Formula 1 - Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Ayrton Senna etc | eBay Formula 1 10 January 2009 Formula 1 This is one of many illustrated classic F1 racing guides I've created for the community. I hope you enjoy it. If you wish to find out more about the classic F1 racing art featured in this guide please click here. This guide features several legendary F1 drivers. Satoru Nakajima Satoru Nakajima was Honda's representative on the grid in the late eighties and was Japan's first regular Formula One Grand Prix driver. Ayrton Senna's team-mate at Lotus in 1987 and then teamed with Nelson Piquet in 1988 and 1989 (Lotus), Satoru was a worthy ambassador for the Honda company without posing a threat to his more highly regarded team-mates. His best finish was fourth at Adelaide in 1989 and his last two seasons were spent with the Tyrrell team before he quit at the end of 1991. His best finish in the championship was eleventh position overall in 1987 driving a Lotus.

Total Grand Prix drives, 74. Since his retirement from Formula One, he has run a team in both Japanese Formula 3000 and Formula Three developing the next generation of Japanese racing drivers. Andrea de Cesaris World champion in karts and a strong contender in British Formula Three, Andrea made his Formula One debut with Alfa-Romeo in 1980. He soon became known for his somewhat unpredictable driving style racing for McLaren in 1981. 1982 and 1983 were spent with Alfa-Romeo, where he produced third place at Monaco (a race he could have won), before moving to Ligier for 1984. Two seasons with Ligier produced little so it was on to Minardi, then Brabham, then Rial, then Dallara, then Tyrrell, Jordan again and finally to Sauber before his Formula One career ended in 1994. The second most experienced Formula One driver behind Riccardo Patrese, although without a win. Best race result, a second place in the German Grand Prix of 1983 and finished eighth for the title overall in 1983.

Total Grand Prix drives, 208. Nigel Mansell Nigel's Formula One debut was for Lotus in 1980 and his first Grand Prix victory was for williams in 1985. 1986 saw five Grand Prix victories yet through cruel luck, no title. An accident in qualifying ruined his title hopes again in 1987 after six wins and it was beginning to look as if Nigel Mansell was to be the "nearly man" of Formula 1. In a bold move to Ferrari in 1989 he won his first race and the instant adoration of the Italian fans, but only finished fourth. 1990 with Ferrari was a disaster finishing ninth overall so it was back to Williams and winning ways in 1991. Five wins however were not enough with Nigel still having to play second fiddle to Ayrton Senna's McLaren. Finally in 1992 it all came right, Mansell storming to nine victories in a Williams-Renault that was in a class of its own. He still drove magnificently.

After moving to Indy Cars in 1993 and incredibly taking the title at his first attempt, Mansell returned to Williams mid-season in 1994 before joining McLaren in 1995. He retired after just two races. Damon Hill As a relatively late starter to car racing in 1984 with Formula Ford, Damon soon progressed into British Formula Three and then Formula 3000 before gaining his first F1 drive in 1992. Signed by Williams in 1993 to drive alongside three-time world champion Alain Prost, he gained three victories and finished third overall. Staying with Williams in 1994, this time with Ayrton Senna as team-mate, Damon was thrust into the role of team leader after the Brazillian's death and in a season burdened with Michael Schumacher's disqualifications closed a huge points gap to set up a grand finale at the Australian Grand Prix. Sadly for Hill, Schumacher's now famous chopping move just before mid-distance took out both himself and Hill, leaving Schumacher as champion by just one point.

There were only four wins for Damon in 1995, enough to give him second place in the championship again. Johnny Herbert Johnny Herbert's talent was recognised when he won-from-the-back during the 1985 Formula Ford Festival. In 1987 he took the British Formula Three title and he was looking set for the 1988 Formula 3000 title when he suffered terrible leg injuries in a pile-up at Brands Hatch on the very day he had signed his Formula One contract with Benetton. Fighting back to health, Johnny produced an amazing fourth place on his Formula One debut. Joined Lotus in 1990 and stayed until 1994 before returning to Benetton in 1995 to race alongside Michael Schumacher, a year which brought two Grand Prix wins, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Johnny finished fourth place overall in the championship with 45 points. In the last race at Adelaide he suffered a broken driveshaft on lap 70, with only 11 to go. Had he finished the race he could have easily finished third in the drivers' championship.

