canada 1991

"se was passed by an impressive Stefano Modena in the Tyrrell. On the last lap Mansell led from Piquet, Modena, Patrese, de Cesaris, and Gachot when he suddenly slowed to a halt at the hairpin. It is erroneously reported that he suffered a late gearbox failure, in reality Mansell let his engine revs drop too low while he was waving to the crowd in celebration, thereby stalling the engine. "


does anybody know what the real reason for this retirement was ? thanks in advance

I think it was a combination of both those things - the car was handful on low revs, and Mansell failed to allow for that while he was waving to the crowd. I think.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/24/2012 04:15AM by EC83.

From all the accounts I've read, he really did just let the revs drop too low at the hairpin - he may have been in third gear, for example, having distracted himself. Cars at this point didn't have any form of anti-stall, as Alain Prost proved in 1993

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