F1, Mexican GP 2018: Top 5 Races of All-time

Lewis Hamilton could claim a monumental fifth driver's title and Mercedes can also win a fifth straight constructor's title this weekend
Lewis Hamilton could claim a monumental fifth driver's title and Mercedes can also win a fifth straight constructor's title this weekend

#4 1992: Mansell Masters Mexico City

Nigel Mansell won his second race in a row in Mexico
Nigel Mansell won his second race in a row in Mexico

It was heartbreak for Nigel Mansell in 1986, but six years later, he had a much better weekend.

Williams' 1992 entry was the class of the field and it showed as Mansell and Riccardo Patrese qualified almost a second ahead of everyone else.

Third place on the starting grid was a young Michael Schumacher, who had been making waves in Formula 1 since his arrival mid-way last year.

Defending world champion, Ayrton Senna, continued to struggle in his McLaren, he lined up in sixth.

There was action at the very start when Ivan Capelli and Karl Wendlinger tangled into Turn 1, the former enduring a spectacular crash in his Ferrari.

The Williams drivers led away in one-two formation but after a lightning start, Senna was their closest challenger.

Schumacher had lost places at the start, but the German youngster was putting that wrong right, quickly recovering to fourth place thanks to a daring move down the inside of Gerhard Berger.

Schumacher was quickly on to the back of Senna, but a transmission failure robbed us of what could've been a classic scrap.

Further back, Martin Brundle and Berger had a ding-dong battle for fourth place, which raged for most of the race before Brundle's engine failed after 47 laps completed.

Mansell was highly critical of the Mexico City circuit, but he was untouchable during the race, finishing 12 seconds ahead of Patrese to make it two wins from two races in 1992.

Michael Schumacher also got the first of his staggering 155 podiums for the most successful man in the history of the sport. A fine send-off for the old Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.

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