Martin Brundle In 1983 Martin Brundle was racing in British Formula Three and made Ayrton Senna work very hard indeed for the title. For 1984 there was a Formula One drive for Tyrrell and after fifth place in his first Grand Prix in Brazil and a second to Piquet in Detroit the future looked good. Unfortunately at the next race Martin broke both ankles and later, to add insult to injury, Tyrrell were adjudged to be running illegal cars and all the teams results were cancelled. In 1986 he had four points scoring drives but 1987 was a disaster, after moving to Zakspeed. Drives for Brabham in 1989 and 1991 saw little improvement but signing for Benetton in 1992 was a good break and he finished sixth overall that year. For 1993 there was another move, this time to Ligier and a seventh place overall. He drove well again in 1994, this time for McLaren finishing seventh with two rostrum places.

A return to Ligier was not very successful for 1995, Martin only achieving seven points in the Championship for an overall thirteenth position. Michael Schumacher After an eye catching debut in 1991, Michael was swiftly signed for Benetton where he became the key figure in the team's rise to the pinnacle of the Grand Prix world. It was soon clear that he possessed a special talent and during his first two seasons progressed rapidly to the position of pretender to Senna's throne. Sadly the terrible "black" weekend at Imola in 1994 saw the title pass to Michael Schumacher in the worst way possible; in the previous races he had shown that he had the car and the ability to stretch even Ayrton's talents to the maximum. In 1995 Michael Schumacher won the World Championship for a second time and became the first German to win his home Grand Prix since Rudolf Caracciola in 1939. Michael elected to move to Ferrari in 1996 taking the coveted "Number One" with him. Ayrton Senna Ayrton was a natural talent.

He won kart races from the time he started competing at eh age of thirteen, was Brazilian champion as soon as he was eligible for the senior ranks and when he came to Britain in 1991, won his third race at Formula Ford 1600. After British and European Formula 2000 titles, it was onto Formula Three for 1983 before Formula One and the Toleman team in 1984. His first win came for Lotus the next year, finishing fourth overall. He finished fourth overall again in 1986, with two wins and in 1987 he was third in the championship. Quicker progress was needed and McLaren provided a car to meet Senna's needs. Eight wins in 1988 gave him the title. His second and third World Championship titles followed in 1990 and 1991. When, at the San Marino Grand Prix on the 1st May 1994, Ayrton lost his life after hitting a wall at high speed, the sport lost one of its greatest figures, the ultimate sportsman and the fastest Formula One driver the world has ever seen.

Eddie Irvine British Formula Ford champion in the mid-eighties, Eddie excelled at Formula Three in 1988 before moving to Formula 3000 with the Pacific Racing team in 1989 and the Jordan team in 1990. No Formula One drives were forthcoming so for the next three seasons Eddie raced sports cars and competed in Formula Three in Japan. The Formula One debut came at Suzuka with a sixth place. In 1994 Eddie was teamed with Rubens Barrichello at Jordan but his involvement in a huge accident in the opening round saw him banned for a race, later extended to three races after his attitude at the hearing. Once back he raced well for the rest of the season. For 1995 Eddie stayed with Jordan and drove well for his ten points and twelfth place overall. In the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Giles Villeneuve, he finished third behind Jean Alesi and team-mate Rubens Barrichello. It was Jordan's finest race achievement in their five-year Formula One history.

David Coulthard After a very successful career in karts, David graduated to Formula Ford in 1989 and drove so well that he was awarded the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the year award. Beaten by Rubens Barrichello in both the GM Euroseries and the 1991 British Formula Three series, Formula 3000 was tougher going and only ninth place overall in 1992 for Paul Stewart Racing was disappointing. After an improvement to third overall in 1993, David became a Williams test driver. His Grand Prix debut came in 1994, moving up to the top formula following Senna's death in the San Marino Grand Prix. The best that year was a second place in Portugal. 1995 was a very commendable first full year of Grand Prix racing bringing his first win in Portugal and a string of podium finishes. It wasn't enough however to stop him from being dropped in 1996 in favour of Jacques Villeneuve, son of late, great French-Canadian Giles. Thank you for reading my guide and I hope you found it interesting!

