Sunday will be the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1992,the final winner of which was Nigel Mansell, on his way to fitting F1 world champion. But maybe a more memorable connection between the Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez circuit and the British F1 driver is that in 1990 he was responsible for one of the most legendary manoeuvres in racing history, and overtaking Gerhard Berger on the outside of turn 14,then known as the Peraltada, pulling 4.7G and exiting at 192mph. Turn 17 of the now redesigned corner has been named after Mansell for his bravery and skill shown on that dayNigel Mansell on Lewis Hamilton, and Nico Rosberg and Mercedes F1 Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com