Unless I am very much mistaken...I AM very much mistaken...!
Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn't! It's a lap record.
Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.
That's history. I say history because it happened in the past.
Mansell can see him in his earphone.
And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race.
Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.
Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him
And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.
You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?
It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way.
The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.
Let's stop the startwatch.
The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick.
Look up there! That's the sky!
And he's lost both right front tires.
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.
With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.
Tombay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now
I was there when I said it.
And the first five places are filled by five different cars.
And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.
As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.
