Nigel Mansell Lap and Interview | Top Gear
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- Former Formula One and Indy Car World Champion Nigel Mansell gets behind the wheel of the horsepower-challenged Suzuki Liana. He's even shaved off his moustache to save that vital tenth of a second out on the Top Gear track! Subscribe: bit.ly/Subscrib...
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Glad to see them reunited in the latest Grand Tour
I was hoping someone would have this up 😂😂😂
Pity the damage Nigel took on the trip... melted... shot with arrows... decapitated...
Shame he got an arrow in his face and then it melted after
I came here looking for this
"I'll see you later, Paul Walker mate!"
I used to race karts at Mr Mansell's track in Devon.
I'll never forget my first proper race weekend; During the last novice practice session he came out in his kart & spent at least half a lap with each novice, showing them how it's done.
I'll never forget him outbraking me into the first turn like I was stood still, before tapping his lid (yes, he had the same design for his kart helmet) as a follow-me gesture. And I instantly gained 4 tenths just by copying his braking and turn in points.
To share the same piece of track with my boyhood hero is something I'll never forget. Nigel is the real deal.
Awesome
He may have been a nightmare to work with (fast as hell though), but he was class off the track. That's awesome!
Great anecdote!!
Awesome!!
I used to think he was boring till he came in a restaurant I was working at (1994 ish) and he was the most lovely guy. Can not praise him high enough. He did not act the 'big I am' at all, but made every one in the restaurant, all the staff and all the other guests, feel like a million dollars. He was just kind, decent, modest, cool, thoughtful and just very, very awesome. Oh, and did I say funny, because he puta laugh or grin on everyone's face that night. Proper legend.
I'm back here after Nigel was in the newest Grand Tour, he hasn't lost a step
well he got shot in the head with an arrow among other things so hes not all there if you know what i mean
@hexagon2178 His head also melted
Jeremy is 7 years younger than Nigel but he looks much older :D
he looks much older than all humans in history of universe
plus eight years from comment
@@moaningpheromones I think even Clarkson will manage to look less mummified than Keith Richards by the time he reaches his 70s (although perhaps not by much)
@@andrewbailey7999 It's not the miles it's the mileage
Actually he used to smoke a hell of a lot
@@joelramdhan405 and he's English ofcourse if he didn't smoke he'd still look old
Mansell is so amazing, he was like one of the fastest stars in the reasonable priced cars, beating most of the current drivers!
Kenshen Han well duh, he's a professional racing driver, obviously he's going to be faster than normal people. The one's who managed to beat him did so in a better car.
Obi-Wan Kannabis He was talking about F1 drivers.
Damon Hills time was 0.4 faster than the at the time Leader if the regular board, think it was Simon Cowell 👍🏽
:D You seem surprised ken. He was F1 and Indy car World champion.
But Senna ripped him to pieces!
Mansell seems like a very nice gentleman! Respect from Finland
Oh you couldn't be further from the truth, mate. Sure, he's a nice enough guy, but he is no gentleman. There is quite frankly nothing gentle about him. It's all go big or go home with him. He's not the kind of chap to back down. He's got balls of titanium.
+Dennis Rydell so he is a nice guy and ambitious? I'm not dissapponted 😄
I wouldn't say it's all good. Let's just say he calls it like he sees it.
He is generally quite reckless. that goes for both is on-track performance and his off-track life. If he thinks you've done something wrong, he's gonna let you know about it. and he's not gonna suggar-coat it.
Yeah he certainly has unique personality. In an interview he seem like nice bloke but privately he is one of the most determined people ever. Not saying hes not nice, you have to ask his wife about that.
He has a nice thick wallet she will tell you.
I heard that Nigel flew by helicopter to the Top Gear track that day and spent a long time checking out the track from above, working out his strategy. Very competitive
Senna was THE Formaula1 driver, but he admitted that every time he was seeing Mansell from the mirror, close to him before every corner, he was worried and scared!!
To me Mansell is how a race driver has to be: crazy, fearless!
Eugenio C yeah sure, but Senna was crazy and fearless too haha, the Win was what mattered and he really was the one and only when getting everything from The car.
