Revisiting Nigel Mansell's IndyCar Debut 

F1 and indycar 80 and 90s was grand prix perfection.

Abso-freakin-lutely. This was THE era when IndyCar truly had F1 shaking in it's booties. Looking back now you'd be hard-pressed having to pick which series was the one to watch. Cart even enticed Senna to come test their machinery hoping he'd make the switch, though I don't think he ever truly considered leaving F1 at the time.

It was so amazing the 1993 champion of Cart (Michael Andretti) switched to Formula one. 13 races; NO wins; 1 podium; 7 TOTAL points... Cart/Indy has ALWAYS BEEN "the B team" to F1 and always will be.

@@gsactotubewhat personal insecurity led you to post this?

⁠@@gsactotubeFernando Alonso couldn’t even qualify for his last Indy 500 attempt.

as good as it would be unfortunately the full length track is no longer able to be used. From the second chicane on the track down that straight that kinks gradually towards the right is now only 1 lane wide and has a light rail system built on it.

I completely agree. Paul Page's voice is iconic. He was a staple of watching IndyCar in the 90's.

i totaly aggree. Watching the official F1 Broadcast with crofty feels totaly different then watching the german one from sky, with crofty being more "loud" and emotional (lol who could have guessed that the german one is more serious ^^). Other example would be the dtm, where, at least in my opinion, the german commentator is just annoying while the international ones really make the product better

One interesting thing about Paul is that he'd raced Formula Ford and had a great sense of how to steer the narrative of the race broadcast. He knew how to lead Uncle Bobby and get the best out of him. In a 1989 race Paul talks about how Porsche had let him lap the Nurburgring in Teo Fabi's IndyCar, which I had to rewind a few times because he was talking so casually about it. Paul was an outstanding lead broadcaster and yes, he absolutely added to the big-time feel of it.

Those 1993 IndyCars look and sound so much better than the current generation IndyCars.

'Im Paul Page.... Welcome to Indy Car Racing 2" Bow bow.... budda bowbowbow bowbowbow buddabowbowbow.....

I know right? The full story had to be in the video.

I’m sorry but no. Every good f1 driver has elevated it. Roman definitely didn’t. Fernando was really disappointing his second Indy 500 try where he failed to qualify.

I think you meant every f1 champion, plenty of drivers have driven in indy and f1 without making much impact

Sorry to say, Alonso never did anything to Indycar

Sorry to burst your bubble, Alonso is at best, the Ronda Rousey of racing - at least I won’t forget him back in ‘07 when he showed his insecurity against Hamilton.

@@godwindracing6056 how long has rousey been a pro fighter? I don't think it's 20+ years......

F1 were too snobby and wouldn’t give Michael the time he needed to adapt. Mario eluded to that fact that McLaren weren’t doing him any favors either in Beyond the Grid. That aside, Mansell Mania was truly something. Doubt we’ll see it again since no top level F1 drivers are leaving for Indycar any time soon it seems.

Michael was partly at fault there too though. He thought he could do like his dad did, and fly home to the states after the races, and just do engineer meetings over the phone. That, at a time when F1 was in the middle of the most technological boom they ever had up until 2014. I seriously think that if Michael had stayed in England, and worked more with the team, at the factory, they would have gelled better, and he would have been better adapted to the car. He could have ran lap after lap in those years, as there was no limit on testing. Schumacher used to do so many testing miles, that he did more than the dedicated test drivers at Ferrari. Probably the same at Benneton. Michael should have done well in F1, but he shot himself in the foot by basically just showing up for the races. It wasn't the 70s anymore. Senna started the very physically, and mentally fit driver era, and Schumacher perfected it. Michael would have done well to follow Senna's lead. Senna didn't see Brazil until the season was over (except for the race weekend, of course).

​@@Spike-sk7ql There are different sides to this story as is well documented. The current 'trend' with fans that often gets repeated is the "he failed because he flew back and forth" angle. It really just depends on who you want to believe. All I know for sure is MA was one hell of a driver in CART, I think that speaks volumes and carries more credibility when considering which theory one chooses to believe.

@@jeffa4133 I never said that was "the reason" he failed in F1. Honestly, he started to come to terms with F1 by the time he left, and was getting better results. Had he stayed another year, a lot of the tech was stripped from the cars, and I think he would have done better. Yes, he was a very good driver in CART. No one can take that away from him. The F1 cars of the time required a different driving style with the active suspension. Mansell explained it when asked why he was so much faster than Patrase in 92. With that stuff gone, I think the cars would have suited Michael better. Let's not forget that he came back to CART in 94, and dominated the first race at SP.

​@@Spike-sk7ql I think there's mich more to it than that, but I won't go down that rabbit hole as there's been plenty of discussion over the years of the political forces at play at the time, and it's out there for anyone who cares to explore it.

Glad you enjoyed it!

NO WAY!!! That's amazing. Thank you for sharing this!

Isn't Nigel from the Isle of Man? Edit: Lived there during his F1 career and now in Jersey 🇯🇪 of the Channel Islands; both independent but under British protection AND both are notable tax havens! Paul Tracy is a Cannuck, but he finished 21st after qualifying third! Other Canadian drivers finished 10th and 17th! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Australian_FAI_IndyCar_Grand_Prix 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤️ 🍁 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇬🇧

Thank you very much. No problem, it's fun as hell to make them.

I'm pretty sure most IndyCar fans (including myself) favorite era is the CART era. Some of the best looking and sounding race cars ever. Not to mention the HP, with no power steering and sequential stick shift.

Thank you very much. Seems like we had similar childhoods lol. Yeah it was ESPN Classic. My tv was always on Speedvision haha. I would watch whatever racing they had on, pretty sure they covered the American Le Mans Series back then too.

His voice is truly special. He's in my all time top three spots for sure, if not number one. Murray Walker is right there, and I loved Bob Jenkins. Ned Jarret and Benny Parsons were really something as well.

I agree with you about that ! If I may add a favorite or two- Benny Parson and Neil Bonnett were just Super at race announcement ! Those guy’s knew what was going on ---

I remember for Nigel Mansell wins of Indy Racing League in 1993 season

After the 1992 Formula 1 season wins of World championship title himself from Britain

Emerson Fittipaldi Win at #Indy500 And Nigel Mansell is New Rookie of the year title.

Shut up jew

@@Nebula_Ultra who you calling a jew cocksucker you shut up

i think the official formula E YT had covered it in their unplugged series (if remember correctly, even thou it kinda misplaced in some point)

They wouldn't make the nose, but rather get it from Lola. The team did not have the budget as the bigger teams, so the chassis they ran was two generations behind what Newman/Haas was running for example. My guess is that the noses for the one that they were running probably had to be manufactured by Lola (which wouldn't be built in time), or not available at all anymore. That's why they had to resort to a collector of racing memorabilia who had the exact nose for that particular chassis.

And the local government paid for IndyCar to come out and race at the Gold Coast. If it wasn't for that, IndyCar/CART would have never raced there.

I'm not complaining, it's just wild to see looking back at it.

It weird like seeing work trucks on the track for a local yellow going the opposite way or seeing F1 pit crews in shorts in the 90's.

@@danielhenderson8316 it was the times.

At the same year in 250 cc Moto GP, there was an incident at the pit lane (in Jerez IIRC) where a spectator not authorised to go into the pits, ran across the pit road in front of a bike, causing a fatal crash on a rider (Wakai)