What a bloody cheek, the consummate master complainer and moaner ever to grace an F1 track, yes, you’ve guessed, our Nige the Brummie whinger, Nigel Mansell has deemed it nessessary to voice his opinion upon the talents of Lewis Hamilton, stating Hamilton to be immature and needs to grow up. From what I remember of Mansell during his F1 exploits he never ever grew up and constantly whinged and moaned his way through his largely successful career, although he was value for money, good to watch, although his efforts often exceeded his skill level and indeed he was prone to brain fade on occasion, you never knew quite what to expect, next. Hamiltons skill level and thinking power exceeds that of Mansell by some margin and I suspect that is what Mansell does not like, therefore he has to issue derogatory remarks in a sad attempt to salvage his reputation. Maybe Nigel would be better off hiring Hamilton to drive for his Le Mans team, perhaps then they would not crash out so early in the event.
Hahahaha… good ol'e Nige eh Ernie?… I'd best wait until there are a few other contributions here. Any link to what he's been saying this time?
I am and never will be a fan of mansell purely because he is a massive prick and one hell of an over actor either he was so unfit he should never have been allowed to get in an F1 car in the first place or he did the collapsing and heavy breathing thing after a race for dramatic appeal, well it didn't appeal to me. On top of that in my opinion he is a boring bastard, my older brother likes him and he's boring bastard as well. It would be nice to see a link to his comments though, even if I do fall asleep reading them.
Just been to Sainsburys to get yet another few bottle's of Pinot and saw Nigels mug on the front cover of F1 magazine with the comments.
2 Drivers that piss me off are Jacques Villeneuve and Nigel Mansell just like you Ernie. To put it short... They don't know when to shut up.
off topic a second, heres a great link, from sniff petrol, about nigel mansell http://sniffpetrol.com/2010/08/16/cookery-corner-with-nigella-mansell/
------ Sample Feature You ask the questions: Nigel Mansell The 1992 world champion has experienced it all in F1: third-degree burns to his bottom, an inappropriate fondle from Riccardo Patrese and even the sight of Jacques Laffite turning up to qualifying in his pyjamas. Via huge praise for Sebastian Vettel and some strong criticism of Lewis Hamilton, the man who would love to launch the Mansell F1 team also clears up one perplexing mystery: did he really once utter the words, "I can't speak, I'm unconscious"? It was the late-night call on Bank Holiday Monday that was the concern. We were due to meet the 1992 world champion at nine the next morning in Chelsea Harbour but, at the very last minute, the interview was cancelled. "Nigel's wife just called me," exclaimed his PA. "He's got laryngitis and he can't talk. The interview's off." Oh dear. With a stack of questions sent in by our readers and deadlines looming, we were afraid our chance to collar the great man was lost. But the drama was over once Nigel rearranged his work schedule, which involves charity commitments to UK Youth and work for the FIA and the MSA. So we arranged to meet a week later and, as you're about to find out, he was on top form, discussing everything from 'de-roofing' the blisters on his bum after his F1 debut, to cutting his hands following his first win for Ferrari - plus how 'disappointed' he was by Lewis Hamilton's recent antics in Monaco. With a new interview time and venue arranged, we wait in the plush lobby of The Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane as distinguished guests file in and out. There among them is the unmistakable figure of Nigel Mansell; a motor-racing legend and, nearly 20 years after his epic world championship win, still the UK public's favourite racer. We head up to the eighth floor to one of the London hotel's grand suites overlooking Hyde Park and Nigel sits down, smiles, and picks up the cards... Were you ever interested in starting your own F1 team, like Alain Prost? 'Mansell Grand Prix' sounds good... Aditya Satriady, Indonesia The answer is, I'd love to if you've got the money, Aditya. I'd love the opportunity and the challenge. Alain almost went bankrupt doing his own team, but I've always had my feet on the ground. If there's a sponsor out there who'd like to give us the money I'd adore the opportunity to put a team together. I think it's probably more of a challenge now than it ever was, although it's easier, too. If you have the knowledge, the talent and the motivation, it doesn't go away. What was the scariest moment of your Formula 1 career? Jack Jeffreys, UK When I was going backwards through the air at 160mph in Suzuka. When I landed, I knew my back was broken as I couldn't breathe and I was paralysed. I later came round to semi-consciousness in intensive care and early in the morning I had a guy to one side of me who started screaming. I was watching him through my stupor and then he died. About an hour later, someone else died. I thought: 'This is nice - things usually come in threes.' It was the scariest night I've ever had. I didn't like it very much. You were well known for your 'balls', Nigel. Do you think any other driver has them nowadays? Benjamin Vinel, France Let's differentiate between being brave, being ballsy and being stupid. I think I fit into most of those categories, but what I was willing to do years ago was put everything on the line because it meant so much to me. Not many people do that and it's the difference between racers and drivers. You have great drivers who win world championships and you have some very exciting racers who win championships: but they are different animals. I'm a racer; Ayrton Senna was a racer; and everyone out there can decide who are the racers and who are the drivers. Racers make things happen - they don't wait for them to happen. Look at Sebastian Vettel: he's developing and I'm so impressed with how he's matured in such a short period of time. It's everyone's dream to win a world title and then it's their dream to defend the title in the same manner in which they won it. To start defending it in an even better manner than when you won it is sensational. And some of us never had that chance, so I'm delighted for him. He's doing a great job and is making Mark Webber's job even harder. Mark is having to dig even deeper because he has to race against his team-mate. ------ READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN THE AUGUST 2011 ISSUE
Obviously I don't want to say to much but I will say this obviously that was very amusing cowboy, but there are obviously some guys out there who weren't in the same situation as I was when I read it, so on the whole I think I did a good job finding it amusing considering the circumstances I found myself in.
Great reply. I would rep you if it were still possible, but i don't feel that the team is getting behind me enough, and it's hard having to all that pressure to make a decision, whilst doing the job that i am, by replying to you against the odds.
Hahahahahahahaha… superb. And obviously that is one of the best replies I've ever seen from a Cowboy, with or without the hat I had to wear, although obviously it was much harder when 'Rep' was still a reality and although I didn't understand it, I did my best to make the best I possibly could of the best opportunity I had whenever I had to grab it by the horns. Things never came easy in my day. Some of these kids don't know how lucky they are…
Things aren't easy for me, especially with the team favouring nelson, and they aren't helping my cause. I would reply further, but the team is growing weary, they're a good bunch of guys, but they don't know all that i have to go through, putting it on the line daily, just so i can reply to you. I think nelson sabotaged my computer.
I disagree a well liked popular driver will bring far more money in sponsorship to a team than one that is perceived to be unpopular. As young Hamilton has found out it is just as much about PR as it is about racing and winning, just one negative reaction from a sponsor could indeed ruin a drivers career, this could be the case for Sutil with the bad press from the pending assault charges.
Unfortunately, this is true. Politics are always involved where money is involved. It is the way of the world that much talent goes missing and is never appreciated by the audience it really deserves. For talent to rule the waves without question, politics must not exist at all. In the human domain, this is quite impossible; since at some point or other, we all look for guidance from our peers - or what we expect they expect of us…
