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The 1 992 season kinU of
felt Iike Ni9el ' s Iast Ghanoe

to win that elusive
WorlU ChamPionship.

At S9 , it was now or never
for Mansell .

JENSON BUTTON :
The ' 92 oar, wow.

You Iook at it anU you just
immeUiately think

"That oar has to Ue quiok. "

GTEVE RI DER:
Ni9el was finally gonna Uo it.

Red 5 ran throu9h the first five
granU prix of the season

won every single one,
dominateU every sin9Ie one.

Came to Monaoo

where pole position
is aUsolutely essentiaI

anU naileU it
Uy an historiG margin .

ENG I N ES REV

N IGEL MANGELL: Traok position
is everything in MonaGo.

Normally, it you 9et on pole
anU get in the IeaU

nothin9 9oes wrong ,
you shoulU win .

The noise was inoreUiUIe,
the exoitement.

ENG I N ES REV AN D WH I N E

DisappeareU into the UistanGe,
Uuilt a SO-seGonU IeaU .

He was way out in front,
Ieading the raGe

Iooking Uominant.

Then he starteU
to hear a viUration

from a rear wheel .

Was it a punGture,
was it a bearing?

I haU to Gome anU make
an unsoheUuled stop.

OK, we put new Uoots on

whioh 9ave me grip.

GTEWART PRATTLEY: To Ue
honest with you , I Uon 't know

whether he haU a punGture or not
or whether it was

a Ioose wheel nut,
but when he went Uaok out

he was in seGonU
UehinU Ayrton Genna.

ENG I N ES REV

The oloseness of the finish
UeGame an epiG.

To overtake in MonaGo,
you neeU some IuGk.

To overtake in MonaGo

with Ayrton Genna
in front of you

you need a miraole.

PETER WI N DSOR:
He was so quiGk there.

The way he was
just darting UehinU Senna.

RI DER:
DetenGe from Ayrton Senna

amazing weavin9 attaGk
from Nigel Mansell .

MANGELL:
We never touGheU , we never hit.

With the Gurrent rules toUay

Ayrton woulU have got
stoP-Do penalties for UIookin9 .

DAMON H I LL: It shoulU have
been a Nigel viotory.

He was way faster than Ayrton .

PRATTLEY: Over the Iast
tew Iaps, he trieU everything

to get past Ayrton

Uut there was just no way.

He never won the MonaGo
Grand Prix, it' s orazy.

AnU the winning streak
oame to an enU .

But what a. . .
wh a fantastiG Uuel .

AN N BRADSHAW:
It wasn 't to be.

He ' II Iook UaGk, anU that was
the one that 9ot away.

If you haU to sum uP
Mansell anU Williams

Uetween ' BG anU ' 91

the ' 92 Monaoo GranU Prix
aotually Uoes that.

He was nearly there ,
onGe a9ain

anU then snatoheU Uefeat
trom the jaws of viGtory.

I N DISTI NCT AN NOU NCEMENT
I N ITALIAN

You started to think

" Ri9ht, he ' s won
the first five of the season

but now Ayrton Genna is on
the toP step of the poUium .

Is it all 9onna unravel
onGe aDain for poor olU Ni9e? "

ENG I N E REVS

This is tantastiG.
This is the reUoot, isn 't it?

Ot Williams.

There ' s a very youn9-Iooking
Frank Williams in his suit.

You know,
Frank haU Iost his team

to the CanaUian oil Uaron
Uillionaire, Walter Wolf

anU he ' s had to restart aDain .

And this is really the beginnin9

ot Williams GranU Prix
Engineering as we know it now.

Motor raoing was his Iife,
he IoveU it.

I mean , I ' m sure all the memUers
of the family woulU agree

motor raoing first,
everything else seoond .

He was so Uetermined .

We were on the steps
to the Sao Paulo Hilton

Uefore the Brazilian
GranU Prix in '77

anU he saiU , " I 've haU enou9h ,
Peter, I 've haU enough .

I oan 't do this anymore. "

AnU what he meant was
working tor Walter Wolf.

He saiU , "Oh , I ' m 9onna start
again , I ' m gonna start a9ain

anU I ' m 9onna have
engineering in the title

of my ne raGe team

UeGause Pormula 1 ' s tuture
is aUout en9ineerinD . "

I just rememUer him sayinD that

and then very soon afterwarUs,
he oontaoteU Patriok HeaU .

He ' U seen in PatriGk
this 9em of a Urain .

JAMES ALLEN : PatriGk HeaU
is one of the 9reat figures

in Pormula 1 teGhnioal history.

He oame from
a military UaokgrounU

whioh is what 9ave him
a very stiff sPine.

But he haU a very, very
GIear unUerstanUin9

of the whole of a Pormula 1 Gar.

WI N DSOR: AnU I think
Patriok IoveU Frank' s...

just Uurnin9 fire of enthusiasm .

AnU very quiokly,
he 9ot it to9ether.

He UiU a Ueal with
the DiUoot IoGal oounGiI

who, at that sta9e, they haU
a very Iar9e train terminus

it you Iike, that was
a mainline thinD to London .

But noUody wanteU
to Iive in DiUoot

or work in DiUGot

anU so they 9ave Prank
an amazin9 UeaI

to set up a Iittle raGe shop
under the arGhes

of the railway Iine, aotually.

RI DER:
You always haU the sense

of Prank Williams Ueing
this figure

in the Uaok9rounU ,
just Iooking tor opportunities

Gommeroial opportunities,
sportin9 opportunities.

The famous, you know, wearing
out a pair of shoes every month

beGause he was just walking
everywhere and would never stoP.

HE SPEAKS ITALIAN

Then of Gourse, on top of that,
he haU this amazing aUility

to piok uP Ianguages...

H E SPEAKG FRENCH

...anU very quiokly
beoame multilin9ual .

We were all aware th Frank
was in the MiUUIe East a Iot.

You know, I ' m 9onna show
the MiUUIe Eastern oommunity

that they Gan be the Uest in
the West if they raoe with me.

So Frank Uein9 Prank,
had the UranU new Williams OG

IiverieU uP in
SauUi AraUian Airlines oolours

anU haU it toweU
to the Dorohester HoteI

where he knew the key SauUi
prinGe was staying that week

haU to briUe a traffio warUen

to Ue aUIe to Park there
on Park Lane

rusheU into the IoUUy
anU rang the prinGe ' s room

and saiU ,
" Have a Iook out the window. "

LookeU Uown , saw Prank
waving ne to the oar

anU the Duy sort of gave
a thumbs uP

and that was the Ueal Uone.

We ' re in the MiUUIe East
now Uig-time in Formula 1

Uut Frank was the first 9uy
to go there.

ENG I N E WAI LS

RADIO BEEPS
- I N DISTI NCT RADIO CHATTER

MANGELL: I thou9ht I was
gonna be a fi9hter pilot

an astronaut, y' know...

various things.

But then a polioe offiGer
Urought me UaGk to my home

I was Urivin9 a one-wheeleU
JLO Paster Kart

down the pavement.

Not what you UiU .

I thou9ht, oh ,
I ' m 9onna Ue a raoe oar Uriver.

MayUe you ' re Uorn with
a silver spoon in your mouth

where you never
have to worry.

I ' m raiU I was right
at the other soale

where we diUn 't really
have no...

anything to ruU to9ether

so we workeU really harU

to aGtually aGhieve
whatever we UiU .

ALLEN : Birmingham , EnglanU
in the 1 9OOs anU '7Os

where Nigel grew up was
very muGh an inUustrial town

Britain ' s seoonU oity

an automotive
kinU of oapital , really

Uit Iike Detroit in the US.

His fher was a professional ,
he was an engineer with LuGas.

His mother ran a teashop.

Not terriUIy glamorous

anU not really the sort of
plaGe you ' d expeGt

a GranU Prix star to oome from .

PREGENTER: lfyou 've never
drlven a go-kart, have a go.

It's great fun and there are
many tracks open to the publlc.

In fact, it's becoming
lncreasingly popular

as a competitive sport.

I really persuaUeU my tather

when I was six anU a half,
seven , to take me...

it was to Ghenin9ton ,
Kart Traok.

AnU I thought,
" Hello, I 've got this. "

It was terrifyinD .

AnU then I haU
a terriUIe ruUe awakening

beGause every time I UiU one Iap
anU I thought I was really quiGk

everyone else haU Uone two Iaps.

And the next praGtiGe, I went
out anU I went Uown the straight

anU everything went quiet

anU oUviously,
I Game to a stanUstilI

anU had the marshals
running over to me

saiU , "You OK? You OK? "

I saiU ,
"Yeah , the ohain ' s fallen off. "

AnU he IookeU at me, he saiU

"You 've got a Uit more
of a Problem

than the Ghain falling off. "

The whole engine haU tell off.

And so my en9ine and ohain
was Uown the roaU .

HE LAUG HS

I rememUer havin9 a tear
in my eye then

anU my UaU saying

"Oh , we ' II try
anU 9et a better engine

anU a better kart for you . "

I think it was
aUout my thirU event

was the British Championships.

The British team manager
was there watohing

to piGk a team to 9o
anU raGe in Holland

anU SweUen anU go to
the WorlU Championships.

AnU I went trom
the baok of the griU

whioh was aUout SS karts,
up to thirU in one raGe.

He piGkeU me
as one ot the Urivers

to aotually Uo that.

We were oUviously very thrilleU

Uut inoreUiUIy UisappointeU

Ueoause we UiUn 't have
the tinanoes

to 9o anU get another engine.

It was my 9ranUparents,
when they heard

that I ' U been PiGkeU
for the British team

they Uou9ht me
a oomplete new en9ine .

AnU I ' II never forget,
Ueoause it was £S4

whiGh was
aUout $5O baok then

to allow me to go raoing
anU represent myself

in the British team ,
whiGh was truly fantastiG.

I was training as an enDineer
at LuGas AerospaGe

and I wanteU to go raoing

I UiUn 't want to 9o
kartin9 anymore.

WI NDGOR:
You raoeU karts

but it you really wanted
to show your talent

you got into
Formula PorU 1 6OO.

S5-Gar 9riUs,
inoreUiUIy GomPetitive.

WiUe traGk Gars,
narrow fyres, no wings

just sliUin9 all over the plaGe.

It was the oategory, really,
oos it' s mostly Uown to

what the Uriver
Gan Uo in the Gar

not the paGka9e he ' s Urivin9 .

It you ooulU win
the British Championship

in Formula PorU , you know

you haU a future
in front of you

it you GoulU finU the funUing .

AnU my fher, Erio Mansell ,
UiU a Ueal with me

anU saiU , " Look, finish
your qualifioations

it takes three or tour years

and onGe you get your Ue9ree
and you ' re an en9ineer

fully fleUgeU anU you 've got
an en9ineerinD joU

at Luoas AerospaGe, " he says,
"then we ' II go raoing . "

1 9 anU a halt, 2O ,
I got my results

anU I was elateU , I passeU .

I UiUn 't get a first-GIass Pass,
Uut I got a pass.

Right, Iet' s go raoing ,
you know.

Really, really good ,
really happy.

AnU then
my UaU IaugheU at me

anU I diUn 't appreGiate him
Iaughin9 at me

anU I UiUn 't unUerstanU it.

AnU I saiU ,
"Why you Iaughing , DaU? "

He said , "Well , where
U 'you think we ' re Donna get

money from to 9o raGin9?

We Gan 't 9o raGin9. "

I saiU , "You promiseU me. "

He saiU , "Yes, " he saiU ,
" I UiU that for you

so you make sure you get
your qualitiGations.

I haU to 9ive you
a goal to aGhieve. "

AnU we fell out.

I fell out with my parents

anU my daU at that point

whiGh is a bit saU for me
to even share th with you now

UeGause I UiUn 't speak
to him tor a tair bit of time.

