• "I've not seen that before" - I have - 1994 Indy 500 - Nigel Mansell an

    From Mr Gobrien@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 12 08:06:14 2021
    "I've not seen that before" - Martin Brundle after the Hamilton/Vestappen incident today.

    I have - during the 1994 Indy 500.

    I knew it involved Nigel Mansell, but couldn't remember the journeyman (US) driver, but knew it sounded like "Danny de Vito" or something.

    Google is my friend - Dennis Vitolo.

    (Use Google Images etc to see it).

    I remember that it occurred under the Pace Car and that Vitolo was already a lap behind (in fact Google says he was THREE laps down) but somehow his car came to rest on top of Mansell's - both out - and Mansell was not happy (often cited as making him
    leave Indycar at the end of that season).

    Vitolo had re-mortgaged his house to get the drive (as a one-off as you can do in Indycar) - so hopefully he didn't end up homeless!

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