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“Gang of Four”

25. Sep 2021 
by Ziv Knoll
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The 1986 Formula One championship culminated in a battle between Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet and McLaren driver Alain Prost at the final race, the Australian Grand Prix.

Mansell, Piquet and Prost, along with Lotus’ Ayrton Senna (picture above taken at Estoril), dominated throughout the season and formed what was dubbed as the “Gang of Four”.

When at Adelaide, Mansell’s left-rear tyre exploded on the long straight, and Piquet was brought in for a precautionary tyre change, Prost won the race and his second consecutive Drivers’ Championship.

Alain Prost was the first driver to win back-to-back drivers’ world titles since Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960.

Picture below: Mansell and Piquet (Williams-Honda) dominated at the Australian Grand Prix, but tyre failures handed the title to rival Prost.

Source: DR

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