Dear Robbo,
Hmm, as Andy said, you should keep this in context. I wasn't refering to Mansell the driver, but Mansell the man. Or should I say, Mansell's inability to be a man. The guy obviously had talent, and was utterly fearless in most racing circumstances. However, he was also cursed with a completely obnoxious, whining, self absorbed with his ego, character.
The guy was completely incapable of admitting fault for anything, but god-forbid the car failed he would shout to the heavans what a sh*tbox he was driving and what a bunch of clods his team was. I never understood this entire "Mansell, driver for the British people" concept. Largely because it was fabricted by that equally obnoxious ex-manager of his Peter Windsor. This spectacle never reared its ugly head until Windsor, at Mansell's request became team manager at Williams. Hell, when he was at Lotus, he was largely thought of as the pissing & moaning jerk he actually was. As for DP, f**k yes she's a talentless bimbo! I've been preaching this for years.
Regarding the best of yours vs ours? Its a petty argument for starters, however its pretty simple, for the most part, our best, with a few acceptions have tended to ply their trade here at home (North America), while yours, with a few acceptions, have tended to...Err, ply their trade at home (ie, England and Europe). With all due respect, I would match Frank Lockhart against Richard Seaman, Jimmy Bryan vs Stirling Moss, Dan Gurney vs Jimmy Clark (read what Clark's father said to Dan Gurney at Clark's funeral), and Jeff Gordon against JB or Lewis anyday. If you don't recognize any of those names, you've got no business even being in this conversation.
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