Tags: Damon Hill - 1996 Damon Hill Share When Williams made Damon Hill a Formula One driver, despite his undistinguished racing record, Frank Williams said it was because he was "a tough bastard" and Patrick Head said he admired his "fierce inner determination." Like his World Champion father Graham Hill, he needed these qualities to achieve ultimate success in the sport to which - also like his father - he came late after a long struggle. His heritage helped, as did luck, but in the end it was his own ability that enabled Damon Hill to add lustre to the family name. Next Previous Enlarge 1 / 4 Donington Park, 1980: Damon Hill began his motor sport career on two wheels, competing on a Kawasaki production motorbike. © Sutton Images Silverstone, March 1991: Damon Hill tests a Formula One car for the first time, driving a Williams FW13B. © Sutton Images Silverstone, July 1992: Damon Hill finished 16th and last in the Brabham BT60B on his Formula One race debut at the British Grand Prix.

© Sutton Images Hungaroring, August 1993: Damon Hill, in the Williams FW15C, takes the chequered flag for his first Formula One victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. © Sutton Images Info Close Damon Graham Devereux Hill was born on September 17, 1960, two years before his father Graham won his first driving title. The Hills lived comfortably in a large London house where from an early age Damon was accustomed to visits from such family friends as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, John Surtees and Jackie Stewart. But he found their line of work boring to watch and was instead much more interested in motorbikes, a small example of which his father bought for him when he was 11. Four years later the Hill's happy home life was torn asunder when Graham and several members of his Formula One team were killed in an air crash. Insurance claims wiped out all the family savings, leaving Bette Hill to bring up Damon and his two sisters in drastically reduced financial circumstances. Damon credited both his parents for instilling in him the qualities he needed to endure and overcome the hardships that came his way.

His father had become a champion through dedication, persistence and hard work and was also noted for his keen sense of humour. Both Graham and Bette Hill were highly competitive, single-minded people when they first met at the London Rowing Club (where she also rowed for England) and it was in their honour that Damon (like his father) chose to use the club's insignia on his helmet when he went racing. Info Close To help finance his education (he studied English, history, economics and business administration) Damon worked as a labourer and as a motorcycle courier. In 1981 he started competing on bikes, preparing them himself and towing them to the races where he slept in a tent. In 1985, at the age of 25, he found enough sponsorship for a season of Formula Ford racing, where he showed promise but was not rated highly. The same was true of Formula Three, where he won three races in three years, following which another three years in Formula 3000 failed to produce a victory, though his obvious attributes as a hard-working, hard-tryer impressed Williams enough to hire him as a test driver, beginning in 1991.

His Formula One debut the next year, with an impoverished Brabham team in a hopelessly uncompetitive car, proved to be a disaster when Damon only managed to qualify twice in eight races. Meanwhile, his continuing testing role with Williams (where he logged over 18,000 miles in two years) paid dividends: for Nigel Mansell, who won the 1992 driving title in a car Damon helped develop, then for Damon himself, who was promoted to replace him when Mansell left Formula One to race IndyCars in America. In 1993, at the age of 33 and with only two Grand Prix starts on his CV, Damon made the most of the opportunity, winning three races and finishing third overall to his title-winning team mate Alain Prost, who then retired from Formula One racing. The next year, after Prost's replacement Ayrton Senna was killed in his third race with Williams, the task of leading the team fell to Damon, who responded brilliantly, helping rebuild morale and driving himself to exceed all expectations, save his own. His 1994 championship battle with Benetton's Michael Schumacher ended when they collided controversially in the final race at Adelaide.

Schumacher, who was accused by some of deliberately taking his rival out, won the title by a single point from Hill, whom others thought could have avoided the crash. In 1995, after he again finished second best to Schumacher, criticisms of Hill escalated. Some in the Williams team thought he should have done better in what was the best car and Schumacher suggested he was a second-rate driver. Many in the media were like-minded, though none could deny the dignity and decency of the man. His articulate way of speaking, laced with a dry humour (he played guitar in a punk rock band called Sex Hitler and the Hormones) and common sense wisdom, set him apart from mostly much younger peers (Schumacher was eight years younger), though his self-deprecating manner belied his steely resolve. Info Close "Some people might think I got here because I had a sweet smile and a famous name," Hill said. "Well it wasn't like that. I was written off a lot during my career. The point I am making is that the fact I am at Williams is a measure of my determination to succeed.

