It's kind of funny, having all these opinions and arguing over your point everywhere on the www.
If someone said that they thought Nigel Mansell was equal or better than Michael Schumacher. There would be howls of laughter all over the thread, probably to the point of cyber bullying. He's won 1 c'ship and 31 races, to Schuey's 7/90+. So by stats alone, Mansell isn't as good. In fact, he's relatively s**t.
Schumacher gets lauded for building Ferrari from being s**t, when Ferrari came off the back of consecutive 3rd places in the wcc. He wins the wdc in his 5th year at Ferrari, then carried on with that for another 4 years, and doing it with a clear tyre advantage. The Ferrari tram of that time if nothing else, had the benefit of continuity and the benefit of knowing they'd get that. Their c'ship success came a fair while after getting together.
So then you look at Nigel Mansell. He came back to Williams after they finished 4th in the 90 wcc. There's actually a story on his first test session in the 1990 Williams, where after changes were made to his suggestion with the suspension, he went as fast as what the McLaren and Ferrari of those years. Straightaway, he was a title contender, and then produced the most dominant performance by anyone in 1992. But that success is all credited to the car he drove. Yet, he was the biggest contributor to it with his input during the 1991/92 offseason.
Mansell wins the c'ship in 92 then pisses off, whereas Schumacher continued on with his advantage for another 4 years. Prost wins the 93 title in what was essentially Mansell's car, but he was nowhere near as good in it as what Mansell was. Then they change the rules for 94 to pretty much stop Williams' domination (a culture in F1 that has an effect to this day), to Schumacher/Benetton's benefit. The sporting regs were changed in 03, not to stop Ferrari's domination, but to stop the routine of it and make it look closer than what it is. But for 94, everything that made the Williams good was banned.
Michael Schumacher is considered the best driver of all time, and Nigel Mansell is considered a fat campaigner.
edit: What I'm saying is, despite the career stats, I've never thought Schumacher was better than Mansell. He's just had a bigger career. I could never be bothered making the point or articulated it on any forum before
If someone said that they thought Nigel Mansell was equal or better than Michael Schumacher. There would be howls of laughter all over the thread, probably to the point of cyber bullying. He's won 1 c'ship and 31 races, to Schuey's 7/90+. So by stats alone, Mansell isn't as good. In fact, he's relatively s**t.
Schumacher gets lauded for building Ferrari from being s**t, when Ferrari came off the back of consecutive 3rd places in the wcc. He wins the wdc in his 5th year at Ferrari, then carried on with that for another 4 years, and doing it with a clear tyre advantage. The Ferrari tram of that time if nothing else, had the benefit of continuity and the benefit of knowing they'd get that. Their c'ship success came a fair while after getting together.
So then you look at Nigel Mansell. He came back to Williams after they finished 4th in the 90 wcc. There's actually a story on his first test session in the 1990 Williams, where after changes were made to his suggestion with the suspension, he went as fast as what the McLaren and Ferrari of those years. Straightaway, he was a title contender, and then produced the most dominant performance by anyone in 1992. But that success is all credited to the car he drove. Yet, he was the biggest contributor to it with his input during the 1991/92 offseason.
Mansell wins the c'ship in 92 then pisses off, whereas Schumacher continued on with his advantage for another 4 years. Prost wins the 93 title in what was essentially Mansell's car, but he was nowhere near as good in it as what Mansell was. Then they change the rules for 94 to pretty much stop Williams' domination (a culture in F1 that has an effect to this day), to Schumacher/Benetton's benefit. The sporting regs were changed in 03, not to stop Ferrari's domination, but to stop the routine of it and make it look closer than what it is. But for 94, everything that made the Williams good was banned.
Michael Schumacher is considered the best driver of all time, and Nigel Mansell is considered a fat campaigner.
edit: What I'm saying is, despite the career stats, I've never thought Schumacher was better than Mansell. He's just had a bigger career. I could never be bothered making the point or articulated it on any forum before
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