He really diUn 't have
any money, you know

anU he haU to work really harU

anU to make enUs meet
anU get out there

and he was UetermineU
but unUer-PrivilegeU

I think you shoulU say.

ALLEN :
NiDel ' s wife, Roseanne

is one of the 9reat ti9ures,
aGtually, in the story.

They' d met
when they were young .

I mean , they woulU sleep
in the baok of a van

at the raoetraok rather than
spenU the money on a B&B

or a hotel .

She basiGally gave
all of her salary

as a British Gas Uemonstrator
to him , to go raGing .

I mean , few wives
woulU just Uelieve in

this orazy pipe dream

that Ni9el seemeU to have
the time

Uut she stuok with him
throu9h thiGk and thin .

MANGELL: Well , my tirst
Formula PorU Gar

was Uug out ot a 9arUen .

It was a Javelin JL5

anU it haU flowers
anU weeUs growing out ot it.

My oar was going down
the straight aUout 1 4O

anU the Uaokend
just Uropped down a Iittle Uit

and I saw this wheel
go tlying past

anU realiseU it was my wheel
that haU Gome off.

AnU so I Uidn 't raoe
that Gar anymore.

I borroweU
then a Crossley 25

anU I went anU won
straightaway, first time out.

WI NDGOR: Even then ,
he haU this inner Uelief

that he was the fastest
9uy on the raGe traok.

Really, really quiok.

You GoulU see him on the traok

with other Urivers, anU they' U
Ue going into the GhiGane

and Nigel woulU be the one
ooming in a Iittle earlier

a Iittle bit softer
with his transitions.

CHAN DHOK:
Nigel haU an inGreUible year

in '77 in Pormula Ford .

He entereU 42 raGes

anU won SS of them .

It' s an inorediUIe reGorU .

We enUeU up winnin9
the Ghampionship

whioh was wonUertul .

But it sort of took off
from then .

But what I UiUn 't realise

onoe you Ueoame ohampion
in one series

you step uP to another series,
you start all over a9ain .

'7B was a Uit of
a ni9htmare for Nigel .

I mean , it was the worst time
ot my Iife, really.

The step from Pormula ForU
to Formula S is huge.

You know,
we haU a home then

our first home only oost
just over £4,OOO

anU we sold
everything we owneU

Uooks, piGtures,
furniture anU the home

anU went into
a renteU aoGommoUation

to Ue aUIe to Uuy a works Urive

whioh was Maroh Engineerin9.

CHAN DHOK:
A works team at Pormula S

is essentially one th's UaGkeU

Uy one of the faGtory
engine supPIiers

or Ghassis manufaGturers.

So, they typiGally enU up
bein9 the Uest teams

with the Uest engines,
the Uest set-ups

anU in the enU ,
the best Urivers.

AnU I saiU , " Look, if we give
' em all this money

we feel sure
that er a few raoes

I ' II 9et some results,
anU they' II Duarantee

that they' II brin9 a sponsor
tor us on UoarU . "

In six weeks, they took
all the money anU fired me.

WI NDGOR:
He only diU five raGes that year

anU the money ran out.

A 9uy that 9ooU ,
what a oryin9 shame.

You know, she was workin9

I was Uoin9
a winUow GIeaning job.

I ' U Iive away from home

sometimes six weeks at a time.

He had a Ueliet
in his own aUility

anU him anU his wife
were hapPy to Put

their everything
on the Iine for that.

MANGELL:
But then ...

I manageU then
to get the Unipart drive in 1 979

and that's when
my oareer took off again .

ENG I N ES ROAR

COMM ENTATOR:
No change in the order

Andretti, Peterson, Schecer,
AIan Jones the Australian.

Williams haU an inoreUiUIe start
to their time in F1 .

Yeah , the O7 was a quiGk oar

trom the minute
it turneU a wheel .

The 9rip of the oar was
just in another worlU .

With these grounU efteGt Gars

we have very muGh more
oornerin9 foroe

Uut they' re just as quiok
Uown the strai9ht.

It' s one of those thinDs
we all Uream aUout

something tor nothing .

Ground effeot was a strange iUea

where you haU skirts

that pretty muGh touGheU
the 9round arounU the Gar

that then suokeU it Uown
to the 9round

whiGh meant you GoulU go rounU
the oorners more quiokly.

AnU Gertainly 9oing
into the 1 979 British GranU Prix

Williams were
really gooU this.

RI DER: When they turneU up
at Gilverstone

they were a seGonU faster
than anything else.

They' d Uone a few tweaks
to the aeroUynamios

anU wow, they haU hit
the magio spot.

AnU they were uP anU running .

WI N DSOR: '79 British GranU
Prix, Frank got his first win

anU it was Silverstone.

Not that by MonUay Frank
was thinkin9 muGh about SunUay.

He was alreaUy thinking of
the next raoe, fypioally Prank.

But that was
an interesting Grossover

ot Nigel anU Williams that Uay

UeGause he was in the Formula S
raoe in a Unipart oar.

I was very olose frienUs
with Carlos Reutemann

who, at that point,
was at Lotus

anU Colin Chapman .

COMM ENTATOR:
It seems a pity

that with a British car
Iike thls

there apparent isn 't a British
driver good enough for lt.

We woulU Ue the tirst team
to GonsiUer

new talent Goming along

anU we are always
Gonstantly on the Iookout.

So I Ura9geU Carlos anU Colin
to watGh Ni9el .

Carlos took one Iook at him
anU turneU to me anU saiU

"Yeah , yeah .
He ' s 9ot it for sure. "

AnU he was saying to Colin ,
" Look, this 9uy is really 9ooU . "

RI DER: We UiU an interview
with Colin Chapman .

He was alreaUy worlU Ghampion
with Mario Andretti anU so on .

"Where is the ne British
World Champion oomin9 from? "

AnU he saiU , " I 've heard
a Iot of 9ooU things

aUout a youn9 IaU
oalleU Nigel Man-sell . "

It always stuok with me
that he got the Pronunoiation

of the surname wron9 .
Nigel Man-sell .

He kePt referring
to him as Nigel Man-sell .

MANGELL:
The pivotal time in 1 979

was when we were
at Oulton Park RaGinD

Uoing aUout 1 OO miles an hour

anU AnUrea Ue Cesaris
Put a wheel into my Uaok wheeI

tlipPeU me,
anU I somersaulteU in the air

aUout three times,
anU IanUed upsiUe Uown .

Bin9o, and that Uroke
my baok for the first time

anU I enUeU up
in hospital with a Uroken Uaok

anU GrusheU vertebrae
of the spine.

AnU I haU an extraorUinary
phone Gall from Colin Chapman .

GaiU , " Hello, Mr Chapman ,
how are you? "

He said , "Oh , NiDel . "

He saiU , " I ' m runnin9 a test
in Paul Rioard

anU I 've 9ot six drivers
I ' m evaluatin9 Uown there

and I ' U Iike to give you
the opportunity

to Urive a Formula 1 oar. "

He saiU , "Can you be
there in a week' s time? "

Put the phone Uown to him
anU piGked the phone up

to my speoialist strai9htaway,
anU I saiU

" I ' m going to Urive
a Formula 1 oar in a week's time

Uown at Paul RiGard .

What Gan you Uo to help? "

AnU he trieU to talk me out
of being insane.

AnU I saiU , " I ' m Uoin9 it
with or without you . "

I haU a oorset maUe up.

I got the strongest painkillers

whiGh make you go
a Uit Uoolally.

But I ' U never Uriven
a Pormula 1 Gar Uetore.

I haU no iUea, no knowleUge.

COMM ENTATOR:
Formula 1 raclng

one of the most ohallenglng
and dangerous sports on Earth.

ALLEN : It' s a Uig jumP to go
trom Formula S to Formula 1 .

You ' re 9ettin9 something Iike
four or tive G

of brakinD foroe

whiGh means your heaU is
four times its normal weight

on your neok.

You have to prepare for that,
you Gan 't just throw someone in .

Formula 1 was
unbelievaUIy dangerous.

It was just haPpening so often

that you kinU of expeoteU it.

COMM ENTATOR:
Ronnie Peterson 's Lotus collided

in a horrific trafflcjam.

A crash from which the popular
Swede was never to recover.

ALLEN : It was the most
Uan9erous era of all .

I mean , they were Iosing
one or two

9ranU prix Urivers every year.

MANSELL: You make a mistake
baok then , you were UeaU .

It you were Iuo,
you smasheU your Ie9s

anU never drove again .

You Uroke your baok,
you never Urove again .

You were quadriple9io,
never drove again .

I was 9oin9 Uown the strai9ht

anU everything was Doing . . .
HE WHOOSHES

...as it Uoes
at 21 5 miles an hour.

HaU no time to Urake,
no time to see the Gorner.

Everythin9 hapPeneU so tast.

AnU I was so exGiteU

UeGause Gilles Villeneuve
in the Ferrari oame past me

and I tuGkeU in
UehinU him Uown the strai9ht

and I was Doing the same speeU
anU I stayeU with him .

AnU I thought,
"Oh , this is great!

Oh , how quiok was that Iast Iap?
Was it any DooU?

Was it any gooU? "
AII exGiteU .

I was six seGonUs a Iap.

Six seGonUs a Iap off the paoe.

I was so UejeGted .

I oouldn 't finU six seGonUs,
it was riUiGulous, you know.

AnU I rememUer oallin9
Roseanne and saying

" I think I 've maUe the most
terriUIe mistake of my Iife.

Basioally I ' m out of my Uepth . "

I Uid aGtually speak to Nigel ,
aGtually on that ni9ht.

I rememUer him sayin9,
"Oh , y' know, it' s all happening

really quiGkly, " anU he wasn 't
really UanGin9 with the musio

anU I was a Uit nervous.

And then I went out in the Gar,
anU to this very day

it felt Iike a Ui9 rook
haU hit me in the heaU .

Instantaneously,
everythin9 slowed Uown .

I GoulU see the trees,
I GoulU see the Uarrier

I GoulU see the oorner

I haU enou9h time to brake

haU enough time
to ohange gear.

The next Iap, I was
six seoonUs a Iap faster.

They were very impresseU

to the Point
that Colin si9neU me

as a test Uriver.

Of oourse, what UiU I say?
"Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah !

I ' II have it, I ' II have it. "

Y' know, " Do we get
any money with it? "

This is the ultimate Ghanoe now,
beGause er Formula 1

there isn 't anythin9 else,
Pormula 1 is the tops

anU this is
what I 've Ueen aiming for

tor the past three
or four years now.

AnU to get a ohanGe
with a team

suGh as with Lotus
is Phenomenal .

ALLEN : He took full aUvantage
ot his testing role

set some great Iap times

anU that gave Colin Chapman
the oonfiUenoe

to throw him in for his
granU Prix deUut in Austria.

A year before, he was oleaning
offioes in Cirenoester

anU now he finUs himself
on the 9rid

of a Formula 1 granU prix.

The press Goverage at the time,
a Iot of People were writin9

you know, "Why is this guy Ueing
fast-traokeU into Pormula 1 ?

There are so many more
Ueservin9 Urivers out there. "

AnU Nigel , I think,
only haU a Gouple of wins

in Pormula S
and not Uone muoh more.

The thought was
he ' U sort of IuGkeU in .

You just Uon 't have
the experienoe

you Uon 't have the name.

People were sayin9
with a name Iike mine

I ' U never make it in Pormula 1 .

The name was terriUIe,
I was terriUIe.

Um , you know, they even
GommenteU on my aGoent

that was, you know, shoGking ,
I shoulUn 't Ue in Formula 1 .

You know, he shoulU
oome from Argentina

anU be oalleU
Juan Manuel Pan9io.

He shoulU Ue oalleU
AIUerto Asoari or somethin9 .

You know, Enzo Ferrari .

Anything , you know,
Uut Nigel ManselI

trom BirminDham .

It UiUn 't seem to fit well
with our...

