I used to hate Mansfield but after a lot of practice I'm now enjoying it, found that getting the bits before it helped lot, I'd ease just a touch before gooseneck, make sure i'm in the right position through there and on the downhill run and really focused on trying to hit the outer cone and tip into the apex cone, got all the braking over before hand and just concentrated on steering and body position. After a few laps i had confidence to push it harder, that just made the new chicane worse as i was going in faster and no matter what i did i couldn't solve it, came to conclusion Im a donkey in slow corners
you can't take a corner as an isolated thing, the entry and exit all have an impact, once they flow it all gets a lot easier, i find now that the left hander before charlies and then through Charlies is all just one smooth flowing action and my gear change and brake points hardly altered, wish i could do that through the wooded bit but thats maybe just me scared of riding on a track with trees, they have no place on a race track.