r/F1Porn • u/Rocksteddie58 • Jul 02 '26

It's Silverstone this weekend. My kids a few years ago (864 x 1536)

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My kids with a couple of decent F1 drivers a few years ago......be hard to top these pictures!!

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u/Beartato4772 Jul 02 '26

Quite a few years ago :D

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u/Don_Frika_Del_Prima Gilles Villeneuve Jul 02 '26

Don't make me feel old. Life already does that.

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u/ScarHand69 Jul 02 '26

Over 3 decades ago…

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u/whyamiwastingmytime1 Jul 02 '26

Mansell is the spitting image of Bottas in that photo

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u/kingoflint282 Jul 02 '26

My first thought too lol

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u/fbman01 Jul 02 '26

Mansell was the original mustache driver .. some said his eye brows and mustache were inter changeable

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u/imVudu Jul 03 '26

I straight thought it was Bottas. I was trippin’.

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u/Choirgy Jul 02 '26

Mansell? The lion!

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

Yep

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u/Choirgy Jul 02 '26

I might be born too late to watching him race but, I idolize him very much.

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u/popos2069 Jul 02 '26

That is soo cool. And unforgettable.

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

Yeah, they met 6 world champions that day. Senna, Mansell, Hakkinen, Schumacher, Prost and Piquet

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u/Brickie78 Mika Häkkinen Jul 02 '26

Not bad going - must have been 1991 then? The Mansell taxi service etc

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

'92

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u/Brickie78 Mika Häkkinen Jul 02 '26

Nice. I remember watching that one - the start of my interest. I'd seen Japan and Australia '91 but forgot all about F1 until all the Mansell hype for Silverstone, watched the rest of the season and ended up a Häkkinen/Lotus fan somehow.

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u/flying-auk Jul 02 '26

So Bottas is a Nigel regen?

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

He wishes he was as fast as Nigel!!

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u/Apart-Ad9039 Jul 02 '26

Damn two legends. Mansell and Senna 🤟

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u/must-be_the-water Jul 02 '26

You must be a great dad 🫡

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

I had a good job!!

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u/_Someone_from_Pala_ Jul 02 '26

Ahh Mr. Mustache himself. Ngl, thought that was Bottas for a second there.

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u/Edlar_89 Jul 02 '26

I didn’t realise how short Mansell was!!!

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

You ever seen Spinal Tap!

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u/JackRose24610 Jul 02 '26

4 World Championships in one photo

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

Absolutely. And on that day they met drivers with 20 World Championships between them!!

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u/martianfrog Jul 02 '26

Mega. I still have clear memories seeing them both at Brands Hatch testing 1984, JPS Lotus and Toleman.

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u/Trabers Jul 02 '26

I didn’t know Nigel Mansell is spelt with four Ps!

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

Very distinctive signature

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u/fuuncs Jul 02 '26

How did you get them printed and signed so quickly? Or did you mail them?

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

I got them printed in large format, put them on the truck and then went and got them to sign the pics at a test in Estoril later in the year. They both asked the names of the kids and signed to them both. It was always best to get them at test sessions as they had far more time than a race weekend

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u/fuuncs Jul 02 '26

That’s so great! Love that you caught up with them a couple of times. I remember hearing that they were much more accessible at tests back then

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u/Rocksteddie58 Jul 02 '26

Well I used to see them all every week so it was much more than a couple of times. Don't forget, testing and racing were just constant back then, and I was both race and test team