Your view: Mansell is Williams' best

Eurosport - Mon, 29 Dec 14:19:00 2008

Moustachioed Briton Nigel Mansell streaked to the chequered flag in our poll of the greatest ever Williams drivers.

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Our Nige took 41% of your votes with 3,160 of you placing the 1992 world champion ahead of Frenchman Alain Prost, who polled 24%.

Damon Hill, another British world champion, took the final spot on the podium with 12%.

Mansell had three spells with Williams, between 1985-88, 1991-92 and for a final short spell in 1994, when he replaced then-rookie David Coulthard for the final three races of the season.

Bushy-browed Mansell won a total of 31 of his 191 races, amassing a total of 480 career points, and was a recent inductee to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

RESULTS

Who is the greatest Williams driver?

1-Nigel Mansell - 41%

2-Alain Prost - 24%

3-Damon Hill - 12%

4-Nelson Piquet - 9%

5-Jacques Villeneuve - 8%

6-Keke Roseberg - 4%

7-Alan Jones - 3%

7,744 votes at 14:00 UK time Monday December 29

What you said:

Futchi: "It has to be NICO ROSBERG - a beautiful driver with a delicate touch on the curves and yet capable of magnificent endurance and power thrusting all the way down the Straight. No contest!"

Russell O: "Damon Hill - Don't make me laugh! Even David 'gutless' Coulthard would have been champ in a Williams that season."

Alan K: "I would say Alan Jones, he won a title against the odds at the time and should have won a second had it not have been for his team mate forcing him off the track in a critical race. He was frightened of no one on or off the track, he was something special, if you doubt it ask Frank Williams for his opinion of Alan Jones."

sinednavanod: "Has to be Hill! Catapulted into the hotseat after Senna's death, he held the team together through it's most traumatic period. He almost pipped Schumacher in 94 with an inferior car, while in 95 he had no luck. I'd like to also point out that Mansell's world title came in a vastly superior car in 1992, like Hill in 96, but Hill had real competition in Villeneuve in 96. So Hill gets my vote!!!"

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  1. Junky, sorry I should not have got involved in your­ argument which I did not read until after I made the­ posting. I was only really trying to make the point­ about Nige and the ovals.
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    Sorry mate.

    From BigBill, on Tue 30 Dec 12:14PM

  2. Nigel Mansell won the INDY full stop, if you want to­ play funny buggers by being pedantic by saying he did­ not win the INDY500 then so be it.
    INDY500 is not the­ entire championship. One race does not make a­ CHAMPIONSHIP.
    Nigel was the most under estimated but­ fact is fact he was one of the most exciting to watch.

    From f1junky1000, on Tue 30 Dec 12:06PM

  3. chadbuchman you are quite right. In his first season he­ won the championship (no idea what it was called at­ that time), but he did NOT win the Indy500. In fact he­ actually won all of the other ovals that year and said­ that oval racing was the purest and most exciting form­ of motorsport. Although he may have just been saying­ that to please the septics.

    From BigBill, on Tue 30 Dec 11:25AM

  4. Nigel M never won "INDY" he won the­ championship! Sorry for correcting both ya'll HA !!­ I do love how you girls stick up for each others­ though!! VAG POWWER!!!!! WEEEEE

    From chad, on Tue 30 Dec 11:10AM

  5. Keke Rosberg used to kick azz in a normally aspirated­ Williams against turbo charged renaults - maybe not the­ greatest but fantastic to watch

    From littlee.69123, on Tue 30 Dec 11:04AM

  6. I have to agree with ljohnstone, with the comment that­ our nige was a very under estimated driver. Thats a­ statement I personally believe to be true. I only­ wish that todays F1 fans would sit down and watch on­ video the races that fans like us watched live on TV­ and attended the occassional F1 race in person. I think­ they would be shocked at how much more exciting these­ races really were, and they would of been able to see­ for themselves why we believe our Nigel should be­ considered as one of the best ever. I truly believed­ that even Senna was nervous when running side by side­ with Nigel.
    I have been hooked by Nigels drives since­ about 1985. After all this time it was only last year­ that i managed to shake his and and get his Autograph.­ He was at Silverstone getting a fitting for the BMW­ Car. to do demondstrations. I shook both his sons hands­ and asked his son to ask Nigel to come and shake my­ Hand. He did do and spoke with me.
    That has been­ without doubt the proudest F1 moment of my life. ­
    Thank you to all of the 41% that has put Nigel where­ he belongs.
    MANSELL IS WILLIAMS BEST EVER DRIVER
    Neil­ tate

    From neil_tate, on Tue 30 Dec 8:53AM

  7. Chad B, Nige won indy in hiw first season there so shut­ up you idiot.
    As for Marion/Bernard7Racistroute­ (touronroute)/donald.donaldson14, you suffer from­ multiple personality disorder. Posting as one person­ and agreeing with yourself as another is really­ disturbing!!
    Get a life probably jumping off a bridge­ would take you from this life to another!

    From f1junky1000, on Tue 30 Dec 7:35AM

  8. Chad B, make sure your info is correct before you make­ statements like that. Makes you look stupid when you­ turn out to be dead wrong... ;)

    From Nathan, on Tue 30 Dec 2:32AM

  9. hey loser he didn't win indy but at least you­ spelled INDY correct!! HA

    From Chad B, on Tue 30 Dec 1:11AM

  10. Pitty that Ayrton did not make 'the list'.­ It's enough that this racing god died in a­ Williams, immortalizing the team forever. He is the­ last F-1 driver to die while leading a race, though­ only after securing 3 poles out of 3 races for Williams­ in the ill-handling FW-16.

    From nylahaddad, on Tue 30 Dec 12:46AM

  11. and he went on to win indy in his rookie year too.­ amazing driver old nigel

    From corporal c, on Mon 29 Dec 11:53PM

  12. "Marion" rhymes well with moron

    From dreamweaveruk, on Mon 29 Dec 10:39PM

  13. The best driver that has ever driven for Williams has­ to be A-wire-ton Senner.
    But I agree with the best­ results by a driver for Williams and Frank's choice­ would probably be Nige. I met Sir Frank Williams just­ after he signed Mansell and the regie pneumatic valve­ engines were just coming into their own. Frank was­ beeming over both of his new toys.

    From Chris Gaither, on Mon 29 Dec 9:26PM

  14. I don't disagree with any of the comments below,­ but was he a boring git out of the car or what?

    From Donald D, on Mon 29 Dec 8:59PM

  15. Great, great driver, the 1980's and 1991/92,­ wonderful years to have watched F1 in, we only had­ edited highlights on TV most of the time during that­ period, but Nigel kept us on our toes whatever­ happened. Shame F1 doesn't have those cars now, but­ made safe.

    From , on Mon 29 Dec 7:15PM

  16. i still think to this day nigel was a very under rated­ driver..some of the best racing i have ever scene wes­ between nigel and ayrton

    From LAWRENCE J, on Mon 29 Dec 5:28PM

  17. was this ever in doubt.

    From EleanaV, on Mon 29 Dec 5:21PM

  18. red 5 rules ok ok ok ok

    From malcolm.milburn, on Mon 29 Dec 5:13PM

  19. Remember when F1 was fun?

    From marktsparky65, on Mon 29 Dec 3:51PM

  20. no contest. Has to be the man with the mustache.
    1992­ world champion with a record 9 wins in a season - 5­ wins in a row - won the first 5 races in a season. All­ records that only Michael Shumacher has beaten. Well­ done Nige!

    From greyhoundpaul, on Mon 29 Dec 3:39PM
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