44 Quotes by Nigel Mansell

Firstly the cars aren’t too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you’re not careful with your driving style.

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven’t raced properly for a decade. I’am not one of the favourites to start with.

The hunger and desire to go racing, however, never leaves your blood but the right opportunity has never really come along – until now that is.

Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn’t like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.

I’ve always been reasonably fatalistic.

Remember, it’s not how fast you go in a Formula 1 car that injures or kills you – it is how quickly you stop.

If something makes someone happy, then that's what they should do.

Motor racing is 99 per cent downs and one per cent ups. It's a huge challenge, as there are so many things that can go wrong.

When I was teammates with Piquet and Prost, they were prolific in what they would get up to undermine you.