As for the team, it will naturally be more inclined to put its faith in someone who has actually done the job, rather than someone who claims he can do it." And yet when he duly took the driving title in 1996, by winning eight of the 16 races and out-pointing his rookie team mate Jacques Villeneuve, the team lost faith in Damon Hill. Late in the season Williams told him his services were no longer required (and replaced him Heinz-Harald Frentzen). Though shocked by his unceremonious dismissal Damon maintained the decorum he thought a champion should have, leaving his indignant wife Georgie (they married in 1988 and had three children) to speak up for him. "Damon has proved himself to have more integrity and dignity in his little finger," Georgie Hill said, "than most people have got in their whole body." With no top drives available he endured an unproductive 1997 at Arrows, then moved to Jordan, scoring that team's first Formula One victory in the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.

In his final season, with Jordan, his motivation waned noticeably and at the end of 1999 he finally hung up the well-known Hill helmet. There was no doubt he had done justice to the family name. To Graham Hill's total of 14 wins and two driving titles, Damon Hill added 22 victories and a World Championship. Text - Gerald Donaldson Damon Hill | The F1 History Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 1992 Damon Hill at the 1992 German Grand Prix Hill started his Grand Prix career during the 1991 season as a test driver with the championship-winning Williams team while still competing in the F3000 series. However, midway through 1992 Hill broke into Grand Prix racing as a driver with the struggling Brabham team. The formerly competitive team was in serious financial difficulties. Hill started the season only after three races, replacing Giovanna Amati after her sponsorship had failed to materialise. Amati had not been able to get the car through qualifying but Hill matched his team-mate, Eric van de Poele by qualifying for two races, the mid-season British and Hungarian Grands Prix.

Hill continued to test for the Williams team that year and the British Grand Prix saw Nigel Mansell win the race for Williams, while he finished last in the Brabham. The Brabham team collapsed after the Hungarian Grand Prix and did not complete the season. Williams File:5793.jpg The season did not start well when Hill spun out of second place shortly after the start of the South African Grand Prix and failed to finish the race after colliding with Alex Zanardi on lap 16. However, at the Brazilian and European Grands Prix, Prost fared poorly in the rain and Hill drove well enough to finish second behind another triple world champion, Ayrton Senna . In his first full season, Hill benefited from the experience of his veteran French team-mate. His results continued to improve as the season went on. He took pole at the French Grand Prix and closely followed Prost, team orders preventing him from seriously challenging for the win. He suffered an engine failure while leading the British Grand Prix and a puncture near the end of the German Grand Prix also while leading. Hill went on to win three successive races at the Hungarian , Belgian and Italian Grands Prix.

In doing so he became the first son of a Formula One Grand Prix winner to take victory himself. Hill's third consecutive win clinched the constructors' championship for Williams and moved him temporarily to second in the drivers' standings until McLaren's Ayrton Senna passed him by winning the last two races. Prost finished the season as champion. 1994 Main Article: Damon Hill/1994 Season The 1994 Formula One season was Damon's third in Formula One and his second for the Williams Team. He became the team leader after the death of team mate Ayrton Senna at the San Marino Grand Prix . His lost the championship by 1 point to Micheal Scumacher at the last round, winning 6 races along the way, and earning 91 points. 1995 Coming into the 1995 season , Hill was one of the title favourites. The Williams team were reigning constructors' champions, having beaten Benetton in 1994, and with young David Coulthard, who was embarking on his first full File:7372.jpg season in Formula One, as team-mate, Hill was the clear number one driver.

The year started badly when he spun off in Brazil due to a mechanical problem, but wins in the next two races put him in the championship lead. However, Schumacher won seven of the next twelve races, and took his second title with two races to spare, while Benetton took the constructors' championship. Schumacher and Hill had several on-track incidents during the season, two of which led to suspended one race bans. Schumacher's penalty was for blocking and forcing Hill off the road at the Belgian Grand Prix ; Hill's was for colliding with Schumacher under braking at the Italian Grand Prix . Hill's season finished positively when he won the Australian Grand Prix by finishing two laps ahead of the runner-up, Olivier Panis in a Ligier . 1995 was a disappointing season for Hill: some of the Williams team had been frustrated with his performances and Frank Williams began to consider bringing in Heinz-Harald Frentzen to replace him. With Hill already under contract for 1996, his place at the team was secure for one more season, but it would prove to be his last at Williams.