Eugenio C and how is Senna 'The Driver' morons like you really harp..in todays F1 if Senna drove he would be black flagged every race...1. Senna was a sore loser look what he did to Prost-Ferrari in Japan..2. He weaved under braking countless times just look at his battle with Mansell at Monaco. Senna was a good driver special only in wet conditions but never a fair sportsman
Sonu03785 Hardly any Driver was a sportsman in those days. Its was all about doing whatever it took to win even if it did mean deliberately cutting off your team mates on the corners. Prost also did it to Senna when they were teammates at McLaren and vice-versa and Nikki Lauda did it to James Hunt and vice-versa. So by that logic almost no Champion let alone multiple World Championship Driver pre-Schumacher would win in today's F1.
raikkonen is the only one these days that sort of fits that description... grosjean might be in there too but he isnt a very quick driver
honestly, who cares about todays F1? that even a thing ? grow some balls pls….@@Sonu666
Nigel Mansell one of the best of all time seriously. In the top 15 of any F1 greatest drivers list for sure.
id say top 3
@@markvarley8768no not the top 3 top 10 at best
@mikaelbihl-matias9462 I would agree top 10. He is still the only person to hold the F1 and Indy Car titles at the same time. He should have had 2 more world titles but had that infamous tyre blow out when well in the lead of the Australian GP in 1986 and had the car cut out on him at the Canadian GP with only half a lap to go and a 70 second lead a problem with the Ranualt engine dropping revs and cutting out, if he had hung on to win that race he would have been world champion then as well.
A man who can beat prime Senna is definitely in the conversation I think
@@KepleroGT who can forget the Spanish GP in 1991 Mansell going wheel to wheel with Senna, two immensely talented and committed racers driving at 200 mph literally inches away from each other, but no crash just hard fair racing, I miss those days.
F1 Champ in 1992, PPG Indycar world Champion 1993. Legend.
U alive brooooo
At the same time briefly till Prost won his 4th and last title in 93
Actually, Mansell weighted in as heaviest driver in F1 for number of years. He had 85kg for 180cm frame. He was eating no doubt. Take Vettel for example 174cm 58kg.
The moustache was very heavy though
@@pgr3290 Worth at least 15kg
No way vettel only 58
@@pgr3290oh sh*t 🤣🤣
Maaaan!! 🤣🤣
Don't be stupid, Vettel can't be 58kg,
Imagine senna on top gear
i wish
+Vivian Oti and Mansell and Prost all three together in that couch
+Vivian Oti or Senna and Clark
Mike Rourke I would watch on reply till my eyes fell off
I'd rather not. The host is enough of a jerk.
Grand tour brought me here 😂
Nigel Mansell is a class act. He was my favorite back in the 80's, not because he was the best but because he drove with his guts.But he should bring back the stache!
Grew up watching Mansell in Formula One. My favourite F1 driver for many years, and drove for my favourite team in Williams.
I've met him, he's such a nice guy
I played golf with Mr Mansell this weekend at my country club's men's championship. What an amazing guy!
I am German and I was not a Schumacher fan!
My heroes were Nigel Mansell and the late great Ayrton Senna!
Those guys were a different breed, from the kids we watch today...
They said what they thought and the stuck to their words! I loved these guys!!! Add Berger and you got the three F1 drivers i would love to share a beer with...
Mansell is still the man.
The best of all, man! True lion to the very core. He made late Senna really sweat on more than one an occasion.
Amen
Nigel Manstill
A man well into his fifties who plays golf and does after dinner speaking, showed the lot, including the Stig, who the daddy is. His time was the one they all wanted to beat. An awesome driver and an old-school maniac!
When it comes to driving he is an absolute master and his tuition should be taken very seriously.
Didn't the Stig later beat his time by 0.2 seconds?
@@binkyboobosh1 Of course (though there have been multiple Stigs), it was just interesting to note how the Stig actually beat the F1 drivers' times
@@johnmartinez7440 ...but, not when comparing like for like and Hamilton's fast lap 1.42.9 put F1 into perspective... the Stig who beat Nigel's time was the original...but imagine if they were given the Suzuki and were asked to race around Spa....It's absurd to compare a driver who had done literally thousands of laps on a short track in a car that he drives probably every week up against someone that's done 3 in a car he's never even seen. I would imagine that the Stig was rather embarrassed and humbled by the F1 drivers who walked into his house and put their feet up...
@@johnmartinez7440 ...the Stig that beat Nigel's time was the second who'd done thousands of laps of the short track in hundreds of cars.....The first Stig could only manage 1.46.1. Stig 2 turned in dozens of laps to beat Nigel's time on a day of his choice with suitable weather. I suspect that if Stig 2 was tested after 3 laps on his first day on the track, he wouldn't even have beaten the celeb's fast lap time....
