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F1 trickery

Whether such antics occur today, perhaps we will only discover in a decade or so. 1992 champion Nigel Mansell, though, has an intriguing tale of F1 trickery to impart. In Adelaide (Australia) for the '94 finale, the Briton found himself in the late Ayrton Senna's Williams. Perhaps more worthy of note, though, was the title duel between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill.

Mansell put his car on pole. "It was probably the worst moment of my life," he recalled.

Nigel, now 52, says he was 'taken aside' and told to make a slow start so as not to get in the way of the 'Schu v. Hill' battle. "I'm not prepared to say who by," he told ITV.

'Our Nige' also recalled how he got into 'so much trouble' for stopping circuit workmen from - against FIA rules - lowering kerbs at the chicane after Schumacher's Saturday shunt.

In the end, Mansell - after Schumacher took out Hill - won. It was his thirty first, and last, grand prix victory. "But what went on beforehand," he said, "has soured my memories of the day."

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