If Mansell’s performance at Imola had roots in the recalcitrance of the car, Barcelona two weeks later left no on in doubt as to his complete lack of motivation. This is how it unfolded Thank you for signing up to The Race’s newsletter. 27.02.13 Next time round the gap was 2.8s, then 1.85s then just 0.006s as Mansell crossed the line at the end of lap 16 alongside Berger. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. If you wanted to pick a race to showcase Nigel Mansell at his best, there are few better than the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix.The fighting spirit and determination to bounce back from the potentially devastating blow to his title hopes of the botched pitstop at Estoril the week before, the determination to triumph over adversity by overcoming a left-ankle sprain sustained in a Friday-night football match and the hard charge to climb from fourth to the lead added up to a famous win that kept his world championship bid alive.And along the way, he ran wheel-to-wheel with his great rival, Ayrton Senna, on the main straight – an image we’re unlikely ever to forget. Es klingt verrückt, aber es ist so: Die Pole-Position auf dem Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ist wichtiger als in Monaco!Wir schauen uns dazu zunächst einmal die Sieger und ihre Quali-Platzierungen (in Klammern) an, seit auf der katalanischen Rennstrecke ausserhalb von Barcelona gefahren wird, also seit 1991. Watching him dice with these two titans, you forgot he was in only his fourth grand prix.With Berger almost four seconds clear in the lead after two laps, this was all about Mansell vs Senna.At the start of the third lap, Mansell feinted to the inside before moving back to the left heading into Turn 1, forcing Senna to defend, but didn’t attack. He improved the set-up to earn his best qualifying position of the season ahead of the Scuderia Italia-run Dallara-Judd of Emanuele Pirro in ninth.Watching Schumacher dice with titans Senna and Mansell, you forgot he was in only his fourth grand prixMore rain before the race made some of the frontrunners consider starting on slicks, but instead the early part of the race was turned into a sprint on wets up to the inevitably early tyre stops.Those offline on the right side of the grid when the lights turned to green struggled to get away, which was good news for McLaren as Senna slotted into second behind Berger while Mansell and Patrese slid to third and seventh.But while Berger built a lead of a second-and-a-half on the first lap, Schumacher was on the move.Fourth initially, he scythed up the inside of Mansell at the Turn 5 left-hander to take third. Lewis Hamilton won his fourth race of the 2020 Formula 1 season in a Spanish Grand Prix that probably won't be remembered as much of a classic.

Having initially been threatened by Schumacher, who spun coming through Turn 7/8 while all over the back of the McLaren, Berger was holding the position and 12s up the road from Prost when he pulled into the pits with an engine failure.This promoted Prost to second, which was a good result by Ferrari’s 1991 standards but his frustration at not being allowed to start on slicks by Ferrari management was clear.“I cannot win today except if I had the possibility to start on slicks,” said Prost after the race. That's now seriously hurting F1 More Sebastian Vettel/Ferrari niggling, more misery for Valtteri Bottas and Alex Albon, the question marks over Racing Point's drivers and much more in our Spanish Grand Prix podcast Mercedes wasn't bluffing in its scepticism over its Spanish Grand Prix chances. Mansell won for Williams, as Senna endured a strange, out-of-sorts race in which he spun on his way to a lacklustre fifth. Lewis Hamilton won his fourth race of the 2020 Formula 1 season in a Spanish Grand Prix that probably won't be remembered as much of a classic. They made contact, with the spinning Morbidelli collecting the right-rear wheel of team-mate Pierluigi Martini. Having initially been threatened by Schumacher, who spun coming through Turn 7/8 while all over the back of the McLaren, Berger was holding the position and 12s up the road from Prost when he pulled into the pits with an engine failure.This promoted Prost to second, which was a good result by Ferrari’s 1991 standards but his frustration at not being allowed to start on slicks by Ferrari management was clear.“I cannot win today except if I had the possibility to start on slicks,” said Prost after the race.
When the low grip of the track was recognised at the start of the four-day weekend, Goodyear had offered a softer selection of tyres but Senna had opted to continue to use the harder compound on the more heavily-loaded left side. He struggled to get these up to temperature, contributing to having to let Berger past then spinning.Berger had a lead of 4.1s but Mansell’s pace advantage was huge, a fact shrouded during Friday qualifying by his engine starting to shed oil on his best lap. ​Der Engländer Lewis Hamilton ist aufgebracht: Der Weltmeister nervt sich über Zeitungsberichte, wonach er von Mercedes ein Jahresgehalt von 40 Millionen Pfund fordere.

Mansell gegen Senna in Barcelona 1991 Eine Pole-Position ist beim Spanien-GP auf dem Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya für einen Sieg eine prima Voraussetzung – wie unsere Statistik zeigt. The two Minardis ended up classified 13th and 14th.Up at the front, Mansell was delighted with victory even though he realised it only gave him a long shot at the title. Although Mansell reclaimed third around the outside of Turn 14 second time around, Schumacher had made his point.