Autosport Retro: My favourite F1 season – Damien Smith's 1986
It's a meeting of the editors for Episode 9 of our "My Favourite F1 Season" series, as Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with journalists and broadcasters to review their favourite Formula 1 season and what it meant to them as we celebrate our 75th anniversary
Alain Prost, McLaren, Nigel Mansell, Williams and Nelson Piquet, Williams
Photo by: Sutton Images
In this week's episode, Kevin sits down with former editor-in-chief and freelance motorsport writer Damien Smith to discuss his favourite season - 1986.
It was a season most remembered for an epic three-way title fight between Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell as Williams' team-mates, and eventual champion Alain Prost in his McLaren.
Together, Kevin and Damien discuss that incredible battle, including that overtake from Piquet in Hungary, the internal politics, the rise of a young Ayrton Senna, and the tragic passing of Elio de Angelis.
There's also a comparison between the Autosport and Autocourse top 10 rankings of the time.
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