It was amazing to see him race against Senna , respect from Belgium !
A true champion from the greatest era of F1. The 80's & early 90's were incredible.
I can see Christian Bale playing him should they ever make a movie about him
He's already portrayed Birmingham's other motor racing great Ken Miles, so this would be ideal.
I bursted out laughing my dog jumpscared. Thank you! I just watched AP last Saturday.
Now I'm off returning some video tapes. Merry Christmas.
If you ever get a chance to see his races. You will be amazed what a class he is. Did everything without any effort. Love this guy.
Hello to everyone whos here because of recommendations. Only 9 years late.
Yup
The same!
I searched for it
I'm 14yrs late
Inly one thing missing. Murray's commentary.
'And there goes Mansell! Faaaaaaantastic!'
Many of the most exciting moments of F1 I have watch where of
Mr. Mansell driving. I'll never forget him.
Mansell is one of the best ever. He deserved 3 F1 titles for sure.
I agree. The Mansell era was F1 peak. I stopped watching it after the passing of Senna. Then they brought in electric tank-size cars that were too big for the circuits. I just watched a clip of highlights from last week and it was so damn boring.
Mansell was awesome. Should ov won more than the 1 he did. Just stuck in that time where they was so many good drivers of that era. Absolute respect. Top f1 driver.
I've watching this show for 8 years now And I still enjoy those laps!!! 👏👏👏😁😁👌👌
He enjoyed his look around the museum!
this guy is so cool! the ultimate f1 driver. Just like Raikkonnen, makes you wonder what gets these guys' heart rate going? total respect to F1 drivers they are born to do this
Who else from Eurocrash?
And Damon Hill was even faster than all the non-f1 drivers who did that... Insane Mansell!
One of elite greats of F1 with a natural skill that only a handful of other drivers throughout F1 history have demonstrated. At his peak, I'd rank him higher than anyone on the grid especially from 2007 - now. He was a different class of driver for sure.
He’ll always be my racing hero, first race I watched as a young lad was silverstone 92 and that was all I needed to be hooked for life. If Lady Luck had been on his side he’d be a 3 time champion.
Total road warrior. Mansell in a "red mist" was a truly awesome sight.
The Grand Tour: Eurocrash brought me here.
This video is going to grow a huge view count in a short time, now. From 1m to several million, in a month. The algorithm is about to fall back in love with this upload. This is very possibly the best lap ever, in ALL of TG. That car was on it's toes, giving everything it had. Nigel had em' all sliding, all the way around!
That Liana had become a 3 wheeler for a bit over a minute. He cut the last corner without the front left actually touching the grass, unbelievable skill. Believe me this shaves insane time when you pull it off but when you don't Gambon happens.
There's a very fine line between Genius and Madness and 'Our Nige' sails as close as anyone in motorsport history in utter commitment to the limit.
Words can't describe my respect and admiration for Nigel Mansell. In my preference, he was simply the greatest Formula 1 driver to grace the sport.
Many people will tell you other drivers were better, but from my personal experience following Formula 1 and how it was introduced to me I'll say Mansell because when I started to pay attention to F1 he was the driver that really caught my attention. I mean seeing him win the 1992 British GP made feel nationalistic for Britain and I'm not even British.
Kelvin Almonte totallly agree with you Kevin. He is the F1 best ever racing driver and should have won 4 titles if not so unlucky.Last but not least, didn't have the money to race but did manage to race in F1 and win the title! Amazing
Kelvin Almonte He was too lazy to develop a car unlike Senna or Prost and made too many hot headed moments that lost him the title on several occasions.
***** I beg to differ on the 'not being able to develop a car' part. Don't forget that he did the majority of the test work on the car that almost got A. Prost a title in 1990.
Kelvin Almonte yes, and for some reason it didn't give HIm the car? You know, Mansell was a great driver, but Prost and Senna were on another level.
Such a nice guy soft spoken...and on the track everything changes...an animal😂😂😂
He is not only BEST DRIVER ever! He is a moraly man, always shows clear fighting in race and in life for all the drivers and people in modern (not clear) life! P.S. - One of the best policeman in modern history!
Should invite Yuji Ide to Top Gear, please. He is a true master of speed!