1996 In 1996 the Williams car was clearly the quickest in Formula One and Hill went on to win the title ahead of his rookie teammate Jacques Villeneuve , Damon Hill celebrates winning the Drivers Championship at the Japanese GP becoming the only son of a Formula One champion to win the championship himself. Taking eight wins and never qualifying off the front row, Hill enjoyed by far his most successful season. At Monaco, where his father had won five times in the 1960s, he led until his engine failed, curtailing his race and allowing Olivier Panis to take his only Formula One win. Near the end of the season, Villeneuve began to mount a title challenge and took pole in the Japanese Grand Prix , the final race of the year. However, Hill took the lead at the start and won both the race and the championship after the Canadian retired. Starting from the front row in every race of the season, he equaled Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost with their record, as well as for 'most starts from front row in a season'.

In 2011 , Sebastian Vettel also started from the front row 16 times, although he did not start from front row in all of the races. Despite winning the title, Hill learned before the season's close that he was to be dropped by Williams in favour of Frentzen for the following season. Hill left Williams as the team's second most successful driver in terms of race victories, with 21, second only to Mansell. Hill's 1996 world championship earned him his second BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award, making him one of only three people to receive the award twice – the others being boxer Henry Cooper and Mansell. Hill was also awarded the Segrave Trophy by the Royal Automobile Club. The trophy is awarded to the British national who accomplishes the most outstanding demonstration of the possibilities of transport by land, sea, air, or water. Arrows Edit 1997 As world champion, Hill was in high demand, and had offers to drive from both McLaren and Ferrari . However, in Hill's opinion neither fully financially valued his World Champion status.

Instead, he signed for Arrows , a team which had never won a race in its 20-year history and had scored only a single point the previous year. His title Hill pits at the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix defence in 1997 proved unsuccessful, getting off to a poor start when he only narrowly qualified for the Australian Grand Prix , and then retired on the parade lap. The Arrows car, using tyres from series debutant Bridgestone and engines from previously unsuccessful Yamaha, was generally uncompetitive, and Hill did not score his first point for the team until the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July. The highlight of the year came at the Hungarian Grand Prix . On a day when the Bridgestone tyres had a competitive edge over their Goodyear rivals, Hill qualified third in a car which had not previously placed higher than 9th on the grid. During the race he passed championship contender Michael Schumacher on the track and was leading late in the race, well ahead of the eventual 1997 World Champion Villeneuve, when a hydraulic problem drastically slowed the Arrows.

Villeneuve passed Hill, who finished second and achieved the team's first podium since the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. Jordan Edit 1998 Hill left Arrows after one season and after coming close to signing for the Prost team run by his former team-mate, decided instead to sign for the Jordan team for the 1998 season . His driving partner there was Ralf Schumacher , the younger brother of Michael. In the first half of the season the car was off the pace and unreliable. At the Canadian Grand Prix however, things began to improve. Hill moved up to second place as others retired or pitted for fuel. On lap 38, Schumacher, delayed by a stop-and-go penalty for forcing Frentzen's Williams off the track, caught Hill on the home straight; Hill moved across the track three times to block Schumacher, Hill at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix who missed his braking point and ran over the kerbs at the chicane to take the place. Hill was running fourth after his only pit stop when he retired with an electrical failure. After the race Schumacher accused Hill of dangerous driving.

Hill responded that Schumacher "cannot claim anyone drives badly when you look at the things he's been up to in his career. He took Frentzen out completely." At the German Grand Prix Hill scored his first point of the year, and at the Belgian Grand Prix in very wet conditions he took Jordan's first win. Hill was leading late in the race, with teammate Schumacher closing rapidly, when he suggested that team principal Eddie Jordan tell Schumacher to hold position, instead of risking losing a 1–2 finish. Jordan followed the suggestion, ordering Schumacher not to overtake. Only eight drivers finished the race. The victory was his first since being dropped by the Williams team, which won no races that season. Hill finished the year with a last lap move on Frentzen at the Japanese Grand Prix which earned him fourth place in the race, and Jordan fourth in the constructors' championship. 1999 Hill at the 1999 San Marino Grand Prix Hopes were high for 1999 , but Hill did not enjoy a good season.

