the 70's driving his pickup to the city to sell some cows.
Our Nige really was a superb driver he was fast n fearless and to be able to be the only driver to be f1 world champion and Indy car champion at the same time really is unbelievable
That's one of the things that makes him special and in a class of his own.
once a hero always a hero, probably one of the most underrated drivers of F1
Underrated sadly because he suffered so much bad luck.
Not sure he's underrated. Generally regarded as one of the top 10 of all time
Nobody i know would describe him as underrated!
@@koitorob theres quite a few that does tbh
I was at Silverstone in 92, I'll remember that weekend all my life and yes I ran onto the track
I was a Senna fan but loved watching Nigel's wild driving style. Total respect. I loved the 70s and 80s early 90s racing. Beautiful cars, great drivers. Actually, the last couple years is starting to look like a great lineup with all of these great young drivers on the grid now.
He looks unrecognisable now without his trademark moustache.
Why did he remove it?
@@sdsd2e2321 interesting tactics
Don’t forget his missing teeth 🦷🦷
@@vandansonkar7819 It's still driving in one of the lower formulas
@@vandansonkar7819 For Mansell, Moustache is for F1. Only F1
You Know, I've watched Formula one since 1970 alongside F3, FFord and Super Vee and the thing I most admired with Nigel, was the way he drove Formula one cars as though they were Formula 3, especially in long sweeping curves where he took the long way round the outside where his opponents took the shorter inside route and he just drove round the outside! He did that time and time again, dazzling!
I remember watching him in the F3 Unipart March at Donnington, flying down the Cramer Curves so much faster than anybody else - frightening!
Honestly a underrated legend
No he is top like senna , prost and lauda
@@commandergeokam2868 Agreed, but nobody remembers him as much as senna, prost lauda
@@cobraboytnt1941 depends where you are from I guess
F1 and indy champ who else can boast that
@@markmitchell450 Indy is not there in the channel I watch the f1 races, so I am not sure about Indy but I know a fair bit about f1
@@cobraboytnt1941 well so now you know Nigel was F1 champ in 92 and Indy champ in his rookie year in 93. Also won his first ever race in Indy in 1993.
It's 2021 and he's still my favourite driver.
Can't believe the amount of times Ey-Airton Senna was mentioned in this video.
Erton senna
There is no mansell without A-ayrton senna
EArton Senna
Ear-Ton
@@alvarosoares3530 challenge everything
Mansell is so much a legend for Formula 1. One of the best there ever raced in the sport. ❤
Alt title: making me happy
Woah the Ferrari got a Heart!
Nice channel name btw
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Mansell's pass on Berger... on the outside of Peraltada Curve... #1 ballsiest pass of all time
How on earth did he do it?
As a brazilian, “O Leão” was a great rival to our Senna and Piquet! Great races, sir! We miss those days.
Can we talk about the insane production quality of this video?I mean wow, they are really going off with the off-season content. feels like I am watching a mini-documentary with all this historic footage.
It seems they've got some amateur footage or alternative shots that weren't in the original broadcasts thrown in as well. It's definitely not a video that's been chucked together in quick time.
It seems they've got some amateur footage or alternative shots that weren't in the original broadcasts thrown in as well. It's definitely not a video that's been chucked together in quick time.
@@mr8I7 - you can say that again....
@@trevormj .....teeeheee!
*with great moustache comes great responsibility*
Magnum goes F1 racing... ;)
Loved 'Red 5', a racing animal whether in F1 or Indy car and a true gentleman. Saw him win in '87 Silverstone. Hungary '89, not many racers win from P12 on the grid.
the moustache ain't gonna be counted as any brilliant? 😂😂😂
We all know it's secretly #1.
Number 11 sadly :(
@@Formula1
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@Casey F1 yea
@@Formula1 how old is Nigel Mansell?
Thank you for bringing back the memories of my all time favourite F1 driver! The overtaking move at 3.40 is the one I always remember. The trust between Mansell and Senna was just colossal, you couldn't miss a second of it!
Its amazing how long it took for him to take his first and only championship. He came so close in 1986 though, that final race in Adelaide was so chaotic.
87 near miss and 91 as well 91 was basically Raikkonen 2005 the FW14A broke down when it mattered
1986,1991 almost a champion.
