Nigel Mansell: The "most awesome" F1 car I ever drove
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- In a clip from Motorsport.tv's weekly programme The Flying Lap, Nigel Mansell talks to Peter Windsor about the 1987 Williams FW11B, which he ranks as the most impressive F1 car he raced in his career.
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Still my favourite ever F1 driver - Nigel was just pure entertainment.
i watched him win the championship he run over some fan at the end and gave him his boots }
I have to agree with ya mate,absolutely loved watching mansell,legend.
Guy was a legend. Met him at a corporate event when he was a guest speaker. The car he was talking about here would do 0-200mph and back to 0 in under 13 seconds. Think about that.
I'm with you Colonelclaw. Those 80's and early 90's were the golden era of F1 and we will never ever see the likes again. During the era of Prost, Senna and Piquet, Mansell could have very easily won 2 more championships if he didnt have such rotten luck.
colonelclaw During the 87 season Nelson piquet said, “I have to options, be second or die” hahahahaha
F1 high watermark was 1986-1994. between Elio and Ayrton's deaths it was an absolute thing of beauty...
It was awesome. So glad I got to see those turbo monsters in person at least once. They were more than a little scary.
One of my favorites. Mansell left it all on the track every race.
Nigel is a great guy at the track. Met him several times in the paddock area in Canada and he was always friendly and never evasive (like some other big names in F1 named Alain). He never disappointed the fans!
Mr18000rpm Spoilt brat ham currently always had his path paved. Nigel was a real racer, Hamiltons first champ ship was organised.
That was like the drivers in the 60's especially during the Tasman Series in particular. I have at least 6 probably 7 world champions in my Autograph Book, that I have kept. The key was to get there before the crowds , Thurs and Fri. The F1 paddock at Melbourne is a joke .So called celebrities prancing around trying to catch a Television camera, the occasional driver walking from A to B but basically in the teams compounds behind walls all day. No wonder these drivers in some cases become divorced from reality.Nigel was different you could see that. There is almost zero interaction between drivers and "technical" fans these days. It is the Sports loss and will kill it in the end as much as money and procession like racing with 1 team winning race after race for 2 to 3 years. The 86 Australian Gran Prix was brilliant with I think 3 drivers including Nigel fighting to be Champion and Williams and Mclaren fighting for the Constructors Championship and they passed a lot in thee race.
G M shush you will upset all Lulus fan boys
@@beagle7622couldn’t of said it better mate, seems all about the show now not about the racing
Nigel still looks great. Wow, that guy sure created a lot of memories for a lot of people.
It was watching Nigel Mansell that got me into F1 properly. Before that it used to be on World of sport of Grandstand but I didn't pay much attention until I saw Mansell winning races. The original British Lion. My favourite driver ever!
Thanks for posting - the red 5 FW11B driven by the British Lion Nigel Mansell started me on a life long love of F1.
Same for me apart from FW14B :-)
1987?
Those cars would vibrate internal organs when they came past at full chat.
Britains got talent...
Simon P Cowell
1990 FW 14 Nigel Mansell and Williams got me interested in Formula One when it was more about racing cars that you had to drive without the help of electronics!
A lot of people out here underestimate Nigel because he won in 1992 with the Fw14B, but he dominated the whole season due to two factors, he is one the greatest driver ever and that car was the most cutting-edge car by that time
Yea but when your car is two seconds a lap faster on average then all other competitors. Anything less then a win is a loss.
My favorite F1 driver ever!! Love Mansell!
I so wish he was Senns team mate for a season.But I don’t think Senna would have liked that, lol.
@@sbaxter4207 Senna was a really big pig and costs Nigel his Williams contract for 1993
and 1994 and the next WM-Titles for these years.
Senna had also fear to drive ChampCar. I think these guys told him he will go
to the wall, when he drives so dirty as he drives in F1. Nigel the Lion drove ChampCar and
became Champ in 1993.
Mansell the greatest and fairest driver of all time. Senna Schumacher and Hamilton petulant win at all costs
@@chrismckechnie1911 I think the same and I love Nigel too - My favorite Race Driver in all the times I watch racing since 1969.
It was because of Nigel Mansell that I started following F1. The FW14B is my all-time favorite F1 car.
Likewise!
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Haha Nigel's face when the dude brings up Monaco 87'.. Still hurts.. Nigel is cool
Nigel Mansel ... awesome driver
Wheel spin in 6th gear! I love the era between 1985 and 1994!
1500 hp what the hell
About 1300hp actually and only in qualifying mode. Race engines had under 1000hp.
