After finishing as runner-up three times in the drivers' world championship, in 1992 Mansell finally secured the title. It was the crowning achievement of a hugely successful career, in which he won 31 Grand Prix, a record for a British driver that stood until Lewis Hamilton overhauled him in 2014. Always an aggressive driver, his exciting style meant he was hailed as a hero by his millions of fans in the UK and around the world. Out of the car, he was outspoken and charismatic, which merely served to enhance his reputation. Now, 20 years after he retired from F1, Mansell looks back on a stellar career in which he battled against many legends of the sport, from Lauda through the Senna and Prost years and on to Schumacher. He provides vivid insights into what it was like to race against those greats in an era when the risks to drivers were enormous. He explains what motivated him to get to the top, and takes the reader behind the scenes to give an unrivalled insight into the sport and the key moments of his career. Still closely involved in Formula One, Mansell assesses how F1 has changed, and gives his authoritative verdict on the sport, the cars and the drivers. It is an unmissable account from one of Britain's greatest sporting heroes.
Nigel Mansell Book order (chronological)
Nigel Mansell is a British former racing driver who achieved victories in both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993). Mansell held the F1 championship title when he transitioned to CART, marking a historic debut season by becoming the first driver to win the championship in his inaugural year. This remarkable feat made him the sole individual to simultaneously hold both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship.






Encyklopedie formule 1
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Encyklopedie Formule 1 poskytuje komplexní informace o světě rychlosti, nebezpečí, odvahy, ale i velkých peněz od jeho počátků, kdy na francouzských silnicích soutěžily automobily připomínající spíše kočáry opatřené motorem, až po dnešní stíhačky závodních drah. Obsahuje více než tři stovky fotografií - černobílé záběry z prvních závodů na konci 19. století i dramatické barevné fotografie z moderních okruhů současnosti. Kniha nabízí pohled na prostředí rychlých aut ze čtyř různých úhlů.
The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Tracing the history of Formula One Grand Prix racing, this book looks back to the first ever motor race in 1894, through to the formation of the world championship in 1950 before finishing with a summary of the high-technology machines that race today.
The Official 2001-2002 Formula One Record Book
- 648 pages
- 23 hours of reading
Published by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and edited by Nigel Mansell, World Champion in 1992 and the most popular British driver of all time, this fully illustrated book contains a complete review of the year's events and news in Formula One and a complete profile of the 24 drivers who competed in the 2001 World Championship. Each of the 11 teams is reviewed by a team of experts and all 17 rounds of the season are reviewed together with a technical review by Giorgio Piola and John Barnard of every team and every race of the season. The final two sections offer an index of every human and corporate participant in the 2001 championship plus full statistics and facts and figures from every round of the Formula One championship from 1950 to 2001.
50 Years Formula One World
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
From the ecstasy of victory to the anguish of defeat, the horrific tragedies and the bitter controversies, this book captures every moment of life in the fast lane.
My Autobiography Mansell, Nigel
Nigel Mansell's Indy Car Racing
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
In 1992 Nigel Mansell left Formula One and the Williams Team to take up the challenge of Indy-Car racing with the Newman-Haas team in Indianapolis. Faster than Formula One and allegedly more dangerous, Indy-Car racing demands different skills. In this book Nigel Mansell explains what Indy-Car racing is all about, the technical difficulties of each of the circuits and the key figures involved.
"The Chequered Flag" is a complete record of the world's most popular sport at the top level. The author gives a year by year narrative account of motor racing from the first road race run in France in 1894 to the present. Charting the astonishing technical development of the racing car over the last 100 years, and of the sport itself from road racing to organized sport, and the divergent strands on either side of the Atlantic, he discusses the drivers, the cars, the designers, the impresarios, and the overriding importance and influence of commercialism. The book has an extensive cross-referencing system for easy access of information, a photograph of every winning type of car, every World Champion and every American Champion and detailed results tables for every year. m



