Nigel Mansell Staying on track

NIGEL MANSELL, Simon & Schuster, £20 ISBN 978 1 4711 5022 7

LOVE HIM OR loathe him, ‘Our Nige’ le an indelible mark on motor sport, belying a middling career in junior formulae to become Grand Prix and IndyCar champion. Much of the narrative is fairly well-known: how he sold his house to fund an F3 drive; how he saved Elio de Angelis from drowning, and so on. There have been umpteen Mansell biographies, so it’s the non-F1 stuff that really intrigues. His thoughts on his first and final outing at Le Mans in 2010 are fascinating, not least how head injuries apparently curtailed his driving career. It was also amusing to read about his time serving as a Special Constable while at the height of his fame. A diverting time-whiler, then, and good value.…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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