Sorwis I respect everyone says that but didn't it ever ouccr that Williams might have just put the boost up even more going from 1300 to 1500 so I'll agree with the driver
have you drove these cars in mansell,s days if the man says its 1500 hp its 1500 hp not what you read on wiki
have you driven these cars if the engineers say it's around 1300 hp it's around 1300 not what old nige or you want to think
billy bierbuik the quali engines weren't made to last lol
Nigel did have his silly times in F1 (like they all do) but he always strikes me as a man who really knows his stuff. Great to hear he's still doing great work post f1
N M was and is the greatest racing driver of all time, the only man that Senna truly feared, underrated by many, Indy car champion in rookie year, bad luck deprived him of an even greater C.V. long live the LION.
To the contrary, Mansell was infamously hard on a car. He was not known for having mechanical sympathy. Indeed, he was in the fastest car on the grid on at least 5 occasions, possibly 6, yet he managed to convert that good fortune into just one championship.
I'll second that! To those that say he was hard on the car? I say there is no room for mechanical sympathy in the crucible of competition at the highest level of Motorsport, if it doesn't seize up on the slowing down lap then your not trying hard enough? No doubt the thinking man's racing driver (Le Proffesseur) will be mentioned as an example of how the alternative approach might yield better results, but no thanks, the only proponents of that argument are the patriotic French. Nigel is admired the world over.
Senna also feared of Piquet. Watch Senna vs Piquet in Hungary 1986..
Mansell used Q power continuously for the last 6 laps to catch and make a daring pass of his “team-mate” Piquet, disregarding the fuel display which at the finish read “Minus 2.5 laps”. The car stopped 2 corners beyond this and it was reported at the time to be out of fuel but, 4 years later, the driver admitted that the engine had blown up.This incident may well have been the last straw for the patience of the Honda management, since it had threatened their easily-attainable 1, 2 result. Being sure of powering both 1987 Championships it was announced by Honda in September that they would break their agreement with Williams one year early and supply their 1988 engines to McLaren instead (Lotus continuing to receive them) for the final year of the Turbocharged era, as ruled by FISA.There was a financial settlement with Williams and that team usedit to buy Judd 3.5 Liter NA engines
Absolute Legends . Nice interview.
It was great to see Nigel on screen this 17 Aug. 2018. He bought alot of excitement, pleasure and interest into many peoples lives. But for the lack of luck and a following wind he may well have been world champion a few more times. Nigel, thanks for the memories.
I say: "Sir Nigel Mansell you are one of the Greatest"
Legendary red 5! Was always a pure pleasure to watch this man racing! He’s still remained the N-1 driver in the world for me.
If you enjoy F1 nowadays, kudos for you and skip my comment.
F1 for me starts around the early 70s and ends May 1st 1994. That’s the time of sportsmanship, insane engine tweaks, car variety and a multitude of talents. That’s the period that defines what F1 is all about. It’s not about generational differences or anything.
Good ol' Nige, my favourite driver ever!!
He drove some absolutely stunning races in his time, what he lacked in god given skill compared to Senna and Prost, he made up for with guts and sheer determination.
Silverstone '87 in the 11B must be one of the best drives of all time..
But Nelson was a little faster than him that day;
and did an incredible mistake not pitting to change tyres.
Nigel did a great race but the brazilian did not live well in that team.
This and the Imola crash were big advantages
for Nigel that year.
Anyway Mansell was fast.
Don't you think that it was a little sad that you didn't see Nelson that day??? There is a n°6 car but not the driver. Doesn't it tell you something about how bad he lived? After Jones and Rosberg, Nelson was the third World Champ for Williams...
What are you on about, he was the most skillful driver out there, if he had a fault it was lacking a bit of car empathy in his early years.
He would have been world champ 3 times but for bad luck.
Senna was the ultimate but he never took liberties with Nigel Always respected him as an equal.
@Your Dad He had the best car , the entire team also the big boss,,,Frank backing him up in the end who was the champ?
I disagree he was better than prost and every bit as good as senna, left f1 went into indi car racing there are five ovels circuits the rest are like a normal racing circuit, everyone said he would do OK on the typical circuits but he won't do any good on the ovels, he went there as a rookie and one it in his first year indy car champion, he won 4 out of the five ovels, 235 mph round the ovals circuits, absolute brilliant driver
We should have a Sir Nigel Mansell as well!
Nigel has been one of the greatest ambassadors for his country and his sport.
He is a champions champion and modest to a fault.
Nigel has always been a great personality both on and off the track. So unique in his approach with fans and journalists.
It was a beast all the cars in 86-87 were, the FW14 was the tech marvel but the FW11 was the real race car, brutally quick, amazing sound track, beautiful and unforgiving
Mikeyljac Mikeyjac I agree.
