4 million for the car that won the 1991 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

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It was not in May but on

when Nigel Mansell aboard the Williams Renault with the FW14-5 chassis once again beat Ayrton Senna's McLaren, being the last of the five victories that the Briton achieved that year. they did not help him because of the 8 that Senna achieved, who would win his third world title.

Perhaps the best-known photo of this single-seater was the one that took place at the British Grand Prix when

one of the backs of Mansell's Williams as a taxi, which won the victory.

Mansell had the sad honor of being the last driver recruited by Enzo Ferrari to drive for the Italian team where he spent two years with a team in transition.

After discovering that in

he decided to leave the Scuderia and return to Williams at the hands of Frank Williams.

Champion with Williams

Having come close to the championship twice with Williams, finishing runner-up in 1986 and 1987, once behind Alain Prost and behind team-mate Nelson Piquet, Mansell kept his ambition to clinch the title, which he would achieve in 1992. with Williams.

It was a different team.

To begin with, the engines were no longer Honda, they were Renault and the person in charge of designing the car was the one who is today a god in Formula 1,

.

He created the Williams FW14, a completely new car except for the 3.5-liter Renault V-10 engine.

It was a car that had remarkable advances like.

Williams six-speed sequential semi-automatic gearbox.

The FW14 generated great anticipation in training within Williams and, coupled with the signing of Mansell in October 1990, it seemed that the future of the FW14 would be bright in the 1991 Formula 1 season.

The truth is that with his tough driving style,

squeezed the

to take

.

The first was on

, followed by

's just a week later (over 42 seconds ahead of second-placed

).

Later there would also be victories in

and finally

, where Mansell had an

.

williams gift

In the end Mansell did not win the drivers' title that year, but in recognition of his work

with which he had given so much satisfaction.

That yes,

, that he was returned to Renault.

Ferrari 640 from 1989, auctioned by Nigel Mansell

Now, Mansell, in need of liquidity, has decided to cash in and has sold

with which the British driver ran the 1898 championship. has auctioned for 3.6 million euros, so these two legends of Formula 1 history are no longer in his garage, but there are 7.7 million euros more in his checking account.

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