Rare action photo of Nigel Mansell at speed in his Lotus 87 F1 car during qualifying for the 1981 British GP.
This event was chaos for the team, it's revolutionary 88 was tried in first practice and then outlawed ... the previously un-raced 87, the same car in effect stripped of it's controversial aerodynamics, was put together for the second day, Elio De Angelis got his on the grid, team mate Mansell didn't as his car had barely been complete by the time he sat in it!
The problematic 88 never raced.
10x7 inch (254x178mm)
