Agree 100% . As Jackie Stewart said , you can only be compared to drivers ( In this instance ) from your own era . Far to many variables otherwise .
There are certain drivers that you know would have risen to the top no matter what era they raced in. It's just impossible to do direct comparisons across certain era.
Steady on, I love our Nige! Supremely unlucky not to be a double or even triple world champion and gave as good as he got against some wonderful drivers of the era.
I was joking . Never warmed to him as a person, but as a driver he was brilliant . Ps. Dont tell sgt . Oops , I may be too late ...
Picking on the mustachioed one counts a blasphemy and is punishable by stinging nettle lashings to the plums!
His public persona of the lion hearted warrior was at odds with the fact he was an utter asshole behind the scenes. Was my original F1 hero though, even have a personally signed autobiography from him ❤❤❤
I don't give a crap what anyone says about our Nige. But I'm still yet to find a driver that could play to the crowd like him, create drama on and off the track like him, or just manhandle a car like him. It was brilliant being a fan in those days. Still a Mansellot through and through.
Like I said . I could never take to him on a personal level , but he was a very very good driver indeed .
He's probably the only driver I've ever taken to on a personal level in any motorsport. There's not many drivers that could enthuse and conduct a crowd like him. I know I'm a fanboy, but I'm okay with it.
I believe he was a Special Constable in his spare time (different to being a fashion guru). My first wife (yes sadly more than one) worked for the police, my eldest daughters husband worked for the police. You have to be of a certain mentality to want to do that job, I have never felt the urge and seeing them up close I respect their desire even if they partied a tad too hard, which was probably a counter measure to the things they saw and had to deal with. I will reluctantly admit to having been a supporter of 'our Nige' who also benefitted from the commentary of Murray Walker, another great!