The cars during that era were just flat out amazing , the Ferrari 87/88 ( Michelle Alboreto, Gerhard Berger ) McClaren (Porsche 0 MP4/2B, Benetton( Ford ) B188 Thierry Bouston and Alessandro Nannini the B190 that was piloted by Gerhard Berger didn't have the Horse Power like the Williams and McClaren but the Motor was smaller and could rev up to 13,000 rpms. and then there was the Super fast Honda Powered Lotus 99t that was driven by Saturo Nakajima and the Late Great Ayrton Senna da silva .. ironically this was one of the last cars to go to active suspension ( because Senna demanded it . lol ) during that era.. however the 99t was a handful to drive on most of the circuits except Detroit and Monaco but with a driver like Senna he could do the most with the least.. I will never forget the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park were Senna in a under powered McClaren Mp4/8 held of Prost who was in the vastly superior Williams Renault V10 no less in the effing Rain ! That left no doubt in a lot of peoples mine that Senna was better than Prost.
Sure he had a bit of a monotone voice, tended to complain a lot, was paranoid of the establishment and team mates, a boring name, a big tash, but....
what a beast. I for one will be telling my boy stories of 'our Nige' when he's old enough to understand what a Hero is. I'm your hero Son but a guy called Nigel was Daddies hero!
Right.. be sure to mention that the only time he could win the championship was when he had a cheat car.
BadTrip And Prost, Senna, Hamilton, Schumacher, Hill didnt???? Williams put the extra effort and risk in which left the others standing.
As an Aussie I well remember Mansell's tyre blowout at Adelaide was one of the hairest things I had seen in Adelaide yet he managed to keep it from crashing at 320kph.
I don't think newcomers to F1 (aka youngsters) will ever really appreciate the toughness Mansell's era. The bloke is an utter beast in a car. Sheer, bloody-minded determination and raw driving talent. I'd love to see today's drivers tackle the FW11B
A good Honda engine, and a good Williams chassis. That must have been a long time ago.
Go forward to 2021, Red Bull, Honda & Verstappen. & who could have imagined the finish.
@@beagle7622 The driver's potential (future) father-in-law, Nelson Piquet.
Wow. 1500hp with no traction control and electronic aids... damn! That must have been really hard work!
He had launch control, traction control and ABS. Foot to the floor on throttle or brake and the car managed it all. There are plenty of videos about it.
Mucky Vagrant He had in 92. Not this 87 car.
hahaha, and videos with teenagers driving them....
I think you are confusing the FW14 to the FW11 which is the topic in this video. You idiots come spew obnoxiously only to find out you make the wrong argument.
Buster Dallas well said!
Nigel Mansell and Derek Bell.
Pure Gentleman.
I'm going to take the model 1/24 of that 11B and i'm so EXCITED!!!!!
Great flashback from an F1 legend!
Back when Williams was amazing
I dont think that design is as beautiful as the 90's Williams cars but surely was faster
Nelson Piquet did a great job winning that '87 WC taming this beast
If Mansell was put in the cockpit of a Spitfire in 1940 he would have been an Ace. He had that approach to anything he did. Such an exciting driver to watch, and deserves to be discussed among the greatest of all time.
I've always said that Mansell has ALWAYS been tragically underrated as a driver. He may only have that 1 championship, but he should have actually had 3 or 4 if not for terrible misfortune in 86 and 87, and possibly 91, when the Williams was really quick, only to be undermined by bad reliability in the beginning of the season. He's easily in the top 10 in my book, because for some reason, Mansell had this steely drive to go wheel to wheel with anyone and not flinch at all, and would somehow just will himself and the car to victories.
Fantastic driver one of the legends
Mansell is ALWAYS a good quote. This was a terrific segment. Now am gonna look for video of Senna/Mansell duel at Monte-Carlo.
Still missing the fantastic four: Nigel, Senna, Prost and Piquet.
I always remember the Monaco Grand Prix with Nigel and Senna. That was some race. The sheer determination for both at all costs.
yep the first full grand prix I saw
He must be due a knighthood.
Not enough championships, mate. 1 real and one that doesn't even count isn't enough.
His work for the Uk Youth charity is worthy of a knighthood it itself .
IndyCar was much bigger game back then.
2 world titles, encompassing 3 motorsport disciplines is plenty. Not too many can claim it.
@@r7coo a Lot of people should be knighted then
He should have by now. Mind you - so should of John Surtees - but sadly, he didn't get one.
Nigel is still the Greatest!