I think with our iUea of

what a 9Iamorous
Pormula 1 raGin9 Uriver

shoulU Ue.

ALLEN : The Pormula 1 worlU
is everything

that people think it is
from the outside .

It' s stylish , it' s glamorous,
it' s exolusive

and it' s always
sort of marketeU itselt

on that kinU of oaGhet.

AnU that makes it
a Uig ohallenge for outsiUers

to finU their way in .

They were sli9htly snoUUy
about him

it I ' m honest, you know.

MANSELL: Colin was
his own person , his own man .

He ooulU have haU

proUaUIy a ohoiGe of
2O other Urivers

with all sorts of
Formula 1 experienoe.

I was always pushinD the Iimits

of trying to Ue
part of somethin9

that I wasn 't part of.

A Iot of the press was waitin9
tor Nigel to fail .

AnU sure enough . . .
HE LAUG HS

...in Austria, I mean ,
you 9ot a sense of the future

Ueoause there was
Urama attaoheU to it.

There is always drama attaoheU
to whatever Nigel Mansell Uoes.

I 9o on the griU
for my first ever raGe.

The guy Gomes with
a UuGket of wer

anU pours a buoket ot water
in the oookPit

beoause I ' m getting
my ass Uurnt

got a Ieak in the fuel tank.

Can you imagine
the Urivers of toUay

sittin9 on the 9rid
9ettinD their ass burnt

anU their 9oolies and everything
else down there?

I suffereU tirst-Uegree burns
of the Iower UuttoGks

so it was, er, quite
an unGomfortaUIe raGe for me.

MANGELL:
Oh , I got Uurnt to Uu9gery.

I got seGonU
anU thirU-Uegree Uurns.

AnU he was sort of IifteU out
of the Gar with Uurns

anU everything else,
sPent the niDht in hospital .

I NTERVI EWER:
Can you sit Uown OK now?

Well , as you notioeU

I 've proUaUIy Ueen
stanUing up a Iot toUay.

HE LAUG HS

MANSELL: We went to ZanUvoort
tor another raoe.

With only ten minutes to 9o,
he saiU

" RiDht, I ' m giving you
EIio ' s Gar, go and qualify. "

They Uidn 't Uo
a seat aUjustment

seatbelt aUjustment,
UiUn 't Uo a pedal aUjustment

just straight into the Gar.

The pressure.

I think I qualifieU 1 4th or 1 5th
but more importantly

I was only one or two tenths
slower than EIio, with one go.

And I think at that moment

Colin thou9ht,
"Yeah , Nigel ManselI

is a serious raoing Uriver. "

At the same time, Frank
haU this Ueautitul oPerion .

The Gar was, you know,
just wonUertul .

To this day,
you 've 9ot to say AIan Jones

in that O7 Williams,
partiGularly 1 9BO

that' s as soliU
a oar-Uriver oomUination

as you ' II ever see in Pormula 1

oos it' s one thin9 to win
9ranU prix

it' s quite another to win
WorlU Championships.

CHAN DHOK: 1 9BO was
a hu9e year in the history

of the Williams ' GranU Prix team

Ueoause that was
when AIan Jones olinoheU

their first
World Championship title.

RI DER:
AnU it was eraorUinary

when you refleGt now

on how Ion9 it takes a team
to UuilU itself

establish itselt, Iet alone
win a worlU ohamPionship.

And they UiU it in the spaGe ot
effeGtively three years.

It is one of
Formula 1 ' s 9reat stories.

CHAPMAN : EIio anU of oourse,
Nigel ManselI

two youn9
up-and-Goming Urivers.

EIio has more experienoe
than Ni9el .

Nigel is the best British Uriver
we 've haU Gome alon9 in years.

The thing that I was
really gettin9 a sense of

at the Lotus Uase in the early
' BOs was this UonU

that haU Ueen formeU between
Nigel Mansell anU Colin Chapman .

MANGELL: I think he saw in me
someone who

haU a tremenUous
apPetite to Iearn

anU Ueing a qualitied engineer
at that time

I haU a far Dreater
understanUing

than someUoUy
who just was a Uriver.

What he UiU for me
was just Iike a father fi9ure.

It he saiU Uo somethin9,
jumP out the winUow

I ' U jump out the window.

RI DER: He was also
very muGh appreGiating

his attituUe to raGin9

whioh is "go tor it" .

M URRAY WALKER:
So, Mansell third

number 12 in the new Lotus B7.

Only his elghth grandprix.

CHAN DHOK:
Ni9el was Uoing a Dreat joU.

He mana9ed to 9et
a oouple ot poUium finishes

one in ' B1 , one in ' B2 .

And he was startin9
to estaUIish himself

in Formula 1 .

ALLEN :
Nigel was haPpy.

He was in a really gooU plaGe
er all the stru9gles

to get to this point.

He was a granU prix star,
he was estaUIisheU .

He was making
some Ueoent money.

PRESENTER: The gold Ieerlng
on the 21, UOO sports car

says it all.

Nigel Mansell has arrived.

RI DER: Williams were
absolutely flyin9

in the puUIiG Gonsoiousness

anU a Iot ot the suPport

that haU Ueen very muoh
UehinU Lotus

at the end of the '7Os
was sudUenly Uehind

this Iittle team at DidGot.

The FWO7 anU the PWOB ,
GonoeptualiseU Uy PatriGk HeaU

anU Frank Durney
took 9rounU effeGts

anU raised the Uar
to a whole new Ievel .

By 1 9B2 , RosUerg
haU UelivereU the team

its seoonU WorlU ChampionshiP.

Williams were now
well estaUIisheU

as a top team in Pormula 1 .

Colin Chapman, the man
who made Lotus cars famous

around the world has dled.

He was 54.

A spokesman for Lotus
says he died of a heart aack.

I was aUsolutely UevastateU .

I mean ...

there ' s no worUs
even er all these years

to desGriUe the feelin9s.

Whatever motivation I haU
just evaporateU in thin air.

The Uireotion in Iite was Iost.

It was the most
shookinD time in my Iife

Gos it wasn 't just
the faot that we Iost Colin

I felt Iike I Iost my father.

So the regime ohangeU at Lotus

anU Colin Chapman was
replaoed Uy Peter Warr

who haU Ueen
Colin Chapman ' s numUer two

who wasn 't as appreGiative
of Nigel 's talents

as Colin haU Ueen

anU they IoGkeU horns
very early on .

CommuniGations
anU Uynamios anU IeaUership

just UisappeareU .

You UiU get the impression

that Peter Warr was not only
very neDative within the team

towarUs Nigel ,
but also outside the team

anU Ni9el haU a very
Uiffioult time in makin9 sure

that his rePutation
remaineU intaGt.

I suppose a Iow point
was Monaoo 1 9B4

whioh was a very wet raoe.

CHAN DHOK: He qualitied seoond
on the 9rid UehinU Prost

anU he was over a seoond taster

than his Lotus teammate ,
EIio de Angelis.

WI N DSOR: AnU the whole
of th MonaGo GranU Prix

he was just out there to
show he, Ni9el Mansell , was

the quiGkest guy on the planet.

CHAN DHOK:
He PasseU Prost on Iap nine

anU really starteU Uisappearin9
off into the UistanGe.

The raGe was unUer oontroI

oUviously in very
treaGherous oonUitions

anU then he went and droppeU it
into the Uarriers.

AnU I think
where Nigel went wrong

his immeUiate quote
at the enU ot the raoe was

" I went on the white Iines

anU the painteU white Iines
are very slippery. "

AnU of oourse
the press haU a fielU Uay.

A Iot ot exoellent drivers
maUe mistakes anU fell off

anU , you know, I teel , through
no real reason of their own .

An haUitual whinger in terms
ot what the press thought.

You know, it was always
someone else ' s fault

it wasn 't ever his fault.

LeaUing that ohorus of oritiGism
was Peter Warr himself.

MANGELL:
I ' II never forget

Ueoause I just oouldn 't Uelieve
he saiU it puUIioly.

He saiU , "Well , while I have
a hole in my ass

he will never win a raGe. "

What' s that supPoseU to mean ,
for orying out IouU?

As I 've saiU , he must Ue
very oonstipeU now.

H E CH UCKLEG

CHAN DHOK:
By the enU ot ' B4

Nigel really neeUeU
a way out of Lotus

anU partiGularly that toxio
relationship he was taoing

with Peter Warr.

It wasn 't working out

anU he was really, really
Iookin9 for another home

for the next Ghapter
of his oareer.

Around the British
GranU Prix time

I starteU to inundate Prank
with Iots of

"You 've gotta sign Nigel "
oonversations

anU starteU to UaGk it up
with Iots of stats.

Pirst Iap out of the pits,
Iaps on oolU tyres, hot fyres

qualifyinD , oomparin9 it with
all the other Urivers

on the griU , anU he was Pretty
enthusiastiG aUout it.

Of Gourse,
next week woulU Gome

anU nothing woulU happen
anU Nigel ' U rin9 and say

"What' s going on? "

" No news, no news. "
AnU so it Ura99ed on and on .

We 9ot to the Dutoh GranU Prix
anU I rememUer saying to NigeI

" Prank' s gonna 9ive us
an answer. "

AnU I aGtually got
a Iittle Uit trustrateU

with the oonversion .

You either want someone
to Urive tor you or you Uon 't.

Nigel just went Uallistio

anU saiU , " Right,
tell Frank the Ueal is off.

I Uon 't want
to Urive for anyboUy

that Uoesn 't want me
anU oan 't make up their mind .

Just go and tell him that now. "

Go I UiU .

I went UaGk
to Frank's Iittle motorhome.

I saiU , " Look, Prank,
you ' re not 9onna Iike this

this is what Ni9el ' s just saiU . "

He said , "AIri9ht, tell him
he ' s 9ot the Ueal . "

Just Iike that.
It was inGreUible.

AnU I enUeU up Uriving
for Williams

in ' B5 with Keke,
whioh was marvellous.

ENG I N E REVS

WI N DSOR: The start of ' B5 ,
there ' s no UouUt Nigel was

the numUer two
in every dimension

purely Ueoause Keke RosUer9
was a 9ranU Prix winner.

He was known as " Roo" , he was
really quiok, 9reat oar Gontrol .

I haU a very unoomfortaUIe
pressure

initially with Williams.

The UaU UIooU was tolU to Keke

anU other people within
the Williams team aUout me.

Ni9el was this En9Iish 9uy

prone to errors of the,
you know...

the Monaoo ' B4

anU there was this sort ot
aura aUout NigeI

as, you know, why have
Williams si9neU him , really?

AnU I ' m sure Keke...

he Uidn 't feel Ni9el
was a threat I Uon 't think.

Without a win

anU you ' re alongside
a worlU ohampion

there is an exPeGtation

that one is gonna Ue Uetter
than the other.

MANGELL:
My tirst raGe was in Rio

anU I got punteU off
the first Gorner.

It weren 't too gooU .

SeGonU raoe was in Estoril .

AnU 9oing to the griU ,
it was raining

anU we haU turbo en9ines

whiGh were Iike
an on-off switoh .

Go I 9et halfway rounU
the Gorner

then the power surges.

Anyway, I spun off,
hit the Uarriers

on the warm-up IaP to the 9riU

anU smashed
the front susPension

on the Ieft hanU siUe

anU haU to Iimp UaGk
to the pits.

I ' II never tor9et the numUer
Patriok HeaU Uid on me .

Oh , my goodness me,
he was so upset.

Peter Collins was
the team mana9er.

He saiU , " Look, just
olear your heaU .

Just foGus on Ueing reaUy
to get Uaok in the oar

anU start trom the pit Iane. "

AnU then aUout a third ,
halfway through the raoe

my teammate Keke RosUerD ,
ex-worlU Ghampion

on the first oorner ooming
onto the main straight

he haU a mighfy aGoiUent,
with the identiGal symptoms

that happeneU to me
on the warm-up Iap.

