* 1953 – Nigel Mansell, English race car driver

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Prost formed a fierce rivalry with mainly Ayrton Senna, but also Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell.

Toward the end of the 1987 season, Patrese was given the chance to revitalise what seemed to be a declining career when the Williams driver Nigel Mansell was injured whilst qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.

In 1991 Nigel Mansell returned to Williams and, together with Patrese, the team became genuine contenders for both the Drivers ' and Constructors ' Championships.

Williams dominated F1 in 1992 and Patrese continued to deliver in his role of second driver to Nigel Mansell, moving out of the way for Mansell while leading comfortably at that year's French Grand Prix. Again Patrese handled the delicate situation about team orders diplomatically, repeatedly offering a " No comment " to questions about the team orders that had been imposed on him at the red flag period of the French race.

With Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell all desperately trying to sign for Williams, Patrese's position looked to be under threat and he signed for Benetton before the end of the year.

He finished third behind his former team-mate Nigel Mansell and Emerson Fittipaldi in the sole 2005 race at Kyalami, South Africa.

Nigel Mansell crashed at the same place in the same weekend during practice and suffered concussion which kept him out of the race.

Racing driver Nigel Mansell driving in the 1993 CART Champ Car | IndyCar World Series

Before the season began, Häkkinen and team-mate Nigel Mansell had complained the new car had been too small for them to fit in and they suffered from their hands and elbows bashing on the sides of the cockpit.

Hill became the fourth driver in nine years to win the World Drivers ' Championship and not drive for Williams the following season following in the footsteps of Nelson Piquet ( WDC-drove for Lotus ), Nigel Mansell ( WDC-1993 competed in the US based Champ Car World Series instead of F1 ) and Alain Prost ( 1993 WDC-Retired ).

* Nigel Mansell, Formula One and CART driver

However, it wasn't until 1993 that reigning Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell shocked the racing world by moving to the United States, winning the CART PPG IndyCar World Series Championship and only losing the 500 in his rookie year because of inexperience with green-flag restarts.

Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year, the first being Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell in 1993.

He took the 1999 title in his rookie year, something accomplished six years earlier by former Formula One Champion Nigel Mansell.

Piquet took his third and final championship in 1987 during a heated battle with team-mate Nigel Mansell which left the pair's relationship sour.

* CART Racing-season championship won by Nigel Mansell

** Nigel Mansell of Great Britain

Nigel Mansell racing in CART in 1993

Silverstone has produced many race wins by British drivers, such as Peter Collins ( 1958 ), Jackie Stewart ( 1969, 1971 ), James Hunt ( 1977 ), John Watson ( 1981 ), Nigel Mansell ( 1987, 1991, 1992 ), Damon Hill ( 1994 ), Johnny Herbert ( 1995 ), David Coulthard ( 1999, 2000 ) and Lewis Hamilton ( 2008 ).

Heysham also had a large outdoor karting track on Heysham Head where racing legend Nigel Mansell used to race in his teenage years.

Most notable initially for its layout — Suzuka is the only figure-eight race track to appear on the F1 calendar — immediately it saw another World Title decided, as Nigel Mansell injured himself when he crashed his Williams-Honda in practice and consequently could not start the race, effectively handing the title to his team-mate Nelson Piquet.

Passing is a rarity here, although the 1989 race saw a famously bullish performance from Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari, who started from 12th on the grid and passed car after car, finally taking the lead in splendid opportunist style when Ayrton Senna was baulked by a slower runner.

A wheel banging incident with Nigel Mansell broke the Briton's neck, and did little to improve Andrea's wild reputation.

Dustin Byfuglien, Nigel Dawes, Evander Kane, Johnny Oduya and Anthony Stewart all made the team, making it the first time a NHL team employed five black players.

After relocating to the UK in the mid-1970s, Mulcahy made successful music videos for several noted British pop acts — his early UK credits included XTC's " Making Plans For Nigel " ( 1979 ) and his landmark video for The Buggles ' " Video Killed The Radio Star " ( 1979 ) which became the first music video played on MTV in 1981.

