BTCC 1993: ToCA Shootout

The 1993 BTCC ToCA Shootout at Donington Park, starring Nigel Mansell in a works Ford Mondeo.

[@westcoast_trains_]

Wow that brings it all back. I went to see this race. It was an incredible atmosphere, almost like a mini British GP. Probably 90% there to see Nige!

[@TheStavveers]

It's an absolutely genius way to get some interest back into the final races of a settled season, would be great to see the various racing bodies get together to let this sort of thing happen more easily.

[@kevinprior3549]

Mansell is my hero. The reason why I follow F1. His achievements against arguably the best ever Senna were legendary

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

My hero too because he’s the f1 champion of 1992 and the indycar champion a year later

[@kevinprior3549]

@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 was briefly F1 & Indy champion at the same time till Prost won the 1993 World Championship in Portugal.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Indeed and after sennas death in imola he then made a comeback to f1 where he shared the second Williams seat with David Coulthard and he went on to win the f1 season finale At Australia which was the race where Schumacher won his first of 7 f1 titles

[@colinstewart1432]

Best years of F1 are 1990 until 2010. I can't watch it now because it's not what it was. Same for Rallying, Superbikes and all motorsport. Sad really but it was good stuff for a few years. Only the TT is as good as it used to be.

[@kevinprior3549]

​@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Aiden Millward said Mansell could have carried on driving for Williams for 1995. I think Mansell would have won 1995 in a Williams. Hill made too many mistakes.

[@zumabilla]

Amazing video brings it all back

[@PaulMassey-sv4mu]

Absolutely brilliant Simon so pleased we both were there !!!

[@jeffreyrumbold9363]

Awesome vid - thanks for posting!

[@1990sBTCC]

You are welcome!

[@SonicMarmalade]

We watched from the hill opposite where he crashed, and he was sideways through there on every lap

[@kevinprior3549]

So singer & musician Chris Rea was in this race too.

[@kevinprior3549]

Some say Top Gear once won a BTCC race... and they did.

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

Nigel had a strong neck at that time racing Modeo against Vectra's 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼🇧🇷

[@Woody93185]

Yeah looking at it again years later there was no way Tiff could have avoided that

[@andrewduffield2322]

I wonder how Cleland felt about Soper at this point?

[@kevinprior3549]

Soper was the Schumacher of BTCC... German and a cheat!

[@ThisIsMyRodrick]

@@kevinprior3549 Soper is British and given how badly Toca wanted to punish them, they agreed it was a "racing incident" to get off so they had made up. Cleland doesn't Like Tim Harvey though.

[@lastp6905]

@@ThisIsMyRodrick Tim Harvey’s a lovely guy but Cleland deserved that championship more than him

[@ThisIsMyRodrick]

@@lastp6905 I am sure, he is but Cleland may not see it, that way. Tbf he won it in 1995 anyway.

[@clicheguevara9917]

@@kevinprior3549 the fuck?

[@carsyourdaddrove]

Overall - the most exciting BTTC race of all time?

[@1990sBTCC]

no.

[@raregarage]

@@1990sBTCC what would you say is the most exciting race then?

[@1990sBTCC]

@@raregarage Well technically this wasn't a BTCC race.... But for me it is Donington 1998.

[@kevinprior3549]

Soper like Schumacher was a dirty German racer.

[@Rmcaw]

Nigel's fitness really was poor by this point, he was out of breath controlling the car before the impact. No wonder he could barely fit into the F1 cars in 1994 & 1995 I was there when he crashed..... great memories!

[@weallfollowmanutd]

I think he just was pushing the car way over the limit. Mansell was always physical with cars. It was a combination of correcting the car like a single seater and taking far to many liberties.

[@jemimallah2591]

you do realize he had just won the indycar championship earlier the same month?

[@Rmcaw]

@@jemimallah2591 yeah, a championship which had drivers in there mid 50’s racing like Andretti & Fitapaldi. The levels of fitness were not as high in Indycar at the time. Nigel struggled at the super speedways like Michigan.

[@todayshorse]

@@Rmcaw he won the 500 at Michigan and set fastest lap🤔

[@jeffreyrumbold9363]

I would tend to agree on his lack of fitness - when it comes to Touring Cars, which are waaaaay more physically demanding to drive than F1 or Indycars. Never one of my favorites, but I can respect his record and will to win. If only he hadn't whinged so much...

[@jemimallah2591]

9:15 9000 CSE PACE CAR

[@michaelbaron288]

Nice 9k - BTW... 😅