Eduardo Toledo ...but he lost his Super License 4 races into 2006...
+JumboJ99 thatsthejoke.jpg
They'd be no survivors.
Reunited in eurocrash,
A truly moving moment 😂
still my all-time favorite F1 driver....go Nigel GO!!!!
Good man and real warrior. Respect for Nigel.
I love that he's still dressing as if it's 1990. If only it actually was.
I adore the way he still throws the around... I would love to see him on the track again.
Nigel Mansell...a drivers driver and won Indy in his first year. Truly a brilliant driver.
Nigel Mansell one of the greatest drivers that ever raced
Mansell was my hero... he is the reason why I got into F1. It was his tash and his red 5 made him stand out over the rest in the early 90s.
Mental Mansell he’s amazing!
I remember him driving in TOCA in the Ford Mondeo wild times!
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE DRIVING A NORMAL CAR MORE TO THE LIMIT THAN THIS !!! That car was almost on 2 wheels almost the entire time !
I cannot recommend Nigel's autobiography enough. Nigel and Mrs Mansell were technically homeless as they slept in a transit van to fund Nigel's racing career and this was before he had sat in an F1 car.
The sacrifices and setbacks suffered by them would have destroyed any normal couple, but they just picked themselves up and brushed themselves off after every kick in the guts.
Despite Nigels reputation for being boring, it is easily the best sporting autobiography I have ever read.
Do yourself a favour and read it.
I would love to see Senna, Fangio, Jim Clark, Sterling Moss and Schumacher set a lap during their prime time. I would also love to see Alonso do a lap. Could he beat Hamilton's lap?
M. Schumacher has already done a lap around the the top gear track back in 2009.
10 years later but you know, god that would be amazing to watch. my money would be on senna, who who would do a 1.42 or crash at the hammerhead, or jimmy whole would nail every single apex and have a truly unbeatable time
Nigel looks and dresses like a middle aged dad who stopped by the pub after a hard day at work. You'd never guess he's a Formula 1 World Champion 😂😂
He seems like such a chill bloke I can’t believe they would shoot him in the face with an arrow
Mansell...utter legend
Seeing this after the grand tour special
On pure driving ability, Mansell is one of the best ever.
Dave Smith 100%
The blond girl behind Mansell 😍👍💥
I know you’re here because of the new GT episode :)
An absaloute legend. The best the sport has ever seen in my book.
@Bill McQ Coulthard? 😂 Hill was much better
Perfect grandfather with fantastic stories to tell.
One of my favorite drivers even though I'm 28.
Just noticed how the footage involved two different cars - check the numberplates!
Wow kinda lost all credibility
I'm sure his time was legitimate but they probably used footage from different laps that looked better depending on the corner. They had multiple cars because drivers frequently broke them.
Once Top Gear filmed a piece on the Nissan Murano and how it was a footballers car. It was supposedly filmed by James May in Hertfordshire because Hertfordshire is the car would fit in.
I know they didn't because they filmed it in front of my parent's house in Essex. Never believed much on Top Gear after that.
Good spot! 3:16
@@ArrKayLondon if you believe everything on top gear then you’ll believe big daddy won all his wrestling matches on merit
rare footage of Nigel Mansell without a moustache
Not only is Clarkson entertaining, but he's also a top notch interviewer. Nice!
he went for it 1000% , love it!
So at 2:42 the car reg is GX52 HFN then at 3:16 the car reg is GU03 WLC.
Love the Nige, hands down the fastest man ever to drive a F! car on his best days. Ultra aggressive bravery while retaining complete control on the edge like no other.
But sadly Nigel also had numbers of bad days as well, too many.
I’m a massive Mansell fan, but I think your assessment is on the money; Mansell could often be bested by Senna, who was constantly “on it”, and Prost, who was always thinking of the very single way of going faster, smoothly. Senna and Prost were the very best. That Mansell can be spoke of in the same sentence as them tells you he was aaalmost up there with them. No shame in that whatsoever, and it probably marks him out as one of the top five of all time. Given his CART and BTCC exploits though, I’ll always see Mansell as the most “complete” driver, in all categories, up there with Clark and Stewart, if just a shade behind the absolute best in F1.
Mansell was my childhood hero, not Senna. Great guy and a very strong and crazy racer with a 'never say die' attitude. Love him.
Shame how his face melted in the sun on the last road trip
oh my god he doesn't have a MOUSTACHE
One of my favorite drivers even though I'm not even born yet.
