Formula One

Evening Standard

Leading man: Nigel Mansell believes, when he was at his best, he could have beaten all of today's F1 drivers, except perhaps Sebastian Vettel. Image courtesy of Evening Standard

Nigel Mansell is being measured for a dinner jacket to wear at a charity golf event he is organising. “Always had a big neck,” he says with a laugh, as the tailor notes down a collar size of 17 and a half.

The 1992 Formula One champion, whose 31 Grand Prix wins are more than any other British driver, has never been scared to stick his neck out. He has no doubts that, if he were racing today, he would be the best.

“I’ve probably just turned the age when I have to concede that I might be a bit too old,” the 57-year-old says. “But, in my heyday, no problem at all. I’d absolutely beat the present lot.”

But there is one driver he concedes who might have given him a fight.

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The Evening Standard

The first thing you notice as Max Mosley opens the front door of his London mews house is a huge sombrero balanced on the banisters, suggesting a man who has just come back from exotic lands.

But then as he leads you up the stairs you realise this Englishman is so often abroad his returns are a voyage of discovery of his own home.

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Daily Telegraph

BERNIE ECCLESTONE is that rare breed: an Englishman who is probably the most powerful sports entrepreneur in the world – he can open doors to top politicians and businessmen around the world that no one other Englishman can – yet he sounds and acts like a little Englander who makes few concessions to foreigners.

So while he is always travelling round the world, he cannot imagine living anywhere else but England – home is in Chelsea – and for all his international clout he does not speak any other language.

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