Mansell would hang the current lot, bar maybe hamilton out to dry ! Mansell was duking it out with Piquet, Prost and Senna in a time when you either got out of the way or you were sent on your way touring car style. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Z9JOof_kE , check out the 5 mintue mark for how to overtake at Monaco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwgLg8vRMQU&feature=related Senna , getting shown the way by Mansell Seriously Compared to the drivers of the of his era, the current crop would be mullered, probally shumacher at his best would have survived and thats it.
The only thing Hamilton would beat Mansell to is the motorhome after he'd put himself out, again. Vettel is the best atm, fastest car, yes, but more impotantly, learns from his mistakes, which is why Mansell rates him as the best. to corrupt a golfing saying 'over-taking for show, winning for dough'
Nice video's, El Bando said that Hamilton is more comparable with Mansell more than Senna and after seeing some of those passes i think i agree. I think he got 31 wins, its going to be hard for a British driver to win as many seeing that f1 is so competitive theese days .
DHCanary I wasn't criticising with you. I just disagree with your statement, "However I would imagine the current drivers would find 80's cars comparatively easier to get to grips with." I think it would be the other way round. I think today's F1 cars are easier to drive than 80s F1 cars, so once Mansell had had a couple of hours practice to get used to a couple of buttons he would be whipping today's crop of over-rated chumps. If you can show me anyone with any experience that thinks that today's cars are more difficult to drive than 80s F1 cars then I might be persuaded to revise my opinion, but to be honest, a couple of extra buttons isn't going to test anyone. Even the laziest chav in the world can learn a Tekken combo.
The G-forces back in the 80's were still fairly high. Lapping Silverstone at an average of 155mph creates some loadings! Personally I think the drivers of the 80's (in their prime) would adapt better to modern day F1 cars as they more of everything. More tyre grip, more aero, power steerting, paddle shift gears. A good point was made about the need to double de-clutch, match engine revs etc of the 80's. How many current drivers coudl adapt to that quickly without lunching the engines or locking the rears on a downchange? What has changed though is th attitude of the drivers towards the sport. How many drivers got out of the cars in the 80's and were drenched in sweat? Pretty much everyone. These days, most get out looking like they have just walked to the shops and back. So is it becuase the cars are easier to drive, or these days fitnesds is taken so much more seriously? It is obviuosly the latter, but the concentration rate requried to keep one of the old turbo beasts on the road must have been exhausting in itself. Summary, you can't compare, but it is good talking about it
