Mansell: My Autobiography

Mansell: My Autobiography
Nigel Mansell

The ebook edition of Nigel Mansell’s bestselling autobiography is an absorbing account of one man's rollercoaster ride to the top.Nigel Mansell is one of motor racing's all-time greats. An ordinary bloke who took on the best and most ruthless drivers in the world's most glamorous sport and won; the epitome of speed, daring and sheer bloody determination.His refusal to be beaten endeared him to millions, but few inside the sport or outside it have fully understood what motivates him in his quest to be number one. Here, for the first time Nigel reveals the secrets of his driving technique, his hunger for racing and the psychological approach that helped him outwit legends like Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.

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First published in paperback in 1996

Published in hardback in 1995 by CollinsWillow

Copyright © Nigel Mansell 1996

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Source ISBN: 9780002187039

Ebook Edition © JUNE 2016 ISBN: 9780008193362

Version: 2016-05-18

DEDICATION (#ulink_8548d284-7b35-5884-a527-0312bcf2c4c8)

To Rosanne, Chloe, Leo and Greg

for giving me the love, understanding and support

which is so necessary to achieve so much.

Without you, none of this would have been possible.

CONTENTS

Cover (#u9c383919-f421-5e62-a02a-a686e2273f8b)

Title Page (#uab5e3a90-48ad-5fd1-bd60-a4b814fd22c6)

Copyright (#ulink_7ad12a88-c4b4-55fb-9a8a-981053400d5b)

Dedication (#ulink_2c277965-0971-5870-b7a8-b52a921551dd)

Preface (#ulink_9d8f8aea-8d54-5622-bbd7-3160fb4a2324)

Why race? (#ulink_b762ded8-eb2a-5ca1-af7d-0e43053c03b8)

PART ONE: THE SECRET OF SUCCESS (#ulink_fcf31d0f-1732-59d4-a09c-c452a80da4f8)

1. My philosophy of racing (#ulink_bd03f3cd-bbb2-54ab-9c8f-1464f71d742c)

2. The best of rivals (#ulink_c4725f98-5366-5ed0-acd3-85d47217f7a4)

3. The people’s champion (#ulink_dff3b050-f427-5ddf-bac6-f239fb74b874)

4. Family values (#ulink_c0592960-aead-51c3-bef7-4f9f7dd8bb6f)

PART TWO: THE GREASY POLE (#ulink_89477007-2304-54f8-9ebc-b21cf11c2996)

5. Learning the basics (#ulink_3aa4ab4f-ee30-50d0-96d0-2cc83a4ba8b3)

6. The hungry years (#ulink_b13f9a42-5d1e-5ae8-9b27-cde912a73ae5)

7. Rosanne (#ulink_654b7bc6-05c9-5550-a09a-7c044a3a5e5d)

8. The big break (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Colin Chapman (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Taking the rough with the smooth (#litres_trial_promo)

11. The wilderness years (#litres_trial_promo)

12. ‘I’m sorry, I was quite wrong about you’ (#litres_trial_promo)

PART THREE: WINNING (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Making it count (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Keeping a sense of perspective (#litres_trial_promo)

15. Bad luck comes in threes (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Honda (#litres_trial_promo)

17. Forza Ferrari! (#litres_trial_promo)