Fr Mansell has got to be one of the unluckiest champions in the world with amount of times he got hit with reliability issues lol
Also 1987 where he would have won but got injured at the Japanese GP in a crash and crushed his spine letting Piquet take the honours
His pit crew ignored his repeated demands for a tire change.....
An honourable mention would be from Imola 1990 when challenging Gerhard, that incredible 360 spin on the grass is quite possibly the greatest ever bit of car control I’ve ever seen. I have and always been and always will be a Senna fan but Nigel was well worthy of his nickname il lione, he truly was a beast, and he and Ayrton were easily the best wheel to wheel racers of that period.
Amen to that!
Il Leone, forever in our hearts. Mansell was all heart, fighting sprit and aggression. Cojones as big as ANY 80s or 90s driver.
Check out the 'beyond the grid' podcasts. They are interviews with many people from the world of F1, both current and past. I download them all and listen to them at work. I listened to one last week who was racing against Nigel. I can't remember who it was, but they came into his garage and cupped his croth because after Nigel had taken a particular corner flat he wanted to feel how big his cojones actually were!
My favourite podcast is Derek Warwick, when he confirms the story that someone else had told about after a young Michael Schumacher had taken Derek off while in DTM quali or testing, and Derek chasing Michael through several garages before cornering him and winding up to punch his lights out and another driver present shouting "HIT HIM HIT HIM!"
I won't spoil it by saying what happened next 😁
@@koitorob That was Riccardo Patrese.
My favorite F1 driver . Laid everything on the line to get to FI . Probably one of the greatest for fighting spirit . Lion . And from Birmingham .
Nigel Mansell for me , best Driver !!! 🏎
I agree
I loved watching F1 when Nigel was driving, it was a great era for the fans.
That story of Keke Rosberg being a lap down, with Mansell letting him pass and Keke storming up to third, I hope to see 10 moments of Keke Rosberg brilliance soon.
I'm just glad we have blue flags now tbh
@@HanHorlings nah it makes for an interesting race holding up traffic provides more opportunity
In that top te list there must be two spots one for his mustache and for his 3 pack a day habit.
He was fantasic ! I remember when he came to the US and ran CART/Indycar. He won the championship his first year and should have won the Indy 500. 🇺🇲
Nigel 4 president 🤴
He was, in my opinion, one of the TOP 3 drivers of F1.
Biggest rival to all other toppers.
A real gentleman.
Hard, but fair.
And by seeing his general history he earned all and everything.
Kind regards from Switzerland.
Mansell will always be my favorite...an original.
When Nigel was in the zone you definitely paid close attention, most exiting overtaker ever, even if he was prone to some silly mistakes, also he shined kinda late in his career, a bit of a late starter, then he went to the US to a somewhat different racing discipline and blew them away, impressive.
Great video. Nigel Mansell was one of Englands most dashing and exciting drivers to watch on the track.Quit a driver and personality.Wish there were more like him.
Its great to see the level of admiration he still gets from all corners of the world. All time fan favourite? I reckon a close contender.
John Bonham and Nigel Mansell,my two bristly stache heroes,gday from Melbourne,Australia.
I was at the circuit for 5 of these. I was a Senna fan, but Mansell on his day was a great driver.
I was a 9 year old mansell fan at the 86 British gp. and had the joy of dinner in the Williams team tent after the race, due to my dad's position in ici tactel. I had my photo taken and got his autograph that day, and will cherish that memory forever.
Was at Brands and at Silverstone the following year. Got a photo of Mansel alongside Piquet on Hanger. Wonderful stuff.
best driver for me when i was growing up in the 80's - saw him win his first at Brands!!
One of my favorite ever drivers, one of the best to ever race in the sport, many fantastic moments
Totally agree!
I liked a lot the way that Mr Mansell drove his car. He was a brilliant pilot in formula 1. I don't know abroad but in Brazil his nick name is "the lion" and merited!
The only driver to hold the F1 and Indicar titles at the same time!
