Didn't 9 of Mansell's wins, in other words 33% of his total tally, come in the 1992 season?
Which just shows how misleading his own statistics are. Drivers can be massively flattered or hindered by the car they have.
But Senna's and Prost's statistics weren't "flattered" by supreme cars? In 1988 the McLaren MP4/4 was unbeatable
especially as it was the turbo engines vs naturally aspirated cars. Senna won 8 races, Prost 7 races that year (15 out of 16 races).
In 1989 the McLaren MP4/5 was the best car of the field with really no opposition (Senna winning 6 races, Prost 4= 10 races out of 16).
In 1993 Prost won 7 races with the unbeatable FW15C.
Mansell's 1988 season went down the drain with the awful naturally-aspirated Williams-Judd, having 12 DNF out of 14 races (he missed the last 2 races due to illness). IMO he fully deserved to have a supreme car after all the bad luck he endured.
Senna, Prost, Mansell all deserved their wins. It's not just getting the best car, it's what you do with it.
Oh and well done to Alonso!
Edited by MarioKart, 11 July 2011 - 09:33.