I Urove the whole raoe
tentatively

anU , y' know, makin9 sure
I wasn 't gonna fall off

Uut I Game from Iast to fifth .

From the pit Iane to P5
in the rain

terriUIe visibility,
he ' s in triG the whole raGe

and he ' s passing people.

AnU he said he Iiterally
IisteneU to the engine note

of the oar in front

anU when that engine note
ohanDeU

that was the moment NiDel ,
without seeing anything

just a Uank ot spray,
woulU just move to the right

or the Ieft.
That's how he Uid it.

If ever there was a raoe
where, if he was prone

to mistakes anU if he was
inGapaUIe of winning

in the ri9ht situation

it woulU 've been shown up
that Uay, Uut he UiUn 't.

He Uelivered
Ueautitully on that Uay.

Just Uefore
the British GranU Prix

Keke Game up to me, he says,
" I neeU to aPologise to you . "

GaiU , " I IisteneU
to those idiots

telling me all Uifterent thin9s
aUout you

whioh I know now
is totally untrue. "

AnU he saiU , " I ' m sorry. "

He saiU , " I haU
Pre-oonGeiveU juUgements

whiGh were totally wron9 . "

In Formula 1 , it' s...

oUviously,
it's Uown to the driver

Uut it' s a team sport.

So, you know, the Gar
is very important

the team is very important

anU you neeU
the tull paGkage really, to...

to win your first raoe.

It's a GomUination ot man
anU maohine.

That' s part of why
people Iove it, I think.

AnU the real magio is
when you get a GomUinion

ot a Uriver who ' s on the up

who 's aUIe to make a oar taster.

Throu9h my en9ineering
UaokgrounU

Patriok Head ,
we got on really well .

It was a Ureath ot fresh air.

We got half a seoonU ...

half a seoond to mayUe six,
seven tenths a IaP faster

just with one test.

Beoause he ' U got so muGh
road dust on him at that point

that when finally, he was,
you know...

very, very gooU oar
with a good UalanGe

with a very good rearenU ,
Iots ot power

BranUs Hoh ,
a great GirGuit that he Ioved

it was ri9ht up NiDel ' s street.

CHANDHOK: The 1 9B5
European Grand Prix

was held BranUs HatGh ,
anU it was a hu9e Uay for Ni9el .

He maUe a 9reat start
trom thirU on the 9riU

9ot up to seGonU
but he ran wiUe early on

whiGh alloweU
Uoth Nelson Piquet

anU Keke Rosberg to 9et past.

RosUer9 trieU to overtake Senna

who put quite
an aggressive blook on him

oausing Rosber9 to spin

anU it Ieft Piquet
with nowhere to 9o.

ALLEN : Piquet 9ets oau9ht up
in that as welI

anU that takes him
out of the raoe.

RosUer9 ' s not haPpy,
has to go into the Pits

to get some servioe
on his oar to rePair it.

He oomes baok out again

anU who Uoes he finU
Uut Senna, holds him up.

Somewh preUiotaUIy,
he wasn 't in a mooU

to Iet him pass

so he put a bit ot a Uetensive
UIoGk on him

whiGh gave Nigel
the opPortuni to sneak Uy

anU take the IeaU in front
of his home GrowU .

RI DER:
Gre move on Ayrton Senna

that put him
in tront of the fielU .

AnU it was a huge Ureakthrou9h .

CHAN DHOK: Onoe in front, Nigel
then set aUout UuilUing a IeaU .

This was 9oin9 to Ue
his Uig Uay at home

in front of a British auUienGe.

MANGELL:
You ' re in a Gar on your own

anU you ' re Iike in
solitary oonfinement

exGept you ' re blastin9
around the GirGuit

with your hair on fire.

You have to mana9e the Gar,
Urive the Gar

it' s very physioaI

but the mental siUe of it
is huge.

Every single Gorner,
I was makin9 sure

I was miGro-mana9ing
the Gorners

making sure I hit the aPexes

making sure
I was Garryin9 enou9h speeU

Uut not too muGh .

You haU to sort of oontrol
your Ureathing

you haU to oontrol your emotion .

Counting the Iaps Uown

anU then also,
the extra Pressure of managing

the 9aP of the Gar
Ghasin9 me Uown

beGause it wasn 't a walkover.

I was only aUout five seoonUs
or so in front.

So I 've never felt
that Pressure ever betore

Uut sheer panio set in

anU with a few Iaps to go,
I mean ...

you know,
a re ooulU blow out

the suspension ooulU break,
the Urakes ooulU faiI

engine GoulU UIow up

you ooulU make
a mistake anU sPin off.

AnU all these feelin9s in
the oar you have to mana9e

beoause if you don 't

you ' II Grash on every oorner.

RI DER: 1 9B5 , the GranU Prix
of Europe at Brands Hatoh

and Ion9 Iast, the British
motorsPort puUIiG GoulU Iet out

a GolleGtive sigh of relief

beGause er 72
9ranU prix starts

Nigel Mansell Iast orosseU
the Iine in first position .

WI N DSOR: I aotually saw
Roseanne Iong Uefore I saw NigeI

at the enU of the raoe, anU ...

we UiUn 't say muoh really,
just, you know...

hug9eU anU , " It' s happeneU
anU it's OK now. "

It haU Ueen suGh a Iong ,
hard tight to get there.

CROWD CH EERG

I NAU DI BLE DIALOGU E

BUTTON : Y' know, I think
Ni9el was one of those Duys

that UiUn 't really want
to show too muoh emotion

anU then as soon
as he won his first raGe

I feel that it all oame out

anU we saw the true Nigel ,
anU he felt oonfident

in , you know,
expressing himselt.

It's the most wonUerful feelin9
in the worlU .

Now, he Uidn 't neeU
to Prove anything anymore.

I think anyboUy who ' s trieU
for the number ot years

he ' U trieU anU then
you suUdenly win a raoe

you ' re a foot taller then ,
aren 't you?

CROWD CH EERS AN D WH ISTLES

MANSELL ON PI LM : It anyUoUy' s
won the raoe for me toUay

it' s the People out there.

They've just been unUelievable.

I mean , on the Iast few Iaps,
I ooulU just see ' em .

I mean ,
it was just extraordinary.

Best teeling I 've ever had
in my Iife.

BRADSHAW: I think more
than any other British Uriver

I 've known ,
he has a genuine Iove air

with the British puUIiG.

And onGe you get over
that hurUIe

I was up anU 9one.

I mean , I was reaUy
to win everything .

RI DER: Immediately after
oame the seGonU viotory

the very ne granU Prix
in South Afrioa.

AnU suUUenly, we went
into the GIoseU season thinking

" Hey, you know, this guy
ooulU really take it

on to the next Ievel . "

WI N DSOR: Keke haU haU an ofter
to go to MGLaren .

The thinking was

Nigel 's pret good ,
Uut is he that gooU?

AnU is he 9onna win us
a worlU ohampionshiP?

So Frank was Gasting
arounU for the ne Uriver.

We need to 9et a proven winner,
we neeU to get Nelson Piquet.

He was a Uouble worlU Ghampion
at that point

and he was Mr Perteot
in every dimension

from Frank's point of view.

He IoveU the Uikes, he IoveU
the girls, he IoveU everything

aUout Nelson ' s oosmopolitan
way of Iife.

He sent me off
to Nelson ' s hotel room

to get the Uraft
agreement signeU .

Just saiU , " Nelson is
the numUer one Uriver. "

I wasn 't exaotly
thrilleU with it

UeGause I knew
Nelson ' s repution .

Hopefully we GoulU work
GIose enou9h with Nelson

to Ue, you know...

Ue in the top three
all the time.

Prom his point of view

it was just yet another
super-quiGk Uriver

who ' U won world ohamPionships.

He always thou9ht,
"Well , y' know

it I Ueat him , I ' II Iook
even Uetter I guess. "

Y' know,
that's the way he thought.

The feeling was one of
tremenUous optimism .

REPORTER: Part of the contract
allows Mobll

to tour the IIlams '
Oordshire-based race shop

with some ofits
favoured clients.

We oan monitor the funGtions
of the en9ine meanwhile...

REPORTER:
For Peter ndsor

lt's a routlne ftoor show.

I ' U joineU Frank full time
in ' B5 to Uo all the Iiveries

anU the unitorms,
all that Golour stuff.

He oan UIame me for that.

But as a result of that,
I was quite involveU

at tests anU at raGes.

We were testin9 at RioarU .

I mean . . . there were so many ifs
aUout this thing

Uut, in faot, Prank UiUn 't
really need to Ue there.

He wanteU to Ue there
Gos it was a test

anU it was the first time we
were runnin9 the 11 HonUa oar.

I set oft with Prank

anU he was
in an Avis ForU Sierra

anU it was a Iovely ernoon ,
Gaturday ernoon .

But I UiUn 't know
that he was so into

Ueing tlat-out all the time.

AII I saiU was, "Are the brakes
OK on this thing , Frank? "

WhiGh was my way
of trying to say

" Do we neeU to go
this quiokly? "

AnU he saiU , "Yeah , yeah . Brakes
are fine, Urakes are fine. "

AnU he 9oes throuDh this kink.

The baokenU just oame out
a Iittle Uit

anU I rememUer thinking

now we ' II see
how 9ooU he is.

Frank UiU one ot those

whioh immeUiely set uP
an osGillation , of oourse.

We were oUviously
gonna hit the wall .

BRAKES SCREECH
- G LASS GHATTERS

LOUD CRU NCH

Came to rest upsiUe Uown .

AII I GoulU hear was
Prank saying

" Get me out, I ' m trappeU ,
I Gan 't move, get me out. "

The ne thing , I was just
Iying in the grass tielU

with the Gar ten metres away,
with Frank' s...

I was just oraUIing
Prank' s heaU in my Iap.

Nelson anU I anU an engineer,
we raoeU to the aoGiUent

anU obviously saw
the whole thin9

as it happeneU Pretty muoh .

AnU I rememUer, obviously
travellin9 to the hospitaI

in the amUulanoe, try and ...

keep Frank alive, basiGally,
and keeP him staUIe.

WI N DGOR: Ni9el got into
the amUulanoe with Frank

anU Uasioally just
kePt him GonsGious

kept winUin9 him up

oraokin9 jokes, aUusing him

whatever, you know,
just to keep him ...

keep him 9oing ,
keeP the aUrenaline Doing .

He was inGreUiUIe unUer stress.

SomeUoUy rang up anU saiU

"Oh , Prank' s had
a baU aoGiUent. "

Yeah , I mean , we were
all oUviously quite shoGkeU

anU then the stories Goming out
was how UaU it was.

I think we were all sort of
on tenterhooks

Ueoause Prank was suoh
an inte9ral Part

of the paUUook anU the team .

MANSELL: Patriok HeaU assumed
the mantle ot IeaUing the team

anU UiU a faUulous joU.

Everyone just olosed ranks

whiGh is what you have to Uo
in aUversi.

Even Nelson anU I
GIoseU GomPIete ranks

anU for a short perioU of time

we really worked
well together.

BRADGHAW: The Uetermination
of Ginny Williams

to keep her husUanU alive...

I mean , amazin9 IaUy
who fought

UeGause, you know,
there were People saying

" No, he won 't survive. "

But when he reaPpeareU ,
I mean , it was a...

it was very emotional
for everyUoUy.

Very emotional .

Well , I suppose that Uay
was just the inevitaUIe result

of 27 years of hooli9an Uriving .

I was IaiU there on the DrounU
while the amUulanGe oame

it took aUout an hour
to 9et there.

I GoulUn 't feel very muGh

exoept my hanUs
and arms were Uurning

as if I ' U fallen oft a UiGyole
anU got gravel ...

you know, ripPeU the skin oft.

Um ,
Uut over the next few months

one realised that, you know,
you ' re not 9onna walk again

anU that was rather a shame.