I actually glad that Nigel said he prefered this car compared to the active ride FW-14B. Mainly, because this car had a proper manual gearbox with a clutch pedal(although they did plan on introducing the sequential transmission).
Also, the turbo charged engines of those old cars were awesome(not just the Honda, Renault, BMW and even the Tag).
Peter Windsor is pure class
"This is red 5, I'm going in"
Loves our Nige from very early on and still do.. The greatest British racer imo..
I reckon that if NM had 3 months intensive training and familiarity with the 2019 cars he would find them VERY EASY to drive and be better than a lot of the midfield drivers straight away and by the end of the season he would give the top guys a good run too. HE was the reason why I got into F1.....every race with Nige' was adrenaline fuelled excitement. STILL one of the BEST and very unlucky not to win at least 2 or 3 titles. I rest my case ?
Watching Nigel at Adelaide 86 on the long, straight braking for the a semi hairpin , he would use every gear in his downshifting. To me he was outbraking everybody , including Prost and Senna. That was the race where he lost a tyre at at least 150 mph and kept the car basically straight. I think Nigel was a bit like Dennis Hulme, never really given the credit he deserved. Interesting Nigel was a guy I think who had bad days, but he was an English Bulldog. Driving as a teammate to Prost must have been damned hard.An outstanding driver who deserved more acknowledgement of his achievements.
I think the same. But his rear tyre blow up at 200 mph. And the playing- games-man Williams
himself costs Nigel the WM 1986 and later the WM 1993 and 1994.
I was lucky enough to have a 1 on 1 with Nigel for about 2 minutes at the Silverstone GP when he was with Ferrari - lovely guy
It's sad that people can't appreciate something without bringing something else down.
1987 or 2022 a Grand Prix driver is due some respect.
il mio grande eroe, ho amato lui come il migliore dei piloti e ho amato il mio cane che ho voluto chiamare come lui
Mansell may not have been the best driver ever, yet he's one of the very great, definitely the bravest, and my absolute all-time favorite. He achieved some moves no other driver would even have dared imagine. This guy was the essence of racing. He didn't win as many titles as the other three (whom I respect very much as well by the way, as any driver of that golden era) but no matter the results, his driving always seemed epic, you knew it would be spectacular, you knew there would always be something happening as long as Nigel was on the track. This guy is a legend.
Nice to see the men of the better eras of F1. I miss the engines. Fan since '73, started watching Nascar recently instead.
One of the all time greats
Mansell was really enjoying that choc-ice
The Williams team were so far ahead of the curve way back in the late 80's and early 90's the FW11B and the FW15c were effing missles and they were good on all tracks on the F1 circuit.
Nigel Mansell: One of the greats.
No one could whip an also-ran car into a race winner better than Nigel Mansell.
Most exciting F1 moments to watch in F1 :watching Nigel Mansell driving a flying lap at Silverstone in a Williams
I really miss that era. Not many electronic additions. No DRS. No traction control. I enjoyed the races more then because there was more that 2 or 3 drivers that might win.
The big red 5, awesome!
Nigel Mansell should have been a three time grand prix champion but a f1 and IndyCar championship titles held at the same awesome
Show para o público mesmo, eram os motores que havia debaixo da fibra desses carros da época de Piquet, e o fato de haver praticamente nada entre esses carros, seus pilotos e a pista... Amor ou ódio, vontade e habilidade.
Where can I buy this vintage williams shirt!?!?! Give me this one Mr Windsor!
That's probably Peter's personal shirt. He worked for Williams for a while
was this before the race in baku when seb started to unravel?
Great driver, great car, great team.
Can anyone explain the difference between the F1 regulations of 1987 & 1988. If Williams had just turned up with the FW11 would it have been enough to challenge the McLaren Mp4/4. I was trying to Study Lap time’s they seam reasonably close
What a cool guy..
Mansell '92 vs. Prost '93 - Who wins it??
Mansell would have won the 93 season if he was team mates with Prost. Prost had lost it by 93. He only won because his car was a level above, and he he a rookie team mate.
+amjan If you analyze the data, when comparing Mansell-Williams 1992 vs. Prost-Williams 1993, Nigel smokes him in every conceivable metric. Sir Patrick Head once commented that to get the best out of the "Active Williams" commitment was a high-yield parameter and that he doubted that Prost would have beaten Mansell in the active car. Nigel also only made one mistake (Canada) whereas Prost made 4 major errors (Brazil, Donington, Monaco and Hungary)!
That being said, Sir Patrick had access the telemetry channels of both drivers and would know where the truth lies.
I guess he was trying to say that Nigel's huge balls would have trumped Alain's raisins!
+amjan If Mansell's tire doesn't explode in Adelaide 1986, does Prost even drive for Williams in 1993?
