Time & Perspective Quote by Nigel Mansell

Mansell’s praise reads like a simple thumbs-up to logistics, but it’s really a statement of values from a driver who came up when racing still sold itself as craft, not content. “Very well thought out” isn’t about comfort; it’s a defense of a weekend structure that rewards preparation, mechanical understanding, and on-track problem-solving. Enough practice time means teams can chase a setup rather than gamble on one. It’s an implicit argument that skill should emerge from repetition and refinement, not from compressed schedules that turn performance into a high-variance spectacle.

The line about “a proper qualifying session” does the heavier work. Mansell treats “proper” as a moral category: qualifying should be an open field where the stopwatch is the only gatekeeper. “As many laps as we like” signals freedom and fairness, but it also nods to an older motorsport rhythm - build pace, find space, take risks when you’re ready. That’s the kind of qualifying where a driver can rescue a weekend through persistence, not just nail one perfect lap under artificial constraints.

He smartly widens the constituency: “great for the drivers and spectators.” That’s not PR so much as a political coalition. He’s arguing that authenticity sells. Fans don’t just want unpredictability; they want to watch competence accumulate in real time - the track evolving, the car improving, the lap times falling for reasons you can feel. Mansell is quietly pushing back against a trend: racing engineered to create drama, rather than drama emerging from racing.