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Five iconic Hungarian Grand Prix wins
- Updated: July 20, 2016
The Hungarian Grand Prix is almost upon us, and Planet F1 have dusted off the history books to pick out five memorable victories in Budapest.
Nigel Mansell 1989
It is apparently difficult to overtake at the Hungaroring, but try telling that to Nigel Mansell who described his second win at Ferrari as one of the “best ever” in his career.
A combination of tyre and traffic problems saw Mansell qualify all the way down in 12th on the grid. However, that was soon forgotten about when he flew up to eighth by the end of the first lap.
He then passed Thierry Boutsen and Alex Caffi in quick succession to help him up to fifth then promptly charged down a 17-second gap to the race leaders. Mansell zoomed past Alain Prost for third, before benefitting from Riccardo Patrese’s problems with a holed radiator.
A brief lift-off from then race leader Ayrton Senna allowed a relentless Mansell to pass the Brazilian and was able to storm to a 25-second victory.
Jacques Villeneuve 1997
Villeneuve may have won, but it was how he was able to record the victory that has lived long in the memory.
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