5 Times Nigel Mansell Seemed The Greatest

He’s the only man to have started more races before winning the world championship than Jenson Button, but it could have been so different for Nigel Mansell. After learning the ropes at Lotus, Mansell’s career came alive when he joined Williams in 1985. A title challenge followed in 1986, where he was cruelly robbed in famous style in Adelaide, while a practice crash at Suzuka a year later cost him another shot at the crown. It would be four years before Mansell was back in a title-challenging car, but duri