• Re: Nigel Mansell: "Maybe the best race of my life"

    From KP2 KP2@21:1/5 to brafield on Mon Oct 16 18:19:45 2023
    On Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 8:52:27 AM UTC-7, brafield wrote:
    On Saturday, July 26, 2014 4:57:37 AM UTC-7, Jon wrote:
    Hungaroring 1989, the site of the Hungarian Grand Prix and a track which

    was supposed to make overtaking nearly impossible. Nigel Mansell starts

    12th and obliterates the field, jumping to second place in 51 laps.



    At the moment the above image was taken Nigel Mansell was on his 52nd

    lap and right behind Ayrton Senna. This was a position he�d remain in

    until lap 58, when he�d sieze the opportunity for an overtake as Senna

    moved to lap Stefan Johansson with caution. From that moment, it was all

    Nigel � he blasted into the distance and won the race by more than 25

    seconds.



    Later Nigel Mansell would be heard describing the race as �maybe the

    best of my life�.



    http://www.motorsportretro.com/2014/07/nigel-mansell-best-race/



    Blimey 25 years ago, seems like yesterday!
    TIGER is the noun and the verb, eh? Hamilton has the genes.
    25 wow.

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