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Nigel Mansell pre-F1 Autosport report

Started by King Nigel , Jan 13 2004 12:50

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#1 King Nigel

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Posted 13 January 2004 - 12:50

I just wonder if some of you guys have scans of old Autosport report about Nigel Mansell in FFord and F3 in the late 70's. That would be really cool to see pics of it. Then, is there any pictures of the test he and some others (South, Lammers, de Angelis ...) made in 1979 for F1 Team Lotus ?

Thanks :up:

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#2 Kojima_KE007

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Posted 13 January 2004 - 14:10

It's not out of Autosport and not FFord or F3, but here's a picture of Nigel Mansell in a Ralt Honda RH6 (F2) at Silverstone in 1980.

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#3 Rob Ryder

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Posted 13 January 2004 - 19:10

1977 Silverstone Crossle 32F (?)

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1977 Silverstone March 793
(both images from 'Mansell:The Complete Pictorial Record' by Keith Sutton)

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#4 David Lawson

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Posted 13 January 2004 - 19:15

Here's a snap I took at Brands with Mansell scrapping with Johanson, Thassin and Acheson - apologies for spellings.

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#5 Mallory Dan

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Posted 14 January 2004 - 09:32

David, thats actually David Sears at the back, not Acheson. Argo not March. That year Mansell had at March, any one any inside knowledge of why Nige didn't go well in the works March ? I've read the March book, and the Mansell one, each side slags the other off, but I wonder if it was simply that the car was c--p, and only Project 4 got it going properly. Certainly when he got a decent car, the Ralt F2 later that year, Nige went well enough, IMHO.

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#6 David Lawson

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Posted 14 January 2004 - 10:29

Dan

Thanks for that information, my photo collection - I hesitate to call it a library - is in dozens of boxes without any sort of index system so I rely on my pre senile memory!!

David

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#7 BRG

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Posted 14 January 2004 - 14:04

Originally posted by Mallory Dan
why Nige didn't go well in the works March ?

Wasn't the Unipart March the one powered by the Triumph Dolomite engine? If so, the answer is that it was never a really competitive powerplant in F3.

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#8 King Nigel

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Posted 15 January 2004 - 00:34

Any reports from F3 races ?

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#9 Mallory Dan

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Posted 15 January 2004 - 13:23

BRG, no, the 1980 March Nige had was a Toyota powered one, ie the same as everyone else that year. He had the Dolomite one in 79, when I agree the motor wasn't up to speed with the Toyotas. Must have been some other reason he was off the pace in 80, compared with simliar cars.

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#10 King Nigel

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Posted 16 January 2004 - 15:23

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#11 King Nigel

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Posted 19 January 2004 - 09:42

No more documentation ?

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#12 Kvadrat

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Posted 05 December 2005 - 08:19

Originally posted by David Lawson
Here's a snap I took at Brands with Mansell scrapping with Johanson, Thassin and Acheson - apologies for spellings.

David

Is it 1980?

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#13 Andretti Fan

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Posted 05 December 2005 - 20:40

I have a complete run of On Track magazines from mid 1989 thru early 2001 and I get a big kick from looking thru old race reports to see todays stars when they were getting their start. For example, reading about new IRL champ Dan Wheldon when he was a rising star in Formula Vauxhall Jr.