I was never a Mansell fan when he was driving (Senna of course was my favourite) but when I first got my hands on all the older 80s and 90s races the first thing I wanted to watch was Mansell in the Ferrari days. Still rate his drive in Adelaide 1990 as one of the best I've seen. Hounding Senna with a slower car and way ahead of Prost. Tyres went off and he even spun. Then came back charging and had a huge go at Piquet for the win at the last lap but just failed. That race sort of defined and mirrored his career in a way. When you realise that he was about 15kg heavier than Prost and around 10kg more than Senna, which means he was giving up around half a second before they even turned a wheel for a lap. So when he was ahead of them which did happen often, you can imagine how fast he actually was! He genuinely deserves to be ranked as one of the all time greats. Top 10 definitely, probably even top 5
You forget he was stronger than them. This is also related to the fact he was heavier than them. He could muscle the car on heavy fuel load.
Everyone liked Nigel Mansell, it was like your favourite uncle was racing!
I was at brands hatch in 1986 one of the best experiences in my life time and became a Nigel mansell fan instantly
After Senna , Nigel Mansell was my favourite driver of the 80s and early 90s. Still one of my overall favourites.
Nigel was and always will be the best, no drama, no tricks like Senna and Schumaker, just straight out masterful driving with the tenacity of a lion. Yay Nigel!!
I've Been Loving these top 10s
Really Filling up our Crave for Racing at the same time We are Knowing More of F1's History and its Greatest Drivers!
I was there at Brands Hatch in 1986 as a 15yr old ,Red 5 .... one of the best ever !
Ha - me too!
Back in the days when F1 was really interesting and the reason my daughter's middle name is Mansell. So great to experience this again!
Don’t ever let her forget how privileged she is! 👍
Nowt about his early years pre F1, would have been nice to see. He was abdolutely fantastic. Best ever British F1 driver.
Yes I remember him well in F3.
Only 10 moments of Nigel Mansell brilliance?
I can think of 20, off the top of my head.
Tears of Joy. Thank you guys much appreciated.
Racing in legends era he was my favorite driver of all time simply epic, just the vigour he had was quite remarkable. This video makes justice to one of the best driver's in F1. A true legend 👏
Thanks Nigel & co for making my childhood so exciting & giving me something to look forward to on weekends , great memories
F1 never gets boring or lame. Its addictive
I guess you haven't been watching for the last ten years.
@@MrRadialdrift i have from 1997
Nigel was always my favourite British driver very humble and always had time for fans
And this video "Reminds me of Nigel Mansel giving a ride to Ayrton Senna"
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@anxietyspacetart 😂
Nigel. Thank you for your determination
Mansel is my favorite driver of all time, and the best of the British drivers too 😜
Nigel is the reason i watch F1 I can’t ever imagine liking another driver as much. Such a Legend
My favorite driver of all time, what a legend.
I'll never forget his lap at Silverstone in 1990, or seeing the Williams around Brands Hatch in 1986. So committed.
1991Silverstone, I cried... Best Mansell moment for me.
As a kid I would sit and watch the F1 and Mansell was my hero. Those for me were the glory days of F1. I’ve still got my Nigel Mansell watch!
0:13 "He was one of the most succesfull drivers"
*Shows a picture of him crashing*
hahaha, but that moment was Mansell being crashed by Senna, anyway a funny controversy
Sike
You mean another driver driving into the back of his car?
@@David_D. I know it wasn't his fault, but still =)
To be fair he was being crashed INTO by Senna lol.
Those were thrilling years watching Nigel Mansell and listening to the commentary of James Hunt and Murray walker. It is hard to pick just 10 moments out of so many.
I've never been a big F1 fan but Mansell was my all time favorite to watch.
Red 5 is one of my all time favorites. Nigel Ernest James Mansell. Il Leone. 🙏🏽
Murray's scream at 17:57 when Mansell makes that iconic overtake always gives me goosebumps.
The master! Mansell always been a superb, in my memories. One of greats in F1 history.
Nigel foi um piloto sensacional no seu tempo !! Grandes pilotos como Senna , Prost , Piquet , Berguer, Alesi , Moreno , Alboreto.
Some are best, legendary or most successful but if I have to name one driver of them all to represent F1 entirely, it would Mansell for sure. Driver of passion.
Oh wow didn’t realise this was a long video!
Shows the brilliance he had 🙂
Muita saudade de ver o Mansell pilotando. Para mim o melhor piloto inglês da história da fórmula 1, pois em qualquer cockpit que sentava dava espetáculo.