RE: Revealed: Mansell's Le Mans Car With PH Stickers

RE: Revealed: Mansell's Le Mans Car With PH Stickers

Thursday 3rd June 2010

Revealed: Mansell's Le Mans Car With PH Stickers

Provisional, unconfirmed, don't get over-excited but...


"Go Red 5!  Go Smiley!"
"Go Red 5! Go Smiley!"
...Team Beechdean Mansell have just emailed this photoshop rendering of where they hope to put our PistonHeads 'Smiley' stickers on the LMP1 car that Nigel Mansell and sons will race at Le Mans. The placement is still provisional, but this picture is so unbelievably mega we just had to share it.

You won't be surprised to learn that we're already speechless (almost!) with pride here in the PH office, because you don't need us to tell you that Nigel Mansell ranks as one of the greatest racing drivers this country has ever produced.

(Yep, an F1 World Champion and all-round driving legend making his racing debut at the world's greatest motor race, and us just a little ol' website, an' all...)

Wherever Smiley ends up on the car on race day, we'll still be proud as Punch to know we're going to be riding with the team. For every racing mile that a combination of the legendary Mansell magic, the team's preparations, grit, commitment, and a dash of good fortune may take them, we hope our fellow PHers will be cheering all the way!

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soad

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32,829 posts

175 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Very fitting, does look ace! biggrin

Eagerly awaiting proper photos, not that long to go now.

k-ink

9,070 posts

178 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Awesome!

Nigel Mansell back racing makes me feel like a kid in the 80's all over again cloud9

type.ra

102 posts

200 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Well done guys!!! It's an awesome site - and adorning an LMP1 car at Le Mans is about as good a compliment to your commitment I think you're going to get!

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

215 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Sweet...

Here's a thought. How about the next PH competition being the best action shot of the car showing the smiley at Le Mans? scratchchin

k-ink

9,070 posts

178 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Good idea... then sell some decent prints. I will offer to retouch them for free (been doing this for a decade professionally)...

Draexin

147 posts

169 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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That looks awesome lads! I sense a new POTW coming soon... \o/

phoenixwheel

10 posts

165 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Let me think for a few seconds????? My favourite racing driver and my favourite website????? Bring it on, good luck to the team and everyone else involved in Le Mans. No pressure Nige and sons,come home safe but rock my socks on the way. Happy Days.

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Wow! I seem to recall that location being rather expensive for a sponsor!

ToMBoMB

76 posts

179 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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awesome!!!!

xr287

874 posts

179 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Calm down lads he's only a racing driver. His sons havn't exactly been on fire when it comes to pace so not sure how it's going to fair in results either.

Edited by xr287 on Wednesday 2nd June 20:28

VPower

3,598 posts

193 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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This year will be great!

Something to really look forward too and cheer on.

Can't they squeeze in the Toxicated sticker? cool


Blayney

2,948 posts

185 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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xr287 said:
Calm down lads he's only a racing driver. His sons havn't exactly been on fire when it comes to pace so not sure how it's going to fair in results either.

Edited by xr287 on Wednesday 2nd June 20:28
I think just making it to the finish will be a big enough achievement, it is Le Mans after all.

marctwo

3,666 posts

259 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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What happened to the version with the moustache?

desmondclarke

7 posts

178 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Photoshopped?

Barry Ashcroft

1,958 posts

220 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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Nice thumbup

dandarez

13,246 posts

282 months

Wednesday 2nd June 2010
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xr287 said:
Calm down lads he's only a racing driver. His sons havn't exactly been on fire when it comes to pace so not sure how it's going to fair in results either.
His son's haven't exactly been on fire? Well, Greg has!

Blimey, PHs don't follow the Mansells much do they? At last year's Silverstone Le Mans, son Greg set a blistering pace and fastest lap in the Ginetta!
Here is a quote from last year at the Silverstone race, qualifying:

'Team LNT's Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S has qualified for tomorrow's Le Mans Series finale in an impressive 5th place at the hands of 21 year old driver Greg Mansell, who put in a stunning performance under glorious blue skies at Silverstone.'

'Greg Mansell, who had his FIRST test in the LMP1 'Red 5' JUST 3 WEEKS EARLIER, showed an astonishing grasp of the 4.5 litre engine car to put in a FASTEST LAP TIME of 01 min 35.296 seconds, BEATING the previous Le Mans winning AUDI R10 and AMR Eastern Europe's LOLA ASTON MARTIN into sixth and seventh position on the grid. A total of 39 cars will roar off the starting line at 11.35am.'

The race proper and car had a wishbone failure early on which saw it lose too many laps otherwise I reckon it might have been in contention at the end. As it went, the car and the Mansells still completed the race.

There is a lot of work gone into these cars - I'm confident the LMP 2 class will be won by a Ginetta Zytec. And I reckon the Mansells will turn in a good result too. And especially from Greg, not Nige.

One sore point. WHY no Ginetta badge on the front of the Beechdean car?

GTR One

216 posts

216 months

Thursday 3rd June 2010
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marctwo said:
What happened to the version with the moustache?
LOL! smile

If this happens it will be fantastic. As far as I'm concerned PH represents the best in performance motoring with genuine enthusiasm and support and so SHOULD be recognised and represented!

Ash1

157 posts

166 months

Thursday 3rd June 2010
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I hear theres a large empty patch on the ferrari f10s engine cover... A nice white smiley would look perfect.

clonmult

10,529 posts

208 months

Thursday 3rd June 2010
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desmondclarke said:
Photoshopped?
According to the article, yes ...

As for his kids not setting the world alight with their racing prowess, no doubt both of them will be catching up on 24 hours sleep, and "our nige" will be doing one helluva long stint .... prior to the car breaking or something.

DrGP

201 posts

213 months

Thursday 3rd June 2010
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This is great! Well done all.
Can't wait to see the race now and will be looking out for the smiley!