Generally spot on until he gets to around half way, where he seems to develop a vendetta... so not spot on at all.
His lead in is good and even as a Mansell fan in the 80s and early 90s I generally agree with it, yet he just seems to come up with negatives, necessary or not.
"He then managed to knock himself out again at the end of the year when he was driving a Touring Car at Donington."
Yeah, he did that for the media coverage... it was a nasty crash at the time and horrific for a touring car.
"Remember the poor waif of a man who attempted to push his stricken Lotus across the line at Dallas in 1984?"
Says a man who's never left British land. I won't comment on Mansell himself in this instance, but even as a Northerner in England I'm @#$%& when I go to London and the heat it inevitably seems to bring. I can't begin to comprehend what a searing hot Dallas, even for the time of year, would bring to a mere Brit.
"The same guy who, having fluffed things during the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix"
OK... at least get the year right.
"Or the man who, in 2006 after a disastrous GP Masters race on home soil, went out especially to do a very slow lap just to wave at the crowd?"
The same guy who had 2 engine failures in practice, did about 15 minutes of practice in total, yet still drove his heart out in the race, to typical Mansell-mania? Someone read the headlines and didn't watch the race.
Sorry, I don't agree with the article at all. I won't argue that Mansell isn't a moaning cunt at all, but equally I'll defend his most profitable years saying the guy drove his heart out. Had you watched '86 and '87 then it surely sums up the guy.
I won't pretend I wasn't a fan at the time, and again won't protect his attitude off the track, but on the track the guy was something else. He never had the raw talent of Senna, Clark or Fangio and could never be counted as a great, yet he the guy did everything
possible to maximise his career, including losing his house and possessions before it even started. That level of dedication goes way beyond what any current driver can claim - even Senna Schumacher who he raced at the time - the guy was both beyond his time yet before his time, stuck between eras. Can you see Vettel or Hamilton giving up their entire previous life and house to fund a seat in F1? Not a hope - the team would fund it.
Even as someone who grew up as a Mansell fan I don't particularly rate him, yet his determination at all points was something else (beyond when Ferrari disregarded him for a more marketable Prost).
I'm no longer a Mansell fan, but I cannot claim he didn't try more than any other driver throughout his F1 or Indycar career.