F1 Racing - UK (2020-07)

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Nigel Mansellcertainly lit up
Silverstone in 1987.After a stop for
tyres Mansellwas justunder 29secs
down on Williams team-mate
Nelson Piquetwith 29lapsto go.
On lap63 of 65, to thedelight of the
crowd, he tookthe lead andmadeit
tothefinish first, onlyfor hisHonda
engineto expire just after theline

This picturefrom 1966is the equivalent ofthe m odern-day celebration
shot where the whole team is lined up in frontof the garages. After the
podium JackBrabham, the BT19 and his small team were loaded on to
a truckfor a victory parade lap

Michael Schumacher had won for
FerrariatSi lverstone in1998, but
the1999 race was a disaster for the
German. On the openinglap, as he
tried to regain th ird from team-
mate EddieIrvine,a brake failure
sent him intothe tyres atSt owe.
He broke his lower right leg and
missed the next sixraces as a result

GP RACING JULY 2020 85


Nigel Mansellcertainly lit up
Silverstone in 1987.After a stop for
tyres Mansellwas justunder 29secs
down on Williams team-mate
Nelson Piquetwith 29lapsto go.
On lap63 of 65, to thedelight of the
crowd, he tookthe lead andmadeit
tothefinish first, onlyfor hisHonda
engineto expire just after theline


This picturefrom 1966is the equivalent ofthe m odern-day celebration
shot where the whole team is lined up in frontof the garages. After the
podium JackBrabham, the BT19 and his small team were loaded on to
a truckfor a victory parade lap

Michael Schumacher had won for
FerrariatSi lverstone in1998, but
the1999 race was a disaster for the
German. On the openinglap, as he
tried to regain th ird from team-
mate EddieIrvine,a brake failure
sent him intothe tyres atSt owe.
He broke his lower right leg and
missed the next sixraces as a result

GP RACING JULY 2020 85

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