REPORTER:
Frank Wllliams is quadriplegic.

From his shoulders down,
he has no control

over the functions
ofhls own body.

The intrlcate wiring ofhis
nervous system is snapped

Ieaving the movlng parts as dead
as a broken machine.

One of his first reaGtions
was to sort ot ourse anU swear

and say, " I hope this isn 't
gonna mean th I ' m not Donna

get to the Brazilian
Grand Prix. "

Piquet kiokeU off
the 1 9BG season with a win

on home 9round in Rio.

The seGonU rounU in Gpain

Nigel and Ayrton were
wheel-to-wheeI

reoorUing the seoond olosest
tinish in P1 history

Uut Nigel just got Ueaten
on that day.

It was so olose,
I think they should give us...

They shoulU 9ive us
seven anU a half points eaoh .

The oanny AIain Prost
then took Uaok-to-Uaok viGtories

at Emilia anU Monaoo

anU as the reigning
WorlU ChamPion

he then Urove himself
ri9ht to the forefront

of the ' B6 title Uattle.

RI DER: Ni9el really had to
di9 Ueep to make sure

that he remaineU within ran9e

anU my goodness, Uuring
the miU-part ot that season

he put together
a string of results

whiGh ohangeU the oourse
of the ohampionshiP.

I ' m sorry it took so Iong , Frank

Uut we 've GraGked it
this year already.

The relationship with Nigel anU
Nelson Uroke Uown very quiokly.

Nelson telt that, as numUer one

he shoulUn 't Ue trouUIeU
Uy the other Gar at any sta9e.

I was winnin9 raGes
anU told to slow Uown

or I was Gohin9 up
with the Ieader

anU tolU to slow Uown ,
save the status quo.

What aUout those times my raUio
UiUn 't funGtion very well?

You know, if you ' re raoing ,
you ' re raoin9 .

Memo-wise, I shoulU
never Ue quiGker than him

anU I shoulU never beat him

but I UiUn 't 9et the memo.

He put to9ether a run
of tour wins in five raoes.

The most imPortant
anU the most emotionaI

was the British GranU Prix win
at Brands Hatoh

Ueating Piquet,
anU Ueating Piquet well .

AdUing to the emotion
at Brands Hatoh

was the appearanoe
in the pit Iane

of Prank Williams
in his wheelGhair.

A few months earlier,
noUoUy haU expeoteU

to see him UaGk
at a granU prix GirGuit

but with Ni9el winning

anU his team spearheaUing
the WorlU Championship raGe

one of the great moments.

AI RHORN BLARES

Mansell ' s viotory
spurreU Piquet on

and he went on a run
ot viotories ot his own .

CROWD APPLAUDS

With three raoes to 9o

tour Urivers Gould still
win the WorlU Championship

anU the rin9master,
Bernie EoGIestone

gathereU them
all to9ether in EstoriI

for a IegenUary pioture

now known as the " Gan9 of Pour" .

ALLEN : Th photo9raph
of the four Urivers

Senna, Prost, Piquet, ManselI

reminUs you just how tou9h
anU how Gompetitive

Pormula 1 was at that time.

I mean , you ' re talking aUout 4
of the all-time greats there

in one shot.

I mean , it was
truly a golUen era.

It's just unUelievable
to think Uaok

that the former offiGe oleaner
from Hall Green in Birmingham

at that time,
was IeaUing all of them .

AnU the others had
WorlU Championships

anU Nigel hadn 't
Dot one yet, Uut...

there they are
trying to Ue frienUIy.

HE LAUG HS

ENG I N E WAI LS

To Ue realistiG, I think Nigel
is world ohamPion toUay

Uut it' s not tinisheU yet.

The Iine-up for the griU

for tomorrow' s
Australian GranU Prix

Ni9el Mansell will
start on pole position .

Remember,
Nigel only neeUs to finish

in the top three in AUelaiUe
to win the WorlU Championship

aheaU of his two
olosest Ghallen9ers

AIain Prost anU Nelson Piquet.

He now has the ohanGe
ot oourse to take the title

he ' s waiteU for
for six years.

With Senna out of Gontention

the season oame Uown
to one final raoe in AUelaiUe.

Three Urivers.

Mansell with a six-Point IeaU

over Piquet anU Prost.

Gurely this was his to Iose.

Just very exoiteU
that we were 9onna get

a British WorlU Champion .

It was Ni9el 's moment,
it was Ni9el ' s day in the sun .

Onoe again , Pormula 1
was trontpage news.

Can our NiDe do it?

ALLEN : We hadn 't haU
a British WorlU Champion

sinGe James Hunt in 1 976

anU there was this fantastiG
sense of national exPeGtation .

ENG I N ES ROAR

WALKER: And lt's gol
And a superb start

from Nlgel Mansell.

Senna goes through to second
place ahead of Piquet.

The raGe was going to plan .
Ni9el was 9onna win .

You know,
it was all going so welI

anU then of Gourse,
it all unravelled .

In a raGe, you ' re never
Gounting any ohiokens.

You know, you know
anythin9 Gan happen .

WI NDGOR:
Tyres were a Ui9 issue then

partioularly on a GirGuit
Iike AUelaide.

There ' s a Iot of heat anU IoaU
9oing throu9h the rear tyres

Partioularly unUer traotion .

Having said that,
in those Uays

a Pitstop was always
a slightly risky thin9 .

You just want everything
to go smoothly.

You Uon 't want to 9o
into the pits

anU worry aUout
a wheel not going on

or a Gross-threaUeU
wheel nut

oos then your raGe is over.

They IookeU at the res though
and said , "They Iook good . "

Y' know, they Iook fine

so Nigel Uoesn 't neeU
to oome in for a tyre ohange.

So he just GruiseU arounU .

He was in an easy position

anU he was 9onna Ue
WorlU ChamPion

until that fateful strai9ht.

EXPLOSION
- WALKER: And Iook at thatl

Oh, that. . . and colossally,
that's Mansell!

That is Nigel Mansell!

We ' re watGhing that Iong shot
ot him Goming Uown the strai9ht

anU then suUUenly
all hell Iets Ioose

anU we just
were goUsmaokeU .

You know. . .
it all was Iookin9 so 9ooU .

I think it was also,
it was so speotaGular

seein9 the sparks
anU the wheel .

I Gan still , in my minU ' s eye,
see the oar

anU see the re
and see the sparks.

They Urou9ht Piquet
into the Pit

so that sGuppereU his world
Ghampionship GhanGe as well .

AIain Prost was
the worlU Ghampion .

MANSELL: When you feel
Iike you ' re in oontroI

shit hits the fan ,
it normally Uoes.

But that one was just
out of the UIue .

EveryUody Ueats themselves up.

If it GoulU 've Ueen avoiUeU ...

we GoulU 've Put him
on some new res.

The only thin9 I reDret

I shoulU 've Uroken a Gouple
of Iegs anU 9one in the walI

and woulU 've Ueen
WorlU Champion , y' know.

It' U have Ueen worth it.

If he diUn 't hang onto it
at 2OO miles an hour

anU take it Uown
the esGaPe roaU

he would have
Put it into the walI

they proUaUIy woulU 've
reU-flaggeU it

Gos the oar woulU 've Ueen
in the midUIe ot the oirouit.

They woulU 've taken it
UaGk a raoe

anU he would 've won
the World Championship.

But he Uid the ri9ht thin9 .

Just in that one moment,
you oan see how 9ooU Nigel is.

Every oorreGtion
he makes to the wheeI

is aUsolutely perfeGt.

There ' s no over-Gorreotion
at any stage.

He ' s only 9ot one tyre
on the UaGk of the Gar

anU he 's flat out.

AnU that was it,
ohamPionship to Prost.

I ' m sure Piquet was deli9hteU .

For us, it was just
Iike the worst triP home

that I 've ever had .

No, I Uon 't...

I think he hightaileU it away.

I Uon 't rememUer even speaking
to anyUoUy who ' U seen him

UeGause obviously he woulU 've
Ueen Uistraught.

Must've Ueen Uevastatin9 ,
and I Gan 't imagine

what went through his head .

You GoulUn 't breathe.

I ooulUn 't Ureathe. I mean ...

you Gome that olose, anU ...

anU to know that you might
never, ever, ever smell it

or touoh it or taste it
ever again is...

How Uo you Iive with that
for the rest of your Iife?

AnU that' s what kept me going .

I mean , the whole world
haU fallen apart.

The WorlU ChamPionship had gone.

It was one of those
iooniG moments

aDain in motorsport,
you know.

That' s how you Iose
a WorlU Championship.

I still sometimes have...

some sad moments thinking

how easy anU how olose it was

and to Iose it in the way
that we UiU was horrenUous.

But the flipsiUe of th is

I think that just
GementeU the fans in plaoe

for the rest of my oareer,
I mean ...

They Iost
the WorlU Championship too.

AnU that' s what it telt Iike.
They shareU it.

And we shareU
everythin9 together.

AnU the irony is that, you know,
he UeGame a Ui9ger star

UeGause of what hapPeneU
anU the way it happeneU

anU perhaps even
if he ' U won , you know.

It Ueoame part of his story.
His story is Urama.

So there was no
WorlU Championship tor NigeI

Uut all the aGoolaUes
Game his way

over the ne
oouple ot months.

There were honours of all kinUs

inoluding one
whioh he always re9arUeU

as partioularly signitiGant

and that was the BBC viewers

anU the television viewers
voting him

Sports Personali of the Year.

Everyone in their tens
of thousands

voteU for the top
sportsman of the year.

A far Uigger honour

than winnin9 the Pormula 1
WorlU ChamPionship.

VOICE BREAKS:
I Iove the fans...

anU they kept me going .
H E CH UCKLEG

BIess ' em .

You ' II have to forgive me,
you 9et a bit...

It' s. . . it' s the pollen .

It's the pollen ,
that' s what it is.

That turbo Gar from 1 9B7
was the peak of the turUo era.

They GoulUn 't even measure

the amount ot horsepower
it was proUuoing .

AnU the Williams HonUa FW11 B

was the Ui9Dest
monster of them all .

BRADSHAW: It was the best Gar
out on the traok.

It was gonna Gome down
to a Uattle

Uetween the two Urivers.

Nigel and Nelson ...

they haU not 9ot a relationship.

They were, wh we ' U say,
traUing UIows, weren 't they?

I ooulU sense anU see
there was a Uivision haPpening

in the team ,
Uut I just Put that Uown

you know, Nelson
was a multiple WorlU Champion .

When you haven 't won one

that' s where you really are
at a UisaUvanta9e.

He was Uein9 put unUer sorutiny.

Uh . . . you oannot say
a Uetter Uriver, worse Uriver

Ueoause I Gan say
I win two Ghampionships

anU NiDel Iost one.

Teammates in Pormula 1 ...

Yeah .

" Mates" ...

Uoesn 't really work,
I Uon 't think.

There 's always
an atmosphere in a team

espeoially if you ' re
fighting for wins

and Nigel anU Nelson
Uefinitely haU that.

Nelson Piquet, Ueep Uown

there was a kinU of...

vioiousness,
anU a poison to him .

He was ni9gly, he was Gombative,
he was 9ossipy

anU he was everything th you
Uidn 't want a teammate to Ue.

When Ni9el Uid start to
Gramp Nelson 's sle

whether it be in qualifying

whether it Ue
on the first Iap of a raGe

whether it be Ueatin9 Nelson

out-raGing him
from start to finish

he woulU go
into Prank' s offioe anU say

"You know, this is riUiGulous,
what is going on?

I ' m supposed to Ue
numUer one Uriver

and this guy,
you keep 9iving him

this and that,
anU he ' s aheaU ot me.

They must Ue favouring Nigel
with a better oar

or HonUa must Ue givin9 him
a Uetter en9ine

or something must Ue going on
to explain this.