Struggling with the new four-grooved tyres introduced that year, he was outpaced by his new team-mate—Heinz-Harald Frentzen, his replacement at Williams two years previously—and appeared to lose motivation. After a crash at the Canadian Grand Prix he announced plans to retire from the sport at the end of the year, but after failing to finish the French Grand Prix , which Frentzen won, he considered quitting immediately. Jordan persuaded Hill to stay on for the British Grand Prix . Going into the weekend, Hill announced he would retire after the race, so Jordan had Jos Verstappen test their car ready to replace Hill should the need arise. Following a strong fifth place at his home event, Hill changed his mind, and decided to see out the year. His best result for the remainder of the season was sixth place, which he achieved in both Hungary and Belgium. With three races of 1999 to go, there were rumours that the Prost team would release Jarno Trulli , who had signed for Jordan for 2000 , early to replace Hill, but the Briton completed the season.

Meanwhile, his team-mate Frentzen was a title contender going into the final few races, and eventually finished third in the championship. Hill and Frentzen helped Jordan to its best-ever finish of third in the constructors' championship. At the Japanese Grand Prix , Hill's last race in Formula One ended when he spun off the track and pulled into the pits to retire a healthy car. Helmet Design Damon Hill | Formula One Drivers | All Time | F1PULSE.com MILESTONES PROFILE Damon Hill, one of the persistent drivers in Formula One history, has had many unsung moments of gumption all through his racing career. As the son of Graham Hill he is the only driver-son of a world champion to win the Driver’s Championship. Despite his father’s legacy in F1 as a double world title winner, the family had to face tough financial conditions after Graham Hill was killed in an airplane crash in 1975. After struggling to fund his education the London-born lad started his motorsport career at the age of 23. He began as a motorcyclist and then moved on to single-seater cars.

Prior to his F1 career, he participated in the British Formula Ford, UK national championships among other competitions in 1985. His promotion to Formula 3000 took longer than expected due to various unfortunate reasons including a financial crisis. Eventually, a chance from Mooncraft F3000 gave him a break. Though he never won a race in Formula 3000 he displayed competitiveness. Then dawned the season of 1992 when the Williams F1 team signed him up as a test driver. His promotion as a regular racer came about the following year when 1992 champion Nigel Mansell turned to the Indycar series. Under the shadow of Alain Prost as his Williams partner, he showed considerable improvement in every race. He soon secured his first win at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In 1994, a rivalry ensued between him and Michael Schumacher (who was then driving for Benetton) for the world title which Hill lost by a single point. In this season, Prost had retired and Ayrton Senna became Hill’s partner at Williams. Hill drove alone for Williams for one race after Senna’s death at San Marino.

He was then joined by David Coulthard. After the penultimate race of the season, only one point separated championship leader Schumacher and Hill. But in the last race at Adelaide there was a collision between the two which put them out of the race and Schumacher won the championship. Till date, critics believe that the collision was a deliberate manoeuvre by Schumacher. The next year, their rivalry remained active and both faced suspension for one race each due to different on-track incidents. Two years later, he went on to win the 1996 World Drivers' Championship with eight wins. But his contract with Williams had expired and the team did not renew it despite his superb achievement. Even though he was the world champion during that time, he did not get a great team for the next season. Subsequently he joined Arrows followed by Jordan the next year. His next win came only in the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. This was also Jordan’s first win. He finally bid goodbye to F1 in 1999 with just seven points from the season and 22 career wins. Off the grid, he continued to be involved in the sport through media and other activities.

In 2006, Hill succeeded Jackie Stewart as President of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC). He was also known for his involvement in music. As a guitarist he was a part of two bands. He is married to a woman named Georgie Hill and his second son Joshua has already taken to racing. Hill displayed his father’s qualities of sheer determination and of being a hard worker. He was not the best but entering a life in the fast lane at 32 and then proving to be a winner is not easy as it seems. If ever his proficiency needs to be distinguished, a look at his wins in rain-soaked conditions is a pure testimony. -Samyukta Somvanshi Nigel Mansell | The Formula 1 Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit After a successful period in kart racing and a brief career as an aerospace engineer, Nigel won the British Formula Ford Championship in 1977. In 1979, Nigel and his wife, Rosanna sold their house to finance his move into Formula 3.

