46 Andretti vs Mansell
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This article is from the Motorsport FAQ, by A H Henry bspahh@midge.bath.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.
46 Andretti vs Mansell
In 1993, Michael Andretti was faced with an unfamiliar car which was
reported to be tricky to drive. He did relatively little testing. He
had little time to learn many of the circuits on the race weekends.
Whether his lack of success was due to a combination of these factors
or from a lack of talent has been debated at length.
In 1993, Nigel Mansell was faced with an unfamiliar car which was
well sorted. Apparently it was comparatively easy to drive on ovals,
where Mansell was most successful. He was able to do a lot of test
miles. He had little time to learn some of the circuits, and struggled
at some of these. Whether his success was due to a combination of these
factors or from his talent alone has also been debated at length.
The 1993 Newman/Haas Cosworth engine had more power at the top end
than the 1993 Penske Illmor engine, while the Penske's had more torque
on the way up to the top gear. This explains why Mansell did so well on
ovals but didn't show as strongly as much as was expected on street and
road courses.
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