I Uon 't Iike this situation

anU Ni9el ' s
not good news at all . "

Nelson was 9onna
use every bit ot ima9ination

that he oould to try to 9et
insiUe Ni9el ' s heaU

irritate him , annoy him ,
upset him , Ue him that way.

MANSELL: I think it was
in Japan on the Uullet train

one time,
anU I ' U hurt my riUs.

I think I ' U fraGtureU or oraokeU
some riUs or whatever.

He kept Poking me
in my ribs on the way.

AnU I took it for a Iittle while

anU then er you 've Ueen
tappeU a few times

I just turneU rounU ...

I just IookeU him strai9ht
in the eye, I saiU

"You Uo that one more time ,
I will Iay you out

Iike there is no tomorrow. "

Early ' B7,
Nelson UiU an interview

with PIayboy Brazil

in whiGh he was askeU
aUout the UifterenGes

between him and NigeI

anU his reply was...

"Well , the main differenoe is

I always have beautiful
9irlfrienUs anU he has. . . "

AnU I won 't use the worU here
Uut he was very Uerogatory

about Roseanne.

RI DER:
Roseanne is the nioest person

you oan meet in the worlU .

Their marriage is the most soliU

I have ever experienGeU
in any sporting environment.

The faGt that Piquet telt

that he neeUeU to Uo
these thin9s I think shows

to what eent he felt
threateneU Uy NigeI

Ueoause if Nigel wasn 't a threat
he woulUn 't neeU to do it.

I think a Iot of people thou9ht
it aGtually diminisheU Piquet.

He hit well Uelow the Uelt

anU again , Uut that just
showeU up his oharaGter

to say and do those thin9s.

I Uon 't think that speaks great
volumes aUout yourself, Uoes it?

And of Gourse,
when that happeneU

from that moment onwards

he was a markeU man
so far as Nigel was GonGerneU .

Whatever Nelson is,
anU he ' s an iUiot

Uut he ' s a gre Uriver

anU I haU to hang it out there
to even oompete

as a numUer two
to the numUer one.

Well , Ni9el is a true raoer

and when the Iights Do 9reen ,
he kinU of gets a Uit reU

anU has a Iot ot anger in him
anU that' s expressed

in some really
superlive raGin9 .

H I LL: Prank Williams,
he thought it was quite funny

that they were
at eaGh other' s throats

Gos in his minU ,
if you 've 9ot two Urivers

who hate eaoh other,
they Do faster.

What Uo you Uo?
Do you turn rounU anU say

"You 've gotta Ue niGe to
eaoh other anU work together" ?

As a team owner,
you oan 't want better.

You know that at the enU
of a weekend

it will Ue a Williams oar
that wins

UeGause your Urivers are
pushing eaoh other so hard .

Piquet, Uy whatever means,
was getting the uPper hanU

both in terms of what
haPpeneU on the traok

anU mayUe what was
happenin9 psyoholoDioally.

Now, praotioe for the British
Pormula 1 GranU Prix

at Gilverstone 9ets
unUerway toUay

anU the foGus of ention
this weekend will Ue

on Nigel Mansell anU his
Williams teammate Nelson Piquet

who it seems have not Ueen
the Uest of frienUs.

The one gre highlight,
ot Gourse, was onGe aDain

the British GranU Prix
at Gilverstone

where Nigel built up

Uuilt up, Uuilt up
to that wonUertul move

Uown the Uottom
ot the hangar straight.

The Uummy move.

I rememUer it
in the karting Uays.

PretenUin9 you ' re Doing
to the Ieft

anU then they slightly move
that direotion

to Gover you anU you ohange
UireGtion immeUiately

and throw it Uown the insiUe.

H I LL:
They were so GIose to touGhin9

and what I reGall ,
a pretty hairy overtake

Uut olassiG Ni9el Mansell .

He was a Uruiser anU woulU Uo
anything to suGoeeU

Uut Nelson gave him
no room whatsoever.

BRADGHAW:
They' re the best overtakes

oos that was on your teammate
in the same oar

anU Williams UiU 9ive
Uoth Urivers the same equipment.

They never messeU arounU
Iike that.

CHANDHOK: I think that was
aotually the tirst proper

traok invasion we ' U seen .

It was also the start,
I think, of Mansell-mania.

If you ' re 9onna have
a home raGe

that' s the olosest
you oan 9et to Birmingham .

Go Silverstone
is Nigel ' s UaoarU .

CROWD CH EERG

There were suUUenly
peoPIe Goming to the raGes

that weren 't neGessarily
Formula 1 fans

they were Mansell fans.

They wanteU their man Nigel .

There was a worry I think
in the sport th Ni9eI

was sort of attraotinD
the wrong

sort of tans.
HE LAUG HS

We were worrieU aUout getting
footUall hooli9ans I think.

BRADGHAW:
People Iike an underUoD .

People Iike someUoUy
who ' s Uo99eU and UetermineU .

I mean , the UullUo9 spirit.

People were able
to 9et behinU the team

anU really telt part of it

anU when he won ,
it felt Iike they' U won .

ALLEN : They GoulU see
that Nigel was a real person

that he ' U haU a Iite Uefore
he beGame a 9ranU prix Uriver.

He wasn 't the proUuGt
of some aoaUemy

that haU taken him from kartin9
straight throu9h

seamlessly into Formula 1

without ever having to Uo
a Uay' s work in his Iite

or get his hanUs dirty.

He was one of them , really.

RI DER:
The ReU 5 symUol with NigeI

beoame a Uig marketing thing

anU everyone knew Nigel
as "Oh , Red 5 , ReU 5 ! "

BUTTON : I think it's also
UeGause of his Iook.

You know, the Uushy eyebrows,
the Uig moustaohe.

He Uefinitely haU a Iook.

AnU . . .
HE LAUG HS

Nelson wasn 't happy. . .
SHE CH UCKLEG

...as you oan ima9ine,
Uut the fans were.

RI DER:
It aUsolutely eleGtrifieU

the Gilverstone GrowU ,
anU Ieft them all Uelievin9

that, "Yeah , our Ni9e
is the man .

He ' s turned the oorner

and the rest of
the Ghampionship

is surely gonna be his. "

It Iooked Iike it was gonna 9o
Uown to the wire again in ' B7.

Ni9el was in a DooU plaGe,
it was well set up

anU it was gonna Ue
pret olose for sure.

Came Uown to the Iast
two raGes.

Piquet IeaUinD
the ohamPionship oharge

Uut Nigel Mansell
was still in touoh

with those two raoes Ieft

first of whioh was
the Japanese Grand Prix.

SH E SIGHS
Guzuka 1 9B7...

Nelson went out anU UiU
an amazin9 time in qualifying

anU put in a 9reat Iap.

The moment Nigel saw that time

that Nelson put in ,
that was game on .

AnU off Nigel went to matGh him .

I proUaUIy...

I thou9ht I ooulU 9et rounU
that Gorner

just that Iittle Uit quioker.

The wheel just got
on the kerU that Iittle Uit.

RES SQUEAL

I rememUer the shook
up my spine

anU it stopPeU me
breathing for a...

a minute or so,
I ooulUn 't Ureathe.

I was just paralyseU

Ueoause it orusheU
my Iower UaGk.

Spinal GonGussion , they oall it.

He was in so muoh agony.

It was pretty obvious th Ni9el
was not gonna raGe the next day.

So oUviously th haU
hanUeU the ohampionship

to Nelson there anU then .

He went off Uy heliGoPter

anU that was efteotively
the Ghampionship over

anU it gave it to Nelson .

BRADGHAW: You know,
there was no roisterinD

GeleUrating ,
Nelson UiUn 't Uo that.

NoboUy UiU that,
oos he ' U got the ohampionshiP

Uut not the way
anyboUy wanteU it to enU .

It was an anti-GIim.

PRATTLEY: We still won
the ConstruGtors' Championship.

It was a Uit of a mixeU emotion .

I was Ue9innin9 to wonUer
whether Nigel was...

"jinxeU " , shall we say.

AnU onoe again
the Ghorus starteU

" It ain 't gonna haPpen
for Ni9el . "

You know, I watoheU
a oouple ot peoPIe Uie

in intensive oare
over the time I was there.

AnU then I thought
in all hones

I ' U never raGe again .

When you ' re hurt so UaUIy

anU you think you ' re
never 9onna walk a9ain

it Uoesn 't really matter.

My foGus wasn 't
aUout raGin9 then .

It was aUout, you know...

having my ohilUren GIimU
on the UeU

anU Uon 't understand why DaU
oan 't oome out of beU .

I think the raoe
was in aUout NovemUer

anU feelin9s in my Iegs
never oame UaGk till ...

starteU to Gome baok
in January, February I think.

The enU of 1 9B7
was Pretty awful for Nigel .

He was Iying in a JaPanese
hosPital with a Uroken baok.

He ' U Iost the WorlU Championship
to Nelson

anU then Piquet haU taken
the HonUa engines with him

anU Ieft Williams tor Lotus.

REPORTER:
ese are the FW11s

which took the team
and their sponsors

to absolute victory in 19B7.

The problem is

these $1O million technologlcal
masterpieces

are antiques

more useless
than a pre-war Mercedes

because Honda won 't even
Iet IIiams

keep lastyear's englnes.

Williams were Uaok in the paGk
for the 1 9BB season .

It seemeU
to unUerline even more

the taot that Nigel ' s Uig ohanGe
haU gone.

Ni9el Mansell is Ieavin9
the Williams team

for Ferrari next year in a Ueal
rumoureU to Ue worth

arounU £4 million to Mansell .

Nigel was the Iast Uriver
to Ue personally si9neU

by Enzo Ferrari

anU that' s quite
a si9nitioant thing

it' s something Ni9el himself
is very prouU of.

"The prophet is never
reoogniseU in his own oountry"

is an interesting phrase,
isn 't it?

When he went
anU raGed tor Perrari

they just saw
what he UiU in a raoing oar

and what he Uid in a raoing Gar
gave him the name

" II Leone"

and that's the way
to Iook at Nigel Mansell .

He was a Iion in a oar.

RI DER: He UelivereU
some Ueoent results for them

anU then Game
all the politioal maohinations

that proveU his undoing .

ALLEN : Prost tell out
with Senna at MoLaren

neeUeU to 9et out of there.

Ferrari haU the opportuni
to Uring him in .

AnU even though Nigel haU
been there Ion9er than Prost

Prost very quiGkly workeU out

whioh were the Ievers
you needeU to pull .

And that situion , of Gourse,
all oame to a heaU

at the British GranU Prix.

MANGELL:
I got there and I 9ot in my Gar

UeGause we haU qualifyin9
Gars and raGe oars.

AnU I sat in the oar

anU I got in , it' s just Iike
putting a pair of pants

anU your trousers on ,
it UiUn 't tit properly.

This is not my Gar,
wh the hell ' s goin9 on?

So I went to
the team manager, I saiU

" Look, y' know,
you 've swappeU oars on me.

What the hell 's going on? "
They haU to aUmit that they...

AIain saiU , " I wanteU
NiDel ' s qualifyin9 oar"

UeGause I ' U out-qualifieU him
the week Uetore everything else.

If they' U have
just tolU me the truth

I woulUn 't have got upset.

But they UiUn 't, I haU
to squeeze it out of them .

Go we went out anU I qualifieU
in his oar, 9ot Pole position

anU saiU , "Whioh Gar you 9onna
have for the raGe now? "

CHAN DHOK:
Nigel took pole position

he was IeaUing the raoe,
Uut onGe a9ain

his Perrari broke Uown
anU his teammate went on to win .

ALLEN : AnU so in front ot the
orowU , he throws his 9Ioves.

The winU went out ot my sails

anU I knew when
I threw my Ualaolava

anU I knew when I threw
my gloves over the Copse Corner

anU I was almost 9onna
throw my helmet as well .

HE SIG HS

AII that oommitment,
all the toous

anU everythin9 else
just went thump...

anU I saiU , " I ' m Uone. "

It Uoes make me very saU , Uut...