Lotus: 1980-1984 Edit Colin Chapman , his F3 manager, gave Nigel a path into F1 via his successful Lotus racing time, and in 1980 Nigel made his F1 debut in the Austrian GP driving for Lotus . It was a debut Nigel would not forget as his backside was badly burnt as a result of a fuel leak. However the pain soon disappeared as Colin Chapman gave him a contract to drive for the 1981 season at Lotus. Following Chapman's death in 1982 , Peter Warr took over at Lotus but he and Nigel never got on well. In 1984 he finished in the top 10 in the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career. Williams: 1985-1988 Edit In 1985 , Frank Williams signed Mansell and throughout his Williams career Nigel proudly drove the famous "Red 5" Car. On 6th of October 1985, Nigel won his first F1 Grand Prix, the European GP at Brands Hatch . His maiden win came after 72 attempts in the cockpit of an F1 car.

Nigel then won a second successive F1 GP at the South African GP in Kyalami . In the 1986 season he won five GPs and lost the World Championship when his tyre burst with only 19 laps left on the last GP of the season . Mansell finished runner up in the Championship to Alain Prost in his McLaren - TAG . Six more wins followed in 1987 including an emotional victory in the British GP at Silverstone and then in 1988 he only managed to finish two of the 14 GPs he appeared in. Ferrari: 1989-1990 Edit In preparation for the 1989 season , Mansell became the last Ferrari driver to be personally selected by Enzo Ferrari before his death in August 1988, an honour Mansell described as "one of the greatest in my entire career". Enzo Ferrari presented a 1989 Ferrari F40 as a gift to Mansell. In Italy he became known as "il leone" ("the lion") by the tifosi (Ferrari fans) due to his fearless driving style.

The season was one of change in the sport, with the banning of turbo engines by the FIA and the introduction of the electronic gearbox by Ferrari. Williams: 1991-1992 Edit After two unsuccessful years at Ferrari Mansell rejoined Williams in 1991 and finished runner up to Ayrton Senna in the Drivers Championship. The 1992 following year Mansell won the opening five races and went on to clinch the world championship with a record number of wins in one season (9) and the highest number of pole positions (14). Mansell then fell out with Williams in 1993 and moved to the USA to drive for the Newman/Hass CART Team, whereupon he won the CART Championship. Return to Formula One: Williams: 1994 Edit In 1994 Mansell made a comeback into F1. After the untimely death of Ayrton Senna at Imola he returned to Williams , replacing rookie David Coulthard . Mansell was paid approximately £900,000 per race, while Williams' lead driver Damon Hill was being paid £300,000 for the entire season.

Mansell wasn't as quick as Damon Hill in race trim but signs that his speed were coming back were evident in Japan during a fantastic battle with the Ferrari of Jean Alesi . Mansell took his final Grand Prix victory , the Australian Grand Prix , which was the final race of the season having out-qualified the two contenders for the title, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher , in the process. The plan was initially for Mansell to protect Hill from Schumacher, but both drivers passed him at the start and eventually collided, handing Schumacher his 1st World Title. Williams had an option on Mansell's services for 1995 which Mansell was sure they would take. However, Williams opted for youth over experience and hired Coulthard. McLaren: 1995 Edit Nigel made yet another return to the sport, still hot property in F1. Since he'd lost the Williams seat to the young Scot David Coulthard , he joined the McLaren team, although Ron Dennis and Mansell never looked eye to eye. Dennis only had two options, first was Michael Schumacher , and second was Mansell. Since Schumacher was already taken, this left Mansell.

His season did not start well, unable to fit in the car he did not start racing until Imola , where he was well off the pace of his team mate Mika Häkkinen . Mansell was frustrated by his cars' un-competitive handling characteristics and retired after two races. Personal life Edit His career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons, with his final two full seasons of top-level racing being spent in the CART series. Mansell remains the most successful British Formula One driver of all time in terms of race wins with 31 victories , and is fourth overall on the Formula One race winners list behind Michael Schumacher , Alain Prost , and Ayrton Senna . He was rated in the top 10 Formula One drivers of all time by longtime Formula One commentator Murray Walker . In 2008, American sports television network ESPN ranked him 24th on their top drivers of all-time.He was also ranked #9 of the 50 greatest F1 drivers of all time by the Times Online on a list that also included such drivers as Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark .

Mansell raced in the GP Masters series and signed a one-off race deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 Ferrari F430 GT2 car at Silverstone on 6 May 2007. As of 2008, he is the most recent inductee to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame from a country other than the US, having been inducted in 2005. He is the current President of one of the UK's largest Youth Work Charities, UK Youth. Formula One Statistical Overview Year by Year Info Close Williams' gradual fall down the order continues, as they fail to match the development pace of their rivals, slipping to fifth in the constructors' championship behind Force India. Valtteri Bottas scores their sole podium of the year in Canada, while Felipe Massa bids an emotional farewell to the team - and the paddock - as he retires from F1 racing at the end of the year. Canadian rookie Lance Stroll is signed as his 2017 replacement.

