LATEST ADDITION

The latest addition to the Mike Hayward Collection is the 1983 British Grand Prix, which was held at Silverstone on July 16. This was the last British Grand Prix event where the race took place on a Saturday rather than the usual Sunday.

One of the photographs is of a youthful Nigel Mansell sitting on a pile of tyres during a break in practice on the Friday morning.

Mike recalls: “In 1983 you could still go into the pit garage and get the drivers to come out and pose for a picture, which you certainly couldn’t do these days!”

Mansell, who was driving a JPS Lotus-Renault turbo, finished the race in fourth place. The winner was Alain Prost in a Renault, followed by Nelson Picquet in a Brabham-BMW and Patrick Tambay in a Ferrari.

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