{"id":86740,"date":"2025-05-09T07:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86740\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T07:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:12:12","slug":"zak-brown-set-to-take-historic-title-winning-f1-car-on-track-at-the-british-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86740\/","title":{"rendered":"Zak Brown set to take historic title-winning F1 car on track at the British GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

McLaren<\/a> CEO Zak Brown has revealed that he will be taking the iconic 1987 Williams<\/a> FW11B Formula 1 car, originally driven by Nigel Mansell, out on the Silverstone Circuit during the 2025 British Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n

During a guided tour of his jaw-dropping car collection and interview with ESPN F1,\u00a0Brown discussed the event while standing next to the historic car:\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’ll take this out at the British Grand Prix this year, which I think the fans are gonna absolutely love. I’m gonna personally take it out. So, I’m gonna drive this next week in Spain as I’ve never driven it.<\/p>\n

“We’ve just had it fully restored here, it’s been shaken down, it’s ready to go. And I think the fans are going to love this around the British Grand Prix, but might be a bit confused why the McLaren guy’s in a Williams.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking about the car specifically, Brown explained:<\/p>\n

“So you’ll see a bit of a theme. I’m a huge Formula 1 and IndyCar fan. So, of course, Emerson Fittipaldi – Formula 1 and IndyCar Champion. Mario [Andretti] – Formula 1 and IndyCar Champion. And, of course, as was Nigel Mansell.<\/p>\n

“This is the car…\u00a01987, he won a lot of races. He said this was his favourite car to drive.<\/p>\n

\"Nigel <\/p>\n

Nigel Mansell, Williams FW11B Honda<\/p>\n

Photo by: Motorsport Images<\/p>\n

“I’ve become good friends with Nigel, and he\u00a0spends a lot of time with Lando. This was, if you remember the very famous British Grand Prix where he was leading, had a tyre puncture, and then he went out and he broke the track record. I think it was 17 laps in a row and did that famous move at the end of the straight on Nelson Piquet to win the British Grand Prix. So, that’s this one.<\/p>\n

“That was this exact chassis.”<\/p>\n

Explaining how he came to add the Williams FW11 to his extensive collection, Brown added:<\/p>\n

“I got this when I did a sponsorship deal for Williams. [They said] ‘What can we ever do for you,’ I was like ‘you can sell me a car!’<\/p>\n

“‘Can’t give me a car because that wouldn’t be right. But right, you’re going to sell me one.’ And they were like, ‘which one do you want?’ and I’m like ‘that one.'”<\/p>\n

The British Grand Prix weekend often features a demonstration run with historic F1 cars. During last year’s F1 weekend at Silverstone, former champion Jenson Button took the FW22 out on track<\/a> in front of the crowd.<\/p>\n

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