+Eric Peru When are you going to be born?
Ellemerob sometime in the near future. I just wanna be able to take advantage of flying cars.
+Eric Peru oh right. Are you only around now to warn your mother about the Terminator who will want to prevent your birth.
@@ericperu1542 Are you still looking into the right time to join us?
@@fabiometta1034 I thought about now but Mercedes has one the last 7 constructors championships, Lewis Hamilton is second on the all time win list, and Ferrari hasn't sniffed a drivers or constructors championships since 2008, and there is no Williams at Williams I'm going to wait it out a bit longer.
What a Gentleman and a TRUE LEGEND !!!!
best part is he is just totally NOT up himself.
Best British F1 driver we ever had!!
A real british gentleman. A fantastic sportsman. Absolutely fantastic. Splendid!
I was involved in the de Angelis, Mansell, Senna period and can tell you Nigel was a gentleman. He was a fearsome racer and he occasionally broke the JPS Lotus - which was fragile - and that didn't endear him to the Lotus Team Manager at the time (PW). Nor did the fact that Nigel was recruited by Colin Chapman who saw in him a potential world champion. CC of course was correct, but it didn't prevent a war of words and a mutual antipathy that led to Ayrton joining and Nigel moving on. That made sense; together, in the same cars they would have had too many collisions on track.
Yes, Ayrton was more than a little wary of Nigel. One of the very few who would push and go wheel to wheel with him.
Hard racing days. No 'coasting' and going on an economy run in '80s F1.
3:07 the REG Is GX52
3:16 GU03
What did I miss?😂
2:37 come on let's go
does anyone know when top gear season 16 episode 3 will be coming out?
Mansell is 60 yrs old this year
66 now
Still looks he can still keep up with Hamilton, M Verstappen, Leclerc n the rest
67 now collecting a pension lol
All those former F1 names Nigel mentioned remember them well from days gone past man I feel old now.
Just imagine Ayrton Senna here now....
that would of being good to see rivals on track but friends off was a great battle throughout they always put on a good show
Alejandro Tum
Nope, just the most memorable. Statistically speaking, other drivers performed better than Senna, maybe because they got the chance to have a longer career, maybe not. The point is though, Senna put on a better show every race, he wasn't a boring driver, and people genuinely liked him for his talents on the track, and his care off the track.
As for my favourite, I'm a Jim Clark person, maybe because classic Lotus F1 cars are just the most attractive things ever.
Alejandro Tum
Yes, he is
Alejandro Tum www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80517
"Senna beat Michael Schumacher and Juan Manuel Fangio"
Alejandro Tum Dude, shut up with your stupid shit.
Pause at 3:36 and frame advance with > . Perfect line, inches from getting off track and probably losing grip. The corner before was cut maybe a little too much, but hard to say if he gained time (even if current FIA race directors would imprison him for 5 years for that).
Very smooth lines almost every corner, yet at the end it becomes apparent how much he was pushing, true race driver. Didn't care about the grass after Gambon, since the finish line is pretty close, so you don't need to carry speed into a straight.
Came for the blonde in the black leather jacket. Stayed for the blonde in the black leather jacket. What was the rest of it about?
I saw her. Good lord.
@@bungle3912 I think I saw Nigel Mansell in there at one point but I might be mistaken.
Fit as fuck lol
She’ll be 50 now, 4 kids, divorced, bitter….😂
Until I saw you comment, I wanted to watch the person being interviewed........ummmm that's Italian leather on the blond to the left of that Bloke on the seat. Who is he?
Mansell was the Freddie Mercury of Formula One..::The Best!!!!!!!!!
Nigel is definitely a class act … on and off the circuit …
Il più bel giro che abbia mai visto sulla pista di Top Gear
he won the CART IndyCar championship in 1993
My hero back in the day, legendary racing against the likes of Prost. Great days, sadly missed.
always will be the best british driver ever born the only rookie and brit EVER to win the indy car series and still not beaten even by a rookie of any nationality...... make me proud to be british. #bestintheworld #RULEBRITTANIA
anyone notice the number plate change at 3:16 from a 52 plate to a 03 plate
3:15 . Number plate changed ?
"I'll see you later Paul Walker mate"
Driving like the lion he always was!
Watching this after the Euro Crash Grand Tour special is really amusing
Nigel looks younger here than during his F1 career.