Tag: Nigel Mansell

• How Mario worked his magic

  January 18th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 11 Comments
  

  We all know that Mario Andretti was one of the world’s most versatile drivers, winning in Formula 1, Indycars and long-distance sports cars, as well as NASCAR stock cars, sprint cars and USAC dirt championship cars. He enjoyed a long career, racing successfully into his fifties, so what was his… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Historic Racing, Personalities

  Tags: Bruce Ashmore, Donnie Hoevel, Ed Nathman, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Peter Gibbons

• The magic month of May

  May 20th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 12 Comments
  

  What a weekend we have in store. The Indianapolis 500 and the Grand Prix of Monaco. I do like the month of May.
  So much is good about both Indy and Monaco. So much of these two events is what motor racing is all about. And yet they could hardly… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Formula 1, IRL

  Tags: Bubbles Horsley, Harvey Postlethwaite, Hesketh, Indy 500, James Hunt, Lord Hesketh, Monaco, Nigel Mansell

• The two sides of Mansell

  March 17th, 2009 | Nigel Roebuck | 10 Comments Exclusive

  

  Dear Nigel,
  I wanted to ask you for your recollections of Nigel Mansell. Having witnessed much of the ‘Nigel-mania’ in the ’80s, I wondered why he has been mentioned so rarely in the past few years.

  Do you think he was only interesting in those few years of spectacle and not worthy of being remembered as an important personality in Formula 1? Silly behaviour and all, but he was a very strong and spectacular racer for several years, and his fight with Piquet was quite spicy on and off the track.
  Bojan Prosnec

  Sections: Ask Nigel, Exclusive content

  Tags: Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, David Coulthard, Ferrari, Lola, McLaren, Nelson Piquet Sr., Newman/Haas, Nigel Mansell, Patrick Head, Williams, Williams-Renault

• Guess who’s back…

  July 17th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 4 Comments

  I have been on a secret mission. I feel a little like Tintin, travelling unexpectedly into unfamiliar territory again, briefed to separate the fact from the fiction. Unlike Tintin, I have no help from the resourceful Captain Haddock.
  Anyway, my cover has been blown, the secret is out. Another well… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Miscellaneous

  Tags: Nigel Mansell

• Robbie runner-up as Swiss take title

  May 7th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | No Comments
  

  A showdown for the A1GP championship seemed an unlikely prospect, even if it was mathematically plausible. As the teams arrived at Brands Hatch 29 points separated the Swiss from the New Zealanders, the advantage very much with Neel Jani after an impressively consistent season.

  As events unfolded at this wonderful… Read more

  Sections: A1GP, Blogs, Events, Other reports

  Tags: Alain Prost, Brands Hatch, Ferrari, Johnny Reid, Jonathan Summerton, Mugello, Narain Karthikeyan, Neel Jani, Nigel Mansell, Robbie Kerr

• Watching and waiting

  January 30th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 4 Comments
  

  The passage of time means different things to different people. For a geologist, two hundred and fifty million years is a long time. For us motor racing nuts, seven weeks is a long time. That’s how long it is until the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. And it seems more… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Formula 1, Historic Racing

  Tags: Australian Grand Prix, BRDC, Fernando Alonso, Honda, Jenks, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Brundle, Melbourne, Nigel Mansell, Ross Brawn, Silverstone, Spa