BTCC'94 On Board Camera Nigel Mansell Heavy Crash

[monkeyboy0910]

i was at that corner and it's one of the memories i have of going down to donington regularly to watch the racing. i was 12 at the time and was so excited about seeing my hero mansell.

[bertyUK]

The Stig @ 0:10

...hiding behind the concrete barrier!!

[bertyUK]

Car no.79 @ 0:38s...approaches mansell..

"Here, let me help you"

What a cunt.

[hippoes14]

@bertyUK thats Tiff Needell and it wasn't his fault Mansell turned in font of him and Needell brake hard but couldn't avoid hitting him

[djfryer2002]

This was 1993, not 94.

[roywhiteo5]

my ribs and neck hurt just watching that

[gigybeast]

I think he thought the wheels were pointing straight but in fact he was still turning left, which is the angle we would steering after the save, the car got sideways, he corrected, the car griped and he never took the lock off. He might be one of the best in the world but I bet when you used to racing rear wheel drive cars that slide and you have to correct the slide with steering rather than with throttle like in a front wheel drive car you still find it hard

[policedog5]

It's horrific. I've seen it some time ago on TV but I haven't heard the audio (there wasn't any audio I mean). But now hearing this, it's heartbraking. I can't find a better word for describing this... Just heartbraking.

Thank goodness he survived.

[hail1234567890]

Mansell was a class above everyone else on the field. I remember my Dad taking me when I was 9 years old. Was directly opposite this crash. Had to wear bin bags over our clothes to try and stay warm.

[ddgregoryy]

Freezing isn't the word.

[MrDavidfball]

i was there tiff needell caught him he did not hit him mansell had already lost the car he was strugling for breath because the way you sat in a touring car is differant to a single seater (he'd been in indy cars all year)

i agree i was bloody freezing that day but a great race

[chambreski]

Wasn't he groaning when he got knocked off



[armandin2048]

@chambreski WELL HE WAS ALWAYS MOANING ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE WHINING BRUMMY ACCENT WHEN HE WAS AWAKE, SO WHY SHOULD BEING UNCONSIOUS BE ANY DIFFERENT LOL!

[Graebob]

Wow, just wow. I remember seeing this on TV but I was very young, I don't remember that angle and I *definitely* don't remember the audio. How very scary, to hear him breathe after the recovery, then immediately get himself punted off and the fear as he's heading to the wall... Wow

[lordnipple]

I was there that day, I was on a hillside watching it. We all thought he'd been killed, I had never seen a car crash before, it's incredible what those Touring cars can take.

Oh, and it was FREEZING that day too....

[leedstown]

tiff knocked mansell off hes not moaning he says "oh no" when he see the solid wall hes about to hit. he was knocked out and red covers where put up around car.

[TheKartist]

@leedstown where was Tiff supposed to go? Nigel had lost control before that contact, and came straight back across the track.

[karelpipa]

@TheKartist it was Mansell's fault clearly, he did not watch his mirrors and as very slow car he wanted to get back to racing line very early..you can see that car which punched him out of track blocked its wheels for a short while

[R33Racer]

@karelpipa He was still correcting the car on the track when he was hit, you can see that from the inside.

[JackDavis16]

it seems to me he just drove straight into tiffs path

[krugerboy]

sounds like the old boy was really struggling just before the off ?

Huffing and moaning like mad !

[dave41184]

@krugerboy Wouldn't you be breathing a bit heavy driving an out of control saloon car at that sort of speed , young or old?

[chumbawomba]

Yeh - it was Tiff Needell who nudged him into the wall!

[ITW84]

at last ive found this video

thanks for uploading

[strafin]

Been looking for this clip since youtube was invented, well done for getting it on here!

[kubicapanis]

its 1993 btw ;)

and thanks. i hadnt seen the first view of this before