Fun fact, the injury he sustained in this is actually written about in medical journals now, he is one of the only people to survive the injury and it is often only seen those who have been in aircraft accidents
"I was so drugged up with painkillers and these localised anaesthetic injections that they put in my back I'm not sure if I should have been driving at all."
Those certainly were the days. Indycar ovals were always looked down on from the F1 world, but once the current world champion came over and had one reach out and grab him, I think the F1 crowd realized that ovals are a legitimate discipline that should be respected.
I adimre this man for his courage and strength! "Your strength isn't determined by how hard you can hit but by how many times you get back up." Every time this man had a life-threatening accident (there were quite a few), in which doctors told him he could never race again, he got right back in there again! He must be from outter space or something! No one from his era had such courage and determination. Legend!❤
@@1956alrad yes i looked at profile picture best i could and wanted to see if i could see u and there you were lol awesome. i am glad 11 years later you are still here to respond :) I am a huge Sr.Nigel fan!!
I wish I'd have been into motorsports back then. The buzz that the reigning F1 champion must have caused...and then he went and won the title! I can't imagine that happening these days.
In Nigel Mansell's autobiography "Staying on Track", Nigel states that doctors told him that they had only seen such an injury among corpses from aircraft crashes. That he'd thus far been the only person to have survived such an injury. Also, that the injury has since been named in medical journals as the "Mansell Lesion".
Mansell got a lot of stick over the years for being a whinger and supposedly play acting...impacts like that are bad enough for any driver but Mansell broke his neck in the late 70s racing in a lower category and then fractured his spine in a horrible crash a few years later. In 1987 he had a similar accident to the one above in Japan and put about 60 G of force through his spine as his Williams F1 car slammed into a barrier, took off and landed hard onto a curb just below his seat. The fact he can still walk is testament to his strength, fortitude and of course the skills of the medical crews. Motor racing was so much better back then. Mansell was a big household name, everyone new of him. Now, ask my mom to point out Vettel, Alonso or Rosberg in a line up of 6 people and she couldn't do it. Obviously they are sports stars and im not taking anything away from them but Mansell, with his cloth cap, 'tache, Brummy accent and flat vowels had a trade mark, a distinction. Benny Button, Hamilton, Alonso and so on seem to lack sparkle and personality in comparison to the Mansell, Prost, Senna era drivers.
Mario Andretti: "If Ronnie Peterson was the best teammate I ever had, then Nigel Mansell was the worst. I have a lot of respect for him as a driver, but not as a man." Wow.
Fun fact, the injury he sustained in this is actually written about in medical journals now, he is one of the only people to survive the injury and it is often only seen those who have been in aircraft accidents
seriously??
@@agurobe yes it it cited in the likes of Greys Anatomy medical journals as that.
'Mansell's Lesion' they call it.
"I was so drugged up with painkillers and these localised anaesthetic injections that they put in my back I'm not sure if I should have been driving at all."
And less than 2 weeks later he was racing again…
Great vid. He took Indy/CART to another level, and gave the US maybe the best, most exciting and most competitive racing years in our history.
That's me and my two daughters at the front at the start of the video........amazing......a big and wonderful surprise to see that!
What a total gladiator this guy was.
Those certainly were the days.
Indycar ovals were always looked down on from the F1 world, but once the current world champion came over and had one reach out and grab him, I think the F1 crowd realized that ovals are a legitimate discipline that should be respected.
I adimre this man for his courage and strength!
"Your strength isn't determined by how hard you can hit but by how many times you get back up."
Every time this man had a life-threatening accident (there were quite a few), in which doctors told him he could never race again, he got right back in there again! He must be from outter space or something! No one from his era had such courage and determination. Legend!❤
Aww...I am in the crowd at the autograph session at the beginning of this video. Nigel is simply the best!
you were right in front of the girl getting her shirt signed huh??
@@agurobe A person back, yes. Taking photos and laughing.
@@1956alrad yes i looked at profile picture best i could and wanted to see if i could see u and there you were lol awesome. i am glad 11 years later you are still here to respond :) I am a huge Sr.Nigel fan!!
@@agurobe Yes, he is my hero! In my opinion the best ever.
I wish I'd have been into motorsports back then. The buzz that the reigning F1 champion must have caused...and then he went and won the title! I can't imagine that happening these days.
Keir Thomas I loved the buzz recently with the former double F1 world champion arrived at Indy
Gutsiest driver I ever saw man.
In Nigel Mansell's autobiography "Staying on Track", Nigel states that doctors told him that they had only seen such an injury among corpses from aircraft crashes. That he'd thus far been the only person to have survived such an injury. Also, that the injury has since been named in medical journals as the "Mansell Lesion".
Mansell got a lot of stick over the years for being a whinger and supposedly play acting...impacts like that are bad enough for any driver but Mansell broke his neck in the late 70s racing in a lower category and then fractured his spine in a horrible crash a few years later. In 1987 he had a similar accident to the one above in Japan and put about 60 G of force through his spine as his Williams F1 car slammed into a barrier, took off and landed hard onto a curb just below his seat. The fact he can still walk is testament to his strength, fortitude and of course the skills of the medical crews. Motor racing was so much better back then. Mansell was a big household name, everyone new of him. Now, ask my mom to point out Vettel, Alonso or Rosberg in a line up of 6 people and she couldn't do it. Obviously they are sports stars and im not taking anything away from them but Mansell, with his cloth cap, 'tache, Brummy accent and flat vowels had a trade mark, a distinction. Benny Button, Hamilton, Alonso and so on seem to lack sparkle and personality in comparison to the Mansell, Prost, Senna era drivers.
His moustache saved him.
And his btcc crash in donnington was another hard one on his body...
Mario Andretti: "If Ronnie Peterson was the best teammate I ever had, then Nigel Mansell was the worst. I have a lot of respect for him as a driver, but not as a man."
Wow.
The Lion!
LEGEND..
Very interesting.......thanks for posting!
Always a Jokster!! Incredible. Then he goes RIGHT into Qualifying at the 500.
1:39 the narrator either read the word incorrectly, or the writer made a typo.
It's *careened* , not "*careered*" .
It means the same thing. Careered more a British word but the narrator is British
Lions never quit!
No.1. AKA Red 5. : P