Nigel Mansell is a British former racing driver who won one Formula One world championship. He entered Formula One in the 1980 season with Lotus, and stayed for six seasons before moving to Williams. It is here where Mansell began to showcase his talent, picking up 13 victories over the next three seasons, which marked a dominant period for the Williams team, who were powered by a Honda engine. marked a very good year for Mansell, and was on course for his maiden title. However, on round 16 at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, a tyre blowout on lap 63 forced him to retire, conceding the title to Alain Prost. The following season, Mansell again challenged for the title, but found himself runner-up again, this time to his teammate and rival, Nelson Piquet. He spent a further one year with the Williams team, but after a dismal season where he struggled with reliability due to the new Judd engine, he moved to Ferrari for the season. Despite a promising start to his Ferrari career, where he picked up his first victory for the Scuderia at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, Mansell again struggled with reliability due to the innovative Semi-automatic transmission. In total, he spent two seasons with Ferrari and achieved three victories, before leaving and re-joining Williams. Mansell's second spell at Williams proved to be more successful than the first spell, where in 1992 he achieved his first and only title. After a public disagreement with Williams' management, and the prospect of his rival Prost joining the team, Mansell left and retired from Formula One. He returned and raced in four races for Williams in 1994 after the death of Ayrton Senna, where he picked up his final Formula One victory. After an unsuccessful spell with McLaren in , Mansell retired for good.