Could the Mansell of old beat the curent lot of f1 drivers?

He seems to think so, but says Vettel would give him as fight.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...-crazy-risks-now-because-they-lack-respect.do

I dont remember much of Mansell's f1 career but did watch him in Indy when he beat up the yanks in their own back yard driving the Newman Hass car and remembering him nearly wining the Indy 500, unfortunately he got mugged on a restart while leading. But he did go on to be 93 Indy champion and for me who was just getting into f1 at the time thought that was a great achievement, not only to win Indy as a rookie but also to hold f1 and Indy titles back to back, although my dad thought Mansell bottled it by not facing Prost in the Williams of the 93 season i thought Mansell was great.

How do 606ers think Mansell would have coped competing with the class of 2011.

 

Not as good as Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso and Kubica, but as good as anyone else.

 

Sorry for being a boring bastard but it is impossible to compare across eras.

 

with his 'racer' outlook I think he'd have a dedicated chair in the stewards room.

 

This

 

No, this.

 

Kings of the different eras/ that cannot (in my opinion) be compared with each other.
50's: Fangio/Ascari/Farina
60's: Clark/Hill
70's: Lauda/Stewart/Fittipaldi
80's: Piquet/Prost/Senna
90's: Hakkinen/Senna/Schumacher
00's: Schumacher/Alonso
10's: Who knows? (Between Vettel-Hamilton-Button-Alonso-Webber../ dark horses (Rosberg-Schumacher-Kubica-Massa)

 

Don't forget good old Brabham Manny You'll make the Aussie's mad

 

So with Kings of different eras, the term GOAT should no longer apply when people ask who is the greatest f1 driver.

 

It could if you spell it GOTE

 

Not really, they are all great, in terms of MSC he was one of the greatest of his (eras) and is the most successful driver of all time, but no one is the greatest in general.

 

Classic.

 

I find this interview intresting from someone who should know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueywB7OPIVI

 

His own opinion.

 

Senna said Fangio was the greatest ever.

 

Never. Everyone would beat him. For me he is an arrogant ****.

 

So we can compare drivers from different eras. Anyway Mansell feels he has the beating of the current crop of f1 drivers, bar Vettel.

 

Quick and to the point........I like you PMC

 

Don't understand this bit as I think many people feel Vettel isn't the best driver out there, very good driver in a fast car. But I think the general opinion is that Alonso and Hamilton are better, so strange for him to compare himself just to Vettel. Maybe because he also had a season with a very quick car and won the championship in it...

 

Its no miracle. Its Mansells opinion (at the moment), not more not less.