Top 10 F1 overtakes of all-time

#6 Nigel Mansell on Gerhard Berger (Mexico, 1990)

Mansell was known as "Il Leone" by the Italians during his time at Ferrari because of his bravery and never say "die" attitude. What backed this up was the Brit's incredible overtaking abilities, with his best arguably coming at Mexico in 1990.

Nigel Mansell was right behind Gerhard Berger in the closing laps of the 1990 Mexican Grand Prix, but Berger had successfully held off Mansell for a number of laps so the Briton had to get creative.

Mansell stuck with Berger through the twisty S-section at Hermanos Rodriguez, however, the two were bearing down on the terrifying Peraltada, a heavily banked 180-degree right hander that only had one real line going through it. But nobody told ‘Il Leone’ that.

Mansell tried to throw a dummy, but Berger didn’t fall for it, so Mansell instead went around the outside of the McLaren driver to sweep into second place. A scarcely believable move due to the sheer bravery that was required.

It’s a shame that the new layout of Hermanos Rodriguez has butchered the final corner, we’ll never see a move like that in Mexico City again. Although, Turn 17 of the new layout is named “Mansell” in his honour, no doubt because of that manoeuvre.

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