Quote:
Originally posted by Valve Bounce
Maybe we can get him to give Ralf a few pointers, instead of Ralf wanting to count gearbox bolts on his brother's car.
|
Well said.
Mansell and Senna were both "heart" racers. Not particularly reliant on tactics, guile or stealth, like Piquet and Prost. In this aspect they were from he same mould.
Motivation-wise, Senna was doing it for himself, breaking his own records and challenging his own boundaries. Mansell was doing it for the crowds.
Hill and TGF are similar in that they are precise and accurate drivers who rely heavily on data and engineering development.
Senna is renowned for his total recall on everything but arguably he didn't need it to make the car give him a lap time, and Mansell could make the car go around someone else because he told it that it would (except at Monaco '92
)