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Brazil 1989: 'Il Leone' roars to win on Ferrari debut
The Brazilian Grand Prix's last visit to Jacarepagua in Rio was in 1989, and it was a torrid farewell. Against all odds, Nigel Mansell surprised everyone, including himself, taking the chequered flag on his race debut for the Scuderia Ferrari. © Cahier Archive As history has it, our Nigel was the last 'chosen' one. Before he passed through the gates of Maranello in the winter of 1988, following a disappointing season with Williams, Mansell was the very last driver to be personally selected by Enzo Ferrari to race the great man's scarlet red cars. The year had been ruled by McLaren in a staggering display of supremacy, with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost winning all but one race, and the...
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