Nigel Mansell made a shock return to Formula 1 with Williams during 1994, following the death of Ayrton Senna.
The whole off-track intrigue around Mansell’s comeback – only a year and a half after he dramatically left F1 for what was then the CART Indycar World Series in America – and the ups and downs of his on-track performance are the subject of our classic F1 stories podcast Bring Back V10s this week.
Ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok and Edd Straw join host Glenn Freeman to look at exactly who was behind the moves to get Mansell back in a Williams, what it took to get him there and how it was viewed inside in the team – including by its title contender Damon Hill.
They also discuss the tense battle between Mansell and David Coulthard over the 1995 Williams seat, a fight in which Mansell was defeated despite winning the 1994 finale.
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