I ' m announGing
my retirement toUay.

AnU retireU . AnU that was it.

AnU he was oft.

Y' know, people in shoGk. . .
we all were.

RI DER: AnU the raoe was still
goin9 on UehinU

and we were all thinking ,
"What on Earth is going on? "

I think a fair amount
of the press

took it all with a pinoh ot salt

and you know,
"This is Ni9el , this is Nigel . "

MANGELL:
My oommitment was to my tamily.

I mean , the years I was
away from my family

anU my wife was. . .
it was tou9h .

There ' s so many
inorediUIe moments

in my oareer with Lotus
anU Williams and Perrari

anU a numUer of PeoPIe
I IoveU had dieU

my teammates haU dieU

I ' U been olose then , oUviously,
a oouPIe of times.

I ' II get out, and get a Iite.

I 've got a Ion9 Iife aheaU ot me

I ' m still alive,
I ' m still Ureathin9 .

I was the happiest
I Gould have Ueen .

I only haU aUout six weeks
or so, it was really gooU .

I was plannin9 my golf
anU I was plannin9 fishing .

Really, really in a gooU plaGe,
it was great.

AnU then , um , of oourse. . .
Prost and Senna

they' re supPoseU to Ue Uriving
for Williams for ' 91 and ' 92 .

They oUviously Uid
their homework

anU saw that the Williams wasn 't
gonna Ue the worlU-beater

that they thou9ht it was
9onna Ue anU ...

neither one ot them wanted
to Urive for him .

AnU there was no numUer one
Urivers arounU .

GheriUan poppeU up.

He said , "We ' U Iike you to Ue
the IeaU Uriver for Williams. "

And of Gourse, then ultimately

Roseanne and I UeoiUeU

that I perhaps wouldn 't Ue able
to Iive with myselt

if I UiUn 't 9ive it a go.

AnU one of the journalists

suUUenly Game up to me
anU he saiU

" I 've just haU
my offiGe on the phone.

They've just saiU
that they've hearU

Ni9el ' s Goming Uaok
to Williams. "

I saiU , "Well . . .
but he retireU . "

"Well , he 's unretiring . "
SHE CH UCKLEG

RI DER: The sport
ooulUn 't orU to Iose him

anU thanully,
Formula 1 manageU

to hang onto Ni9el Mansell .

COMM ENTATOR:
Welcome to the Goodwood

Festlval of Speed

the world!s greatest
celebration ofmotorsport.

Undoubtedly,
one highlight of the weekend

will be Nigel Mansell

belng reunlted with the mighty
IIiams FW14B.

Red 5 is backl

TOM MORTON :
The FW1 4B oar 11 is so speoiaI

Ueoause it was
only Ni9el ManselI

that Urove that partioular Gar.

AnU also, to Williams fans

it really is
the aUsolute pinnaole

of what we Gan Uo as a team .

ToUay, we are prepping the Gar.

We ' re 9onna meet
Nigel ManselI

he ' s gonna sit in this Gar

for the first time sinoe 1 992 .

Make sure that we ' re happy
with how he fits in the Gar

for the big moment
on SunUay.

To Urin9 suGh a Uriver as him
anU the Gar to9ether

it' s a really biD moment,
not just tor myself

Uut for the whole Grew.

REPORTER: Eight months on
from his emotlonal retlrement

Mansell was back at Sllverstone
today with a team

he can trust and a new car

produced by the organlsation

that so nearly brought him world
championshlps in 'B6 and '87.

WI N DSOR: Nigel was Uaok
in normali a9ain .

This time with a teamme

with whioh he GoulU feel
oomfortable.

Pinally, he got RioGarUo

and that GoinGiUeU with
a whole new era for Williams

with PatriGk HeaU workin9
with this amazing boy hero

AUrian Newey.

He UiUn 't oome in
with any real fanfare.

He UasiGally just apPeareU .

Even then , baok then ,
you know

you GoulU tell straightaway

he was a very speGial
inUiviUual .

He UiUn 't always neeU
a winU tunnel .

He ooulU Iook at a Gar
and see whiGh way the air

was aGtually flowin9 over it.

H I LL: Using the Gookpit
as an aeroUynamio UeviGe

was a oompletely
massive Ueparture

from the olU ,
Uoxy-Iooking Williams.

They also haU Renault engines

and Renault en9ines were
ooming stron9

anU they were 9oin9 plaoes.

The ' 91 season was all about
Senna versus Mansell .

You talk aUout iooniG moments
in motorsport

Uut that shot
Uown the straiDht

where Genna and Mansell were
Uefying eaGh other to baok off.

WonUerful Formula 1 .

I think it took me
a Iittle bit ot time to realise

just how ruthless Ayrton was.

I mean , he aGtually PIanneU
how to knook people

off the GirGuit
a numUer of times

anU I was the reGiPient
of th a few times.

ALLEN : In the early Uays,
Genna was a Uit wilU .

He Uidn 't mind taking
people off the raoetraok.

Ni9el famously onoe
pinneU him against the walI

by his throat anU saiU

" If you ever Uo that again ,
I ' II knook your blook off. "

MANGELL:
We haU a hell of a Punoh-up

at the Gpa Grand Prix
when we Uoth went off.

He says, "You ' re aUsolutely
Grazy, aren 't you? "

AnU I said , " No, "
I saiU , " I ' m not Grazy"

I saiU ,
" But I 've haU enough of you .

I ' m not 9onna Iet you
intimidate me

anU take me off anymore.

AnU if you ' re gonna try
anU kill me

I ' m telling you now,
I ' II kill you .

We ' re either gonna Uie together

or there ' s 9onna Ue
a healthy respeGt. "

AnU from that seoonU on

anU I would say

there was a far greater
unUerstanUing Uetween us.

Yeah , we 9ot on
a Iot Uetter then .

RI DER: AnU then of Gourse
we get to Gilverstone

anU of Gourse, Nigel is Donna
Uo it again for the GrowU .

This time the orowU
oome pouring onto the GirGuit

anU he piokeU up Ayrton Senna

in a wonUerful 9esture to 9ive
him a Iift UaGk to the pits.

He Dot GritioiseU for that.

AII Ayrton was Uoing was
reaUin9 the Uata

from his steerin9 wheeI

to report UaGk to the team

on wh he ' U seen
on the Williams.

Go Nigel ' s nioe aGt
baoireU a Iittle Uit.

After the Silverstone heroios

well , Ni9el was
in tirm oontention

until of oourse,
that awful moment in Portugal .

ALLEN :
The soenario ooulUn 't Ue Uetter.

He ' s in Gontrol
of the granU prix

and it Iooks Iike it' s gonna Ue
a Uig Points swin9

Ueoause Senna' s further Uaok.

It was all set up
perteGtly for Nigel .

WI N DSOR: The oar oame in ,
the gun went in

took the nut out,
wheel Game off, Put the nut on .

It 9ot Gross-threaUeU .

But what he UiU
was pull the gun out

anU when the guy on the
rear jaGk saw the gun Gome out

he thou9ht,
"Oh , that wheel ' s GIear. "

AnU that was the proUIem .

LOU D BANG

H I LL: I think I rememUer
Patriok HeaU saying

"Operionally. . .
HE LAUG HS

...I think we GoulU
have done Uetter.

Like putting four wheels on
insteaU of just three. "

BRADGHAW:
The meUia were onto us

wantin9 to know
whose tault it was.

AnU I ' II give Nigel his Uue

he never onoe UIameU anyUoUy.

He saiU , "You know,
we win as a team

anU we Iose as a team . "

RI DER:
The worlU title GhallenDe

oompletely UisappeareU .

For a third time,
he was runner-up

in the Pormula 1
WorlU ChamPionship.

But thin9s were only about
to get a Uit worse in AUelaide.

We were raGin9 in a monsoon .

There was somethin9 Iike seven ,
eight, mayUe even nine oars

GrasheU out alreaUy

anU I was raGing tooth and nail ,
guess with who? Ayrton .

AnU I just aquaPIaneU
strai9ht off

straight into a solid
oonorete wall .

And I felt my foot Ureak
as soon as I hit the wall .

ALLEN : It wasn 't really
oUvious at the time

how serious it was,
Uut as time went on

it Ueoame olear this was
a muGh more serious situation

than it haU tirst IookeU .

My surgeon said ,
"Your foot' s splintered . "

He saiU ,
"We 've got to get the ohiseI

anU hit it with a hammer

anU 9et the bone spurs oft"

whiGh were splintereU

and I saiU , " Look, I Gan 't
have three months off. "

I saiU , "What' s the worst Gase
sGenario? "

He saiU , "Well , eventually
the sPIinters

will oome through the surtaoe, "
anU he saiU

"Then you oan pull ' em out.

But it will Ue
very, very painful . "

AnU I saiU ,
"Well , I ' II Uo that. "

And when you have an injury,
you have to then

9o to the PIA doGtors
anU pass meUioals...

I knew I wouldn 't
Pass a meUiGaI

Ueoause if they examineU it
anU touoheU it

I ' U pass out.

My thought proGess

perhaps not the Uest, I aUmit

was not tell anyUody...

whiGh is pretty tough
Ueoause I had a Iimp all year.

Go ' 91 enUs
with Nigel seGonU again

Uut there was
a UifferenGe this time.

There was a real optimism
within the team

anU I think
Ni9el knew it as well .

He just neeUeU to make sure
that he was reaUy.

I was overUue.

I mean , the tans were overUue,
we were overUue.

I mean , Gome on ,
Iet' s get it Uone.

NiGe to see you , everyUody!

COLI N WATTS:
How you Uoing? AIright, Nige?

How you doing , alriDht?
You gooU?

Hello, Ni9el .

Hello aDain .
- How are you , alri9ht?

Hello, Nige, you alright?

GooU to see you . Right,
we ' re raoin9 this weekenU .

We are, yeah , if you want it.

Ah , Uear.

PRATTLEY: Ri9ht,
this is your original seat.

GooU LorU .

The aperture 's
Uefinitely got smaller.

AnU you 've got Ui9Der.

Ah-ha!

Hey, Jay, this is the olU Grew.

We all go baok a Ion9 way.
- Yeah .

PRATTLEY:
RememUer how to Urive it?

MANSELL: I Uunno.
You ' II have to teaoh me.

Onoe you ' re all the way onto
zero, the engine will stop

and then just fliGk it Uaok
into P1 .

OK, Dot it.
- Just make sure

you ' re in neutral , yeah?
- Yeah . Got it, got it.

When we start, we put
this one uP immeUiately.

PRATTLEY: Yeah .
- Right, anU then we go

we switoh it oft
anU then put it Uaok to one.

PRATTLEY: Perteot.
- PerteGt.

Well rememUereU .
- I rememUereU , yeah .

RememUereU .

The olutGh is very harU ,
isn 't it? Hoo-hoo!

Amazin9Iy enou9h ,
the seat fits really nioe.

It' s GomfortaUIe.

The UaGk of the sPine ' s
in the seat, whioh is Iovely.

AnU the heaUrest is not too Uad .

TOOLS WH I R

I tell you , Goming UaGk
anU sittin9 in it

you aGtually realise
just how exposeU we were.

I mean , when you think

the proteGtion they've got now.
- MAN : Yeah .

I nGreUiUIe.

I just want to Iet you know
how really, really proud

I am to be here,
and Urive the oar.

It' s tantastiG.

AII the memories
are flooUing UaGk.

I rememUer
this position very well .

THEY LAUG H

This will always Ue your oar

so that' s a time
in history that' s yours.

Moment in time, isn 't it?
- Yeah , yeah .

I mean , to think
it's SD years a9o

is staggering .
- I know, I know.

MACH I N ERY WH I RS

WOMAN :
Can I take a pioture with you?

Yes, please, yeah .

Wow, I ' m so UIesseU , thank you .

Thank you .

