Mansell dis' Hamilton's Championship
 

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...04101542.shtml

NM's results speak for themselves
Why does he have to start talking sh!t
Yes NM beat AS, and MS!
LH Beat KR, and FA as well as FM

Even if you agree,
You would never catch Mike, Kimi or Fred making these types of remarks IMHO
What the hell is his motive http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...s/confused.gif

I never feel Mansell gets the credit he deserves for his success, esp when you see what he achieved and who he was up against. Yes when he won his title he had the best car but the same could be said about many others!

However, he's really talking crap here...there may not be 26 cars (and in NM's days only 6 were any good) but that doesn't make the quality of drivers any less.

What a stupid thing to say.

If the 2008 grid had 35 cars and 15 of them were Super Aguri level he wouldn't come out and say that Hamilton's championship was more credible than his, would he?

Old farts often spew out old rubbish. Mansell obviously lost his marbles when he shaved his stash off http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...s/laughing.gif

Well Nigel was always described as a very balanced person.

With a chip on both shoulders...

Mansell's title is totally worthless, his only competitor was Patrese, their car was so much better than anyone else's with working active suspension etc. A good example of that is 1992 Brasilian GP qualifying, Mansell and Patrese were on the front row, Senna was third, 2,5 SECONDS behind Mansell. I don't think anyone has ever had the same sort of advantage over competition that Williams had in 92. (Perhaps Andretti & Peterson in 1978 or Senna and Prost in 1988, but Patrese wasn't on the same level as a teammate to Mansell than those two were to each other). Having said that, Mansell did some (many) extraordinary races during his career, but 92 was a joke, an example of what F1 should never ever become again.

http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...s/rolleyes.gif The Lewy fans never fail to behave like expected, childish!

Mansell has the right to express his opinion, like it or not! http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...ies/tongue.gif

I'm not a Lewis fan!
However I find NM comments obtuse, and as inflamatory as your response.
Yes it's his opinion.Sadly quite arrogant. It reminds me of someone else http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

I for one would like to see Lewis Hamilton test his mettle against the likes of Olivier Grouillard, Aguri Suzuki, Eric van de Poele, Naspetti, Morbidelli, Comas, Gachot & Modena to mention just some of the legends Mansell had to battle his way through.

I must admit I would take this story with a pinch of salt... It is reported in the press afterall, but hey Nigel always was a bit of a moaner and enjoyed abit of controversy so he may well have said that purely for some publicity??

Theres no doubt he is a legend which is why I can not understand why he would make such a ridiculous comment. We could agrue till the cows come home about the differences between the cars from the two era's and who had the most difficult competition but whats the point?

Maybe Nigel is jealous another British champion has entered the books?? Whatever his intention he has made it into the news, so perhaps he has got what he wants...http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...es/biggrin.gif

In a '92Williams? Please,
he would dust them http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...lies/dozey.gif

And congratulations ioan on getting "Lewy" and "childish" into the same sentence without acknowledging any irony.

I believe I was being sarcastic.

Come on people. It's math. http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...s/laughing.gif. 20%! that's it!
And yeah.... it's his point of view.... a very stupid point of view but the man's entitled to be as stupid as he can be.

Sorry!
My Bad http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...lies/smile.gif

To be fair to 'Noige' his comments are in the context of, as the Sun's article says: Mansell fears for the future of Formula One as more teams pull out because of the credit crunch. That said, would Mansell value his title more than, for example, Fangio's in 1951 simply because only 17 drivers took part in 8 races that year?

Hamilton's title is not "20 per cent less credible" than anyone's. It's a world title, earned against the opposition that was there at the time.

Ok looks like we are going down the route of arguing the two era's lol

Not a problem, i should emote more.

Maybe, but i think generally speaking, the sharp end is always the sharp end in any era, and it usually consists of 2-4 drivers or cars that dominate any given season, it was true in Mansell’s day and its true now.

Yeah mate I totally agree with you http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...lies/smile.gif