The death of their Tinsena left Formula One and Williams lacking in star power in 1994.

It didn't take long for a plan to be hatched to bring back Nigel Mansell into the fold,

less than two years after he'd fallen out with Williams and walked away from F1 entirely as the reigning world champion.

This is the full story of how senior figures at Williams, and of course F1 ringmaster Bernie

Eccleston, found a way through Mansell's IndyCar contracts in America to get him back for

four races in 1994 and why it didn't materialize into the full-time drive Mansell was expecting for

the following season. I'm Glenn Freeman and joining me for this look back at one of F1's more

high-profile cameos are Ed Straw and ex-F1 driver and sky sports expert Karun Chanduk.

Now Karun, welcome along. When we first discussed the episodes we were doing in this series of Bring Back V10s,

you were quick to express your interest in jumping on for this one.

So what is it about the Mansell comeback in 1994 that stands out for you?

It's just a drama of it all, isn't it?

It's classic Nigel Mansell, the, you know, the shock arrival,

then bang, qualifying on the front row, then it's Battle of the Lazy, then finishes on a high

by winning the last race, gets pole position, then doesn't come back the following year. I mean,

there's just so many elements to it in a very, in a very dramatic

Nigel-esque way. Yeah, we constantly get questions about, oh, when are you going to do this

Mansell story? When are you going to do this one? Nigel's career obviously covered part of the

era that we don't cover in the 80s, but just in the few years we had of him in this era post-1989, he's given

us plenty to talk about. So this is going to be a great episode. Ed, always good to have you and Karun teaming up for another episode of Bring Back V10. So what comes to mind first for you when you think back to Mansell in 94? Well, it usually comes back to LaRouce, doesn't it? I always remember him having that contact with Hedacchi Noda at Hereth, which is just one of those moments that just amused me at the time. But also, even to this day, when I see a picture of Mantle in the Rothman's Williams, there's a certain incongruity to it, isn't it? And you see a picture in winning an Adelaide, Oh yeah're like, oh yeah, he did win an Adelaide. That was just ridiculous. Even decades on, I'm still finding it quite difficult to come to terms with. What an amazing story that was. And you got love the image of Red 2 as well. It doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well as Red 5. But I'm glad that that was a nice little touch that they added for Nigel. Before we get going, remember to

get your questions in for our series finale, where you can ask us anything about F1's V10 era

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