Author Topic: F1 season 1992 (Read 966 times)

swoopy · « **on:** June 03, 2003, 10:53:34 AM »

Just dug out one of my old videos which was 'Mansell and Williams', about the year he won the championship in the then legal Williams FW14. The pace and action of the season is something that current F1 has lost, starts were fantastic cars diving all over the place and cars actually overtaking!!!!

aaahhh those were the days.....

Mathman · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:58:22 AM »

Mansell was awesome. I used to love watching F1 back in 87 I think it was (he was teamed with Nelson Piquet, Senna was with Prost in MacClaren).

funkedup · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2003, 12:41:57 PM »

Are you crazy? 1992 was a Williams parade, with Mansell and Patrese winning everything by a mile. Only Senna's brilliance kept it from being a complete bore.

This year F1 has 5 winners in 7 races. Much more competitive than 1992. And they are running lap times far beyond what the 1992 cars could do.

gofaster · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2003, 01:04:36 PM »

I remember watching the six-wheeled wonders driving the circuit. Didn't really follow F1 then, don't really follow it now, but those cars with the 4 front wheels were really interesting.

funkedup · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2003, 03:53:39 PM »

I think the Tyrell six-wheeler last raced in 1976.

Dowding · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2003, 03:55:11 PM »

That's the Tyrrol car of the 80s (?). Everyone laughed at its unveiling ceremony. On the track it was phenomenal. They banned it with a rule change I believe.

Mini D · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2003, 03:58:00 PM »

I liked the Senna vs Prost days too. There were some fun races in there too. I haven't watched an F1 race since Senna crashed.

MiniD

senna · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:07:19 PM »

Mansell was great to watch against senna (the real senna not me, Im a wannabe). Think the imola race was awsome that year, senna vs mansell and lotsa gravel going everywhere. I dont know, maybe the F1 coverage is different now a days, perhaps different camera angles etc... race anouncers and spokes people make it seem more bland. It does seem to have lost some energy though the ranking appear as if F1 has never been more competative driver or team. There are alot less smaller teams (always like the smaller teams) and F1 is more expensive now than ever. Also worldwide economy rather sucks.

I dont like the way the camera angles are set during Indycar races or at most US sanctioned races. They follow the cars too much and zoom in too much as the cars travel down the straights. Makes them appear like they are going slow. Fix the zoom and angle them in the corners and at the start end of the staights. No zoom then one can get a good idea of just how fast or how much distance these cars actually go.

That was the 70s of F1.

crowMAW · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:21:06 PM »

Jeez...I remember watching Senna die. I was totally stunned. The crash was just not that bad. I recall not long before Berger had had a terrible crash in the Ferrari. The mangled car sat on the side of the course engulfed in flames for nearly 30 sec before the safety crews were able to put the fire out...but somehow he was unhurt. How unfair it seemed that the probabilities would all line up against Senna such that a small fragment of the car would hit his face shield at just the right point to end his life. What a shame.

Replicant · « **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2003, 04:24:00 PM »

Mansell driving as number 27 for Ferrari in 1989 or was it 1990 when he was teamed with Berger.

Mansell having qualified in the top 6 (may even have been pole) had a technical problem and had to start from the back of the field. He managed to overtake everyone, including a classic overtake against Senna, to clinch the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Another race saw him lose control at about 170 and do a complete 360 and carried on as if nothing had happened!

I used to enjoy watching some of the minor teams in the late 80s, such as March (Leyton House) in their torquoise coloured cars. I think Patrese and Gugelman were the drivers?

senna · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:20:03 PM »

Mansell won one world championship but didnt he also fall out of another one a year or two before because of a flat tire at the end of the season (not last race). He was doing good just needed points at that race also to win. He was very close to two world titles. Also Senna for the most part had a faster car than Mansell did most of the time, Mansell just out drove him on many occasions. The Maclaren was kick ass. I honestly feel Mansell is just as good as Senna, Senna just did a few things more right and had a better venue. Swap them and Mansell would have had three world championships. Prost is faultless, everybody knows that, spectacular.

Replicant · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:28:26 PM »

Ah, it wasn't Patrese, it was Ivan Capelli & Mauricio Gugelmin that drove for March.

Replicant · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:34:05 PM »

Nigel Mansell's Ferrari 640 from 1989.... anyone think these older cars look nicer? BTW, this was the first car to have the paddle gear change on the steering wheel.

funkedup · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2003, 05:40:28 PM »

I think the current Jaguar looks great.

-tronski- · « **Reply #14 on:** June 03, 2003, 10:27:45 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by funkedup
I think the current Jaguar looks great.

And Webber's got the talent, just needs the luck and experience to go with it,

Tronsky