 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mansell aidavira kuti 1989 yaizova gore rokuvandudza uye kuti aizokwanisa kunetsa nokuda kwokutanga mwaka unotevera. Mukuoneka kwake kwokutanga nechikwata akawana kukunda kusingabviri zvikuru mu1989 Brazilian Grand Prix paAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet muRio de Janeiro; nzira yake isinganyanyi kufarira, uye nhangemutange yemusha yemukwikwidzi wake anotyisa Piquet. Gare gare akaseka kuti akanga abhuka ndege yokutanga kuenda kumba kwehafu yemujaho sezvo akafanotaura kuti bhokisi idzva remagetsi remotokari raizopedza mavhiri mashomanana chete sezvazvakanga zvaita panguva yekuedzwa kwepamberi pemwaka uye mukukodzera kumakwikwi. Mansell akava mutyairi wokutanga kukunda mujaho ari mumotokari ine gearbox semi-otomatiki. Mujaho uyu wakamuona semutyairi wekutanga kuhwina mujaho wavo wekutanga weScuderia kubvira Mario Andretti paakakunda 1971 South African Grand Prixuye aizoramba ari murume wokupedzisira kukunda paFerrari yake yokutanga kusvikira Kimi Räikkönen akunda 2007 Australian Grand Prix. 