28th, Unforgettable Showdown: Mansell's Thrilling Win Over Senna at Hungaroring '89
Ayrton Senna could ‘do business’ with Nigel Mansell. Racing against Alain Prost was akin to nailing jelly to a tree, whereas the moustachioed Englishman was a passionate racer, at his happiest wheel-to-wheel.
Beating Prost was more important. Beating Mansell was more fun. Hell, losing to Mansell was more fun.
His Ferrari handling badly, as was Gerhard Berger’s, Mansell concentrated on race set-up during qualifying, which caused him to line up 12th – and be quickest in morning warm-up. Although overtaking was notoriously difficult here, he had passed four by the time he exited the first corner.