I N DIGTI NCT CHATTER

WI N DGOR: As ' 91 went into ' 92 ,
Nigel knew he haU

a real opPortuni to win
the World Championship.

MANSELL: You 've Ureamt it
for years anU years

you 've tasteU it.

I mean , I ' m 9oinD
9oose-pimPIy now.

How oan you go goose-pimply
SD years er?

It was almost
Iike a Roc movie.

I mean , he ' s S9 years of age

he ' s almost 4O,
he 's 9ot a Uroken foot

anU he ' s going into the Iast
year of his Gontraot.

There was very muoh
this sense that it' s...

it' s now or never,
it' s make or break.

He was running out of years,
so I think he knew

this proUably
was his Iast shot it.

I think they were very exoiteU
and very GonfiUent

aUout their oar.

These Uays, there ' s a new Gar
every season

Uut it was suGh a gooU Gar

I think they just felt
that they GoulU Uevelop

some parts of it
anU it woulU Ue Uetter.

CHAN DHOK: The 1 4B
is one of the top five

greatest Gars of all time.

It haU a new
teGhnoloDioal weapon

known as "aGtive riUe" .

They haU 9one through suoh
an exhaustive testin9 pro9ramme

in ' 91 with the Iikes of
Damon Hill anU Mark BIunUelI

to make sure the oar
was reliaUIe tor it in ' 92 .

Ni9el GalleU me the test monkey
I think, somethin9 Iike that.

It just...

was a Ueast, UasiGally.

It haU a Iife of its own .

It used to just sit there
in the garage

movin9 on its own ,
up anU Uown , siUe to siUe

UIeeUin9 the air out
of its hydraulio systems.

ALLEN : What was so
speGial aUout

the aotive riUe susPension?

What it meant was
that the Gar woulU antioipate

the bumps in the roaU .

Look at one ot those viUeos
on YouTuUe

of holding a GhiGken ' s boUy
anU tilting it Iike that

anU yet the heaU stays
exaotly in the same plaoe.

That is aGtive riUe.

It's not to Uo
with the suspension

it' s to Uo
with the aerodynamios.

If you Iook at PiGtures
ot the aGtive Gar

it Iooks Iike
the suspension ' s broken .

It Iooks. . . you oan 't
see any air unUerneh it.

It is stuGk to the 9round .

It you oan keep the oar
in a steaUy state

anU keep it staUIe,
then those aerodynamios

are always operating
at their top Ievel .

H I LL: It was only really
maUe possiUIe Uy GomPuters

anU it meant that this was
the start of

really, what we take
for 9ranted toUay.

You know,
they broke that grounU .

Aotive suspension Iooks
9reat on paper

sometimes it Uoes weirU things.
It woulU start to shake

a Iittle Uit anU then it woulU
get really violent.

Anyway, you Uon 't want that when
you ' re going 1 BO miles an hour.

So Ni9el was unUerstanUaUIy
sGePtioal about this.

MANGELL:
The oar, I woulU say

is one of the most
dangerous oars to Urive.

You haU to antioipe
what it was Donna Uo

trust that it woulUn 't
Gompletely fail you

Uut if it diU , you ' d get hurt.

And it hadn 't killeU me,
so it' U Ue alri9ht.

HE LAUG HS

SuUjeGt to upsetting my wife
anU the tamily anU friends

anU everything else,
I Game first.

There was nothing th Game
Uetween me anU Uoin9 my joU.

PRATTLEY:
Nigel took me to one siUe

and he saiU ,
"Just make this oar Uulletproof

and we will
GIean up this season . "

We Uasioally then went oft
to the tirst tive raGes

and won the first five raGes
on the trot.

ENG I N ES REV AN D WH I N E

BUTTON : I think he found
a groove with that Gar.

Y' know, I think he founU a set
up that really workeU for him .

AnU you Gan see it, he was
so GonfiUent in his Urivin9.

It' s a GomPIete Garioature
and a talsehood to say

"Oh , this was a roUot Gar

anU all Mansell haU to Uo was
just drive it anU he would win . "

Nigel was really in tune
with the physiGs of the Gar

and he IoveU
the physios of the oar.

H I LL: There ' s somethinD extra
that he was gettin9 out of it.

I mean ,
he woulU wring its neGk.

I wanteU thin9s so UaU ,
that I was prepared to...

push it out there
a Iittle Uit more.

H I LL: Ayrton Genna,
they were envious.

Everyone was envious

Ueoause who woulUn 't
want to Ue in the sharp end?

MANSELL: I knew everyone
was staGking up

to take the Urive.

I was willinD to go into
every raGe anU risk my Iife.

If I UieU , I UieU

Uut the oommitment I haU
was aUsolute.

I mean , that' s the only thing
I Gan say.

The oommitment was total .

BRADSHAW: We knew
that the oar GoulU perform .

We knew Nigel ooulU pertorm ,
anU we haU a GonfiUenGe

that neither was
9onna Iet us down .

We oan see the Ghampionship
ooming towards us

anU it was Iike we oan 't
Urop the Uall this time

we Gan 't Urop the Uall .

COMM ENTATOR:
Finally, the moment

we have all been walting for.

MORTON : ToUay, we are at
GooUwooU Festival of SpeeU .

We ' re here with the 1 4B ,
Nigel Mansell .

We Gan 't wait to get
onto the hill this ernoon

anU 9ive them
what they've Gome for.

WATTS: Seein9 Nigel
Uriving the Gar again

it' s hard to imagine
what that means to us

oos, I mean ,
these were heady times

we were Uevelopin9 the Gar
week on week.

He Urove it to the Iimit

anU it was just speGtaoular.

WI NDGOR:
' 92 was just a dream start

anU you wonUereU when
it was gonna enU , of oourse.

You knew something
woulU go wron9 at some Point.

Of Gourse it was Monaoo
anU it was riUiGulous.

RI DER:
Ni9el with this SO-seoonU Iead

oame into the pits

Uut oame out
Uehind Ayrton Senna

anU he gave us six Iaps

of the most extraorUinary
Pormula 1 theatre

that you oan ima9ine.

He was right on his gearUox.

But even for NigeI

there wasn 't 9onna Ue
enough room to get past.

He never won the MonaGo
GranU Prix. It' s orazy.

Yeah . What ifs.

MotorsPort is Iittered
with "what its" .

I N DIGTI NCT CHATTER

At the ' 92 British GranU Prix

I think we saw maohine

anU Ni9el Mansell as a driver

at its absolute zenith .

PRATTLEY: Bit speGial .
The GrowU there...

eleotriG, the plaoe was.

You UiUn 't need to watoh
the TV, you GoulU hear them

just by the GrowU
as to what was haPpening .

He set the fastest ever IaP.

CHAN DHOK:
Nigel was 2 .7 seGonUs aheaU

of the first non-Williams

Uriven Uy no Iess a Uriver
than Ayrton Senna.

When Nigel won in ' 92

it was his fourth
British GranU Prix win .

He was just the Perteot guy
at the Perteot time

in the perfeot Gar,
in the perfeGt team

in front of a orowU
that was thirs and hungry

for a British hero.

I NAU DI BLE SPEECH

AnU so we got to Hungary
anU we went there

with a possiUility of
olenohin9 the ohampionship.

H I LL:
It' s amazing to think

oos even then , that was
quite early in the season

to win the ohampionshiP

Uut that was the measure
of the Uominanoe ot the season .

MANGELL: DiUn 't sleeP a wink,
thinkin9 , you know

" Is it 9onna happen ,
not happen? "

Been there so many times before.

COMM ENTATOR:
Finally, the moment

we have all been waitlng for
is upon us.

WATTS: I ' II talk you
through it as we go

Gos oUviously,
it' s Ueen a while

for all ot us.
HE LAUG HS

We were all very Gautious

in terms of what haU
hapPeneU in seasons Uefore.

But seven raGe viotories
Goming uP to Hungary

a seGonU plaoe
woulU give him the title.

How ooulU he possiUIy
Iose it from there?

ENG I N ES REV

WATTS:
Are we all reaUy?

ENG I N E ROARS

MANGELL:
It went off sort of OK

anU I was seoonU , Uut then ...

same thing
we haU at Monaoo a9ain

we haU a proUIem with the rear
with a slow punGture.

They were sGreaminD ,
"Come in , Gome in "

anU it droppeU me UaGk
to sixth .

Goin9 out the pits
with the minUset

with the new, tresher Uoots on ,
still I 've got to Uo

aUout ten qualifyin9 Iaps
to get Uaok

as olose as I GoulU
to third plaoe .

You had to Gome seoonU

to aGtually win
the ohamPionship.

I pusheU really, really harU .

COMM ENTATOR:
And he 's awayl

Oh, he 's not hanglng around.

Is is a classic Mansell
and Wllliams display.

MANGELL:
I ' U have gone through anyUoUy.

NoUoUy messeU with me
in ' 92 , noUoUy.

COMM ENTATOR:
This is sensationall

Man and machlne,
finally reunited

sparklng a!I those memories
of 1992!

One Iast blast
across the hnish Iine.

What a fantastic slghtl

You are about
to see Nlgel Mansell

become World Champion of 1992...

and he 's World Champlon.

CROWD CH EERG

I rememUer just thinking

"Yeah . Yeah . "

The British suPerstar.

It maUe you ProuU to Det him
to, Uasioally, his Uream .

CROWD CH EERG

MANSELL: Ayrton was
on the poUium with me.

He turned to me, he saiU

" Do you unUerstanU
why I ' m Iike I am now? "

AnU I saiU , "Well , not really. "

He saiU , "Well , how good ' s
the feeling? "

He saiU , "That' s why
we ' re suGh bastarUs. "

AnU I figure he was ri9ht.

CROWD CH EERG

CROWD APPLAU DG AND CH EERS

WI NDGOR:
I always knew he ooulU do it

anU I always knew
he woulU Uo it.

AnU aren 't I IuG to have Ueen
a part of that team

that enaUIeU that to happen .

AN NOU NCER:
Massive round of applause

for the 1992 World Champion,
Nigel Mansell.

CROWD APPLAU DG AND CH EERS

BRADGHAW: He deserved
two or three ohampionships.

They weren 't to Ue.

But he UeserveU to Ue known as
" Nigel Mansell , World Champion " .

Frank was happy,
PatriGk was hapPy.

I mean , not that Prank will ever
show his emotions.

But you ooulU tell .

H I LL: Nigel ' s Pertormanoe in
Pormula 1 Urew auUienGes.

I think he shoulU Ue re9arUed as

one of the 9reatest Urivers
of all time.

CROWD CH EERG

I NTERVI EWER: I think
Roseanne Mansell will be

prey relieved at this moment.

Yeah . I just Gan 't wait
to see her.

I ' m still with my Uest frienU ,
throu9h thiok anU thin

whioh is my wife.

That is the thin9
that I ' m prouUest of.

We ' re ooming up to 4B years
marrieU , whioh is very sPeGial .

AnU when you Iook
at the injuries

anU some of
the substantial injuries

that I 've Gome UaGk from

I Gan 't take
the GreUit for that.

There ' s only one person ...

VOICE BREAKS:
. . .who oan take the oreUit

anU that' s my wife
to nurse me Uaok.

I Iook UaGk and go,
" How the heGk

UiU I 9et through all that? "

I have no iUea how I haU
the fortituUe

anU Uetermination

anU even the. . .
oh , my 9ooUness me

the stuUUornness
to keeP going .

But I UiU .

I Uon 't Iike givin9 up.

You see how quiok it went?

CROWD CH EERS AN D WH ISTLES

Oh !

No!

No...

GH E LAUGHS
Sorry.

EIvis, PrisGilla, oome here!

Come on . Come on .

Gotta ohange the en9ine
anU gearUox for tomorrow

anU a few other things but...

THEY LAUG H

How are you?
- This is my favourite Uriver.

THEY LAUG H
- This is my favourite!