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Nigel Ernest James Mansell (/ ˈ m æ n s əl /; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams , and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons.
The Stig is a character from the British motoring television show Top Gear.Created by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, the character is a play on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face helmets, with the running joke that nobody knows who or what is inside the Stig's racing suit.
Häkkinen remained at McLaren for 1995, and was partnered by Nigel Mansell. During pre-season testing, Häkkinen and teammate Mansell complained the car, the McLaren MP4/10 , was not wide enough to fit in, resulting in their hands and elbows striking the sides of the cockpit. [ 29 ]
DOCUMENTARY Jim Wiseman’s Sky original documentary “Williams and Mansell: Red 5” is set for a debut on Sky Documentaries and Now on July 8. Featuring some of the biggest names in F1, it ...
The World Champion had also been insulting about Nigel Mansell's wife Roseanne (calling her an "unattractive boxhead"), and both drivers' families. BMS Dallara 's Alex Caffi had to use a modified Formula 3000 chassis because the Formula One chassis was not ready.
Piquet had underestimated Mansell, and the Englishman came out of 1985 on a confidence high after winning 2 of the last 3 races in 1985. Both were regarded as high-strung characters with delicate temperaments, and two top drivers in the same team was a recipe for fireworks – and sure enough Mansell and Piquet went head to head for the title.
Cynthia Lennon, artist, writer and celebrity, ex-wife of former Beatle John Lennon, moved to the island in 1983 with her then husband Jim Christie. She and Christie lived there for several years. [6] Nigel Mansell, British racing driver. Mitch Murray, songwriter, record producer. Bill Naughton, novelist and screenwriter.
In 1988, Nelson Piquet accused Senna of being homosexual in an incendiary interview, in which Piquet also called Enzo Ferrari "senile", former teammate Nigel Mansell an "uneducated blockhead", and Mansell's wife "ugly". [186] Piquet retracted his comments after Senna and Mansell threatened to sue him for slander. [187]