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

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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