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Posted by glennm on 05 October 2012
Nigel Mansell’s famous shunt in the Williams FW11B during practice for the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, in which “Red 5″ broke his spine and lost the ’87 World Championship to Nelson Piquet. More on this and other turbocharged F1 seasons in The Turbo Era.

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