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List Of Formula One Grand Prix Wins By Nigel Mansell
Nigel Mansell is a British former racing driver who won one Formula One world championship. He entered Formula One in the 1980 season with Lotus, and stayed for six seasons before moving to Williams. It is here where Mansell began to showcase his talent, picking up 13 victories over the next three seasons, which marked a dominant period for the Williams team, who were powered by a Honda engine. marked a very good year for Mansell, and was on course for his maiden title. However, on round 16 at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, a tyre blowout on lap 63 forced him to retire, conceding the title to Alain Prost. The following season, Mansell again challenged for the title, but found himself runner-up again, this time to his teammate and rival, Nelson Piquet. He spent a further one year with the Williams team, but after a dismal season where he struggled with reliability due to the new Judd engine, he moved to Ferrari for the season. Despite a promising start to his Ferrari career, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Mansell 1990 USA
Nigel ( ) is an English language, English masculine given name. The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ''The Fortunes of Nigel'' in 1822, and Arthur Conan Doyle published ''Sir Nigel'' in 1905–06. As a name given for boys in England and Wales, it peaked in popularity from the 1950s to the 1970s (see #England and Wales, below). ''Nigel'' has never been as common in other countries as it is in Britain, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it was the 478th most common boys' name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys' names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher. Etymology The name is derived from the church Latin '. This Latin word would at first sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formula One team after Ferrari, having won races, 12 Drivers' Championships and 8 Constructors' Championships. McLaren also has a history of competing in American open wheel racing, as both an entrant and a chassis constructor, and has won the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) sports car racing championship. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix, but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am, which they dominated from 1967 to 1971. Further American triumph followed, with Indianapolis 500 wins in McLaren cars for Mark Donohue in 1972 and Johnny Rutherford in 1974 and 1976. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
