Rip Murray Walker

Mansell, even in the inferior cars he at times drove, could out pace any other F1 driver at Silverstone. so at this circuit alone he definitely was/probably still is the greatest. pure magic, just like senna at monaco.

Should have kept this version of Silverstone

Feel lucky to have seen, in person, them going through Bridge Corner before it was removed from the layout, the change of direction at those speeds was hard to comprehend.

This was the best layout.

Acceleration is a vector quantity. If Mansell starts by accelerating left (-4.5 g) and then quickly transitions to accelerating right (+4.5 g), then yes, the magnitude of the acceleration he experiences is at most 4.5 g at any given moment in the complex (and you can guarantee there's at least one place where his lateral acceleration is 0.0 g by the Intermediate Value Theorem); however, his change in acceleration equals his final acceleration minus his initial acceleration, 4.5 g - -4.5 g = +9.0 g. When he says "snapping", he's referring to this change in acceleration, which occurs over a very brief interval, producing a high amoung of jerk (another vector quantity).

Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Canon-Renault going around Silverstone. I want this back. It sucks I wasn't alive during this glorious time in F1 to experience it as it happened.

@AosZas Great post. I totally agree and I think it is still overlooked how hard Mansell had to fight just to arrive in Formula1 and it's true to say that without Colin Chapman's single-minded belief in Mansell, Mansell would've never been seen in Formula (a point that has been made numerous times by Mansell himself). Even the greatest ever, Senna came from a privileged background and money was never a problem.

It sucks how much slower the track was made

Exciting times

Mansell was a monster at Silverstone, even Senna couldn't match him.

@loetkoe27 G loads in one direction are "unloaded" when you return to the neutral position, then "reload" when the motion moves from neutral regardless of the new direction (up down left right braking acceleration) you don't add the values from one direction to the next. and the neck strain on the drivers is significant like in a fighter because of the abrupt maneuvers both vehicles can create.

@frandaman27 4.5 g in one direction and same to the other makes 9 g total ;)

@frandaman27 yes, I loled when he said 9 Gs of lateral load. Nigel was high that day

@frandaman27 9G cause it rhymes with Nigel. 9G Mansell :)

@loetkoe27 It's probably why Mansell said "snapping 9g"

@loetkoe27 Unless it crashes...

E o curvão de Suzuka?😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@BOBtheNAILER757 Yeah I know you're not supposed to count it like that, but that's the only explanation for 9 G in an F1 car

9G Nige, Really? Did you have a puncture, a broken back and no rear wing at the time as well mate?

I think the audio is off...right?