Top 10 F1 overtakes of all-time

#7 Nigel Mansell on Nelson Piquet (Britain, 1987)

Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet were the worst of enemies at Williams.

In 1987, the Williams drivers were in a class of their own and were comfortably leading that year’s Grand Prix at Silverstone. Nelson Piquet led his teammate, Nigel Mansell, by a couple of seconds at the halfway stage when the latter decided to pit for new tyres.

With no threat from behind, Mansell drove the car like he stole it, breaking the lap record eight times while catching up to Piquet. The Brazilian wasn’t going to make it easy though and, with a few laps to go, Piquet still held the lead.

On Lap 62 of 65, Mansell got a great run down the Hangar Straight and was bearing down on his team-mate. Mansell blinked first and shifted to the left and Piquet covered that line off but, Mansell was banking on that. Mansell then dived over to the right to take the racing line and sweep past Piquet to eventually win the race.

This manoeuvre – known as “the dummy” – would go on to become Mansell’s signature move.