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Mansell says small grid sizes hurting F1

Former world champion Nigel Mansell believes the main problem with the current Formula 1 is the lack of cars on the grid. The sport has lost two teams over the past three years and came close to losing the Marussia/Manor team too at the end of the 2014 season. Although Mansell says the current era is "fantastic", the 1992 world champion reckons the small grid numbers are making Formula 1 miss an edge that it had in the past. The Briton also thinks the sport is in dire need of more engine manufacturers. "I think the difference is, although this era in some ways is fantastic for the development of the cars, the circuits, everything else, what isn't good is that you don't have...
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