The WBO was made popular by boxers such as Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Marco Antonio Barrera, Ronald " Winky " Wright, Naseem Hamed, Verno Phillips, Michael Carbajal, Johnny Tapia, Harry Simon, Jermain Taylor, Nigel Benn, Paul " Silky " Jones, Gerald McClellan, Joe Calzaghe, Steve Collins, Daniel Santos, Michael Moorer, Dariusz Michalczewski, Chris Eubank, Riddick Bowe, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Chris Byrd and Tommy Morrison in the 1990s.

During the leadership election, Lamont clashed angrily in private with Nigel Lawson who preferred Michael Heseltine as Thatcher's successor, phoning Lawson up to remind him of his caustic remarks made about Heseltine's economic policies.

Whilst still students, Gilbert & George made The Singing Sculpture, which was first performed at Nigel Greenwood Gallery in 1970.

The novel was made into a 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor and Agnes Moorehead.

Significant contributions were also made by people such as Nigel Bree ( from Auckland, New Zealand ).

In 1999, the play was made into a film directed by Christopher Miles and starred Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Emma Chambers and Tom Hollander.

In 1985 the film, Burke & Wills, was made with Jack Thompson as Burke, and Nigel Havers as Wills.

About his next 10 fights went largely unnoticed, then in February 1989 he made brief headlines in defeating Jamaican Anthony Logan in an undercard match to a Nigel Benn-headlined show.

In 1988, the newspaper declared that Nigel Lawson's " Jewish parentage was disqualification enough " from his being made Foreign Secretary.

Following Laws ' departure, Physiotherapist Nigel Adkins was put in temporary charge ; after obtaining good results his role was made permanent.

In 2005, it made a second brief return, scripted by Mike Chinn and this time drawn by Nigel Dobbyn, who has also subsequently drawn several Billy and Katie stories for Beano Annuals, from the 2007 annual onwards.

Couper has written and co-written several books on astronomy and space, many of these in collaboration with Nigel Henbest and made many presentations for radio, television, and in public.

Though for most viewers Nigel Bruce formed their vision of Dr. Watson, Holmes purists have long objected that the Watson of the books was intelligent and capable ( although not an outstanding detective ), and that Bruce's portrayal made Watson far dimmer and more bumbling than his literary original.

The music video for the song was directed by highly acclaimed director Nigel Dick, and made its TRL debut on MTV shortly after it was filmed.

As an historian, Rupert Allason has concentrated on security and intelligence issues and Nigel West's controversial books have frequently made headlines.

A number of the new generation of British wrestlers who made their name on the new domestic circuit would go on to international recognition, including Doug Williams and Nigel McGuinness.

* In Sir Nigel, a novel from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published in 1906, Nigel is made seneschal of the Castle of Vannes after a battle in Brittany.

The Society changed in every way during those 21 years: its membership more than doubled ; finances went from deficits to a healthy surplus ; lectures expanded from about 20 per year to involve 450 speakers in a series of packed Monday-night events in London and at branches set up around the UK ; expedition training was introduced with the successful Expedition Advisory Centre ( run by Nigel Winser and Shane Winser ); the Victorian premises beside Hyde Park were fully restored and made more inviting with meals, bars, etc.

Nigel Kneale had been unhappy with Hammer's adaptation of The Quatermass Experiment, partly because he received no extra remuneration from the sale of the film rights and partly because of the changes made in the film to his original television script.

* The Riace Warriors are extensively discussed and illustrated in Programme One (" More Human Than Human ...") of the five part series How Art Made The World, written and narrated by Dr Nigel Spivey, who offers, in the programme, the opinion that they are the " best statues ever made.

In 1958, it was made as a British film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson: the screenplay was written by the play's author, John Osborne with Nigel Kneale.

Schlesser finally made his debut ( and sole outing ) in a World Championship Formula One race at the 1988 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, as a substitute for Nigel Mansell in the Williams-Judd squad.