'87 Piquet own both of them. 1 less race (Imola), side effects of his crash and he still managed to rule everyone else.
Undoubtedly, Mansell by far. He was totally involved with the team, being part of the development of the car, driving it since the previous season... as well Prost had spent 1 year out... No way he could beat the Lion.
Those monster turbo engined cars were amazing. Rumour had it that on the bench/dyno with no restrictions the BMW and I think Renault could touch 5000hp, No wonder they were restricted.
For about 10 seconds
He couldnt have been more wrong about Hamilton v Vettel . In fact the complete opposite was true this season. Is was Vettel who had off weekends, Baku and Singapore being two examples
All after the underestimating of the track condition from Vettel in Germany(the chance Ham needed) . Before that in the quali look at Hamilton look at how he reacted and that as a 4times reign wdc. 2nd half of the season the Merc was way better then the Ferrari. And I say this as a kind of Neutral fan.(Max Verstappen fan)
I always liked Nigel Mansell.
For the best and for the worst, like a reversal Clark. Capable driver, still too impulsive when under pressure. Antithesis of any current f1 driver and their polished speechs (aside Raikkonen, an Oscar for everything he said until now)
Good old Nige, a flawed character in some ways, but will always be remembered as il Leone, the racing Lion by all racing fans
Lionheart 💖
Qui mi si ammala il padre con Nigel Mansell al volante
Turns out Lewis had greater focus
The king of drama that's our Nigel.
He was the bravest driver in F1
strange mix!
0:13 check out those epic eyebrows from the side! they shade the sun and shave off 0.2 per lap - literally :D
“Nigel - I mustache you a question...”
1992... Canon, FW14 by Adrian.
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You all must have been toddlers when these cars raced. In quali trim they did put out 1500 hp i was an avid fan back then and it was always talked about. As Firstname Lastname said the BMW achieved it with stock 4 cylinder blocks. Remember back then there were no penalties for changing motors or anything the 1500 hp motors were good for a warmup lap and one hot lap and they were garbage after that as were the tires.
The BMW engine blocks were also tempered by the engine builders when they went to the gents 🤣
He likes the FW11B? Thats the car who brought him into hospital in Suzuka 1987.
He drove one of the best cars in 1992 when he won the championship unfortunately Ayrton senna came too late once they took away the driver aids but that was the best car in formula One ever
Peter Windsor!
Mansel, the GREATEST, the Legend, the show,...
He’s one to criticize. He quit on the Hewman-Haas team in 1994.
Because they weren't competitive. The Penske was way better, no other driver could have won the title with Newman/Haas in 93.
F1's true Gentleman.
11B or the 11 ? In the 87 season the boost was max at 4 bar..
Fw14b was my fave F1 car ever and was even better with Nige driving it
1500bhp and around 600kg, unreal.
They didnt had 1500 hp maybe 1300 - 1400 but only in qualifying in the race they had 600-700 hp
Gameplaylike N lasted 3 laps Max. Sometimes only 1 lap.
@@EAGYSL Lotus Renault made 1000hp in race in 1986.
I first became aware of NIgel from him putting in practice laps at Long Beach in the soon-to-be-banned Lotus 88.
Imagine if Nigel Mansell drove in a Grand Prix for the first time since 1995 at the age of 63!
What a thought! That would make him at least 8 years older than Louis Chiron who at age 55, I believe is the oldest person to date to have driven an F1 car in race conditions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chiron
Very special talent. Brave beyond words. The only man who really believed he could beat Senna.
The history tells the Prost was the great rival of Senna... But I think that Mansell actually was!
Bisocodyl beats Senna hands down.
Politics aside and 89, 90 suzuka aside....absolutely. wheel to wheel. Mansell was the only one who could pass Senna or race him for that matter....thats an easy call. and thats why in F1 in the 80's clearly the best rivalry. two though-bred racers who only wanted to race - not play politics like Prost. Its a pity but that stinch will always hang around Prost...
hes the driver i think of when remembering the older days, men with balls of steel strapping themselves to a rocket and trying to manage its fury. A gentleman and a beast in the car. Always have and always will love Mansell.
Mansell was unlucky not to win 2 more F1 titles. He really deserved 3 and would have been a fair reflection of his standing against Prost and Piquet. I think he was the faster driver of those 3, although couldnt manage machinery and races as well as Prost. Against Senna? I think Mansell was a close 2nd.
Red Five❣️
Mansell is a legend
il leone d'inghilterra
The most iconic drivers and the most iconic cars always have goodyear eagles
Maybe they should bring it back...would be much better than the current 2018 model?