2015 Williams consolidate their position as F1 racing’s third-best team, but after finishing the previous year with the second-quickest car they are frustrated to slip even further back from the imperious Silver Arrows and to be overhauled by a resurgent Ferrari squad. Two podiums each for Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa are the high points in a year in which the FW37 looked impressive on quick circuits but uncomfortable at slower ones. 2014 Combination of excellent chassis, Mercedes power, and Bottas-Massa driver pairing sees team return to form. The FW36 is frequently the only real challenger to Mercedes works cars, and though wins remain elusive, finish third overall after podium appearances at eight out of 19 races. 2013 Start their campaign with high expectations, but Renault-powered FW35 a huge disappointment and both Maldonado and rookie team mate Bottas spend season racing largely outside of the points, scoring just twice en route to the team finishing ninth overall. 2012 Switch to Renault power helps boost competitiveness, with Maldonado taking Williams' first win since 2004 in Spain.

But inconsistent qualifying (from Senna) and multiple incidents (from Maldonado) hamper progress and team slip backwards as season progresses. 2011 Worst season in team's history, with poor reliability and mediocre pace. Score just five points and make it through to Q3 on only three occasions. Technical director Sam Michael leaves, to be replaced by former McLaren man Mike Coughlan. 2010 Mixed early fortunes, both drivers occasionally making Q3 and lower end of points. Results much improved by mid season, with Barrichello fourth in Valencia. Hulkenberg takes surprise Brazil pole and team finish sixth overall. Hulkenberg dropped for Pastor Maldonado for 2011. 2009 Fail to capitalise on being one of just three teams with innovative double diffuser at season's start. FW31 proves consistent and reliable, but never quite has podium pace. Announce switch from Toyota to Cosworth power for 2010. 2008 Season starts well with a podium for Nico Rosberg in Australia, but then fail to match development pace of rivals.

Second place in Singapore the year's highlight, but drop from fourth to eighth in the final standings, with 26 points. 2007 The FW29 proves much more reliable than its predecessor, and the team record just seven retirements instead of 20. Alexander Wurz retires ahead of season finale and is replaced by Kazuki Nakajima, who retains the seat for 2008. 2006 Disappointing season sees team finish eighth in standings. Cosworth-powered package shows early promise, including fastest lap at Bahrain season opener, but challenge quickly fades. Twenty DNFs, with best results two sixth places for Mark Webber. 2005 Finish fifth in standings then bid farewell to engine partners BMW and Nick Heidfeld, who, after scoring his maiden pole, misses last five races through illness/injury. Best result Monaco, with both drivers on podium. 2004 Ralf Schumacher misses six races after fracturing spine in Indy accident. Replaced by Marc Gene and then Antonio Pizzonia. Team ditch radical 'walrus' front wing after disappointing start to season. End it on high with victory in Brazil. Fourth in standings.

2003 Dramatic improvement in form in the second half of the season with four race wins. Finish second to Ferrari in the standings after losing final-race showdown. 2000 - 2002 Despite winning races, unable to mount a serious championship challenge to the dominant Ferrari team. 1997 Jacques Villeneuve takes his first and only drivers' championship and Williams take the constructors' crown for a ninth time. 1996 Damon Hill wins the drivers' championship for Williams and the team take their eighth constructors' title. 1994 Williams suffer their first fatality when Ayrton Senna is killed at Imola. In a sombre season the team wins the constructors' championship. 1993 Alain Prost wins his fourth drivers' championship and announces his retirement from the sport. 1992 Nigel Mansell wins the first five rounds of the season and he and the team go on to take both drivers' and constructors' titles. Mansell then leaves the sport to compete in IndyCar. 1986 Team owner Frank Williams is seriously injured in a road-car accident. In typically determined fashion, he continues to lead the team.

1980 Alan Jones wins the drivers' championship and Williams takes the constructors' title. 1979 Clay Regazzoni wins the British Grand Prix to give Williams their first Formula One victory. 1978

Question: In which Formula One team did Damon Hill replace Nigel Mansell?
Answer: Williams