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Database start - Driver search - Nigel Mansell


 
Sir Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE, CBE, Great Britain
1953-08-08
     
F1 Career: Austria 1980 - Spain 1995

  Races
Wins
Pole
Podiums
FastLaps
Points
187
31
32
57
30
482
       
% Wins
% Poles
% Podiums
% FastLap
Points/Race
 
16,58%
17,11%
30,48%
16,04%
2,58p  
  DriverChampion
1992 Williams
Owns Woodbury Park golf course.
Nigel was the last Ferrari Formula One driver selected personally by Enzo Ferrari before the great man's death in 1988.
Nigel won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). He is the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously, and was the first person to win the CART/ChampCar title in his debut season.
In 2010 Nigel linked up with British sportscar team Beechdean Motorsport and formed Beechdean Mansell Motorsport to run a factory-backed Ginetta-Zytek Z09R in the LMP1 class of the Le Mans Series with his sons Leo and Greg. They retired from LeMans after a heavy crasch where Nigel brook his leg.
During practice for the 1985 French GP, Mansell broke the record for the highest speed crash in Formula One history. At the end of the Paul Ricard Circuit's 1.8 km long Mistral Straight he went off at over 322 km/h (200 mph).
Dubbed “Il Leone” (the lion) by the tifosi during his Ferrari career.

Year Plac Points Nr / Team / Car Wins 2:nd 3:rd Poles FastL Races Ret Notes
1995 - 0 #7 McLaren MP4/10B 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -
1994 9 13 #2 Williams FW16 & FW16B 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 -
1992 1 108 #5 Williams FW14B 9 3 0 14 8 16 4 -
1991 2 72 #5 Williams FW14 5 3 0 0 6 16 6 1 dsq
1990 5 37 #2 Ferrari 641 1 3 1 0 3 16 9 -
1989 4 38 #27 Ferrari 640 2 2 2 0 3 15 8 2 dsq
1988 9 12 #5 Williams FW12 0 2 0 0 1 14 12 -
1987 2 61 #5 Williams FW11B 6 0 1 0 3 14 5 1 dns
1986 2 70 #5 Williams FW11 5 1 2 0 4 16 4 -
1985 6 31 #5 Williams FW10 2 1 0 0 1 15 6 1 dns
1984 9 13 #12 Lotus 95T 0 0 2 0 0 16 12 -
1983 12 10 #12 Lotus 92 & 94T 0 0 1 0 1 16 7 -
1982 14 7 #14 Lotus 87B & 91 0 0 1 0 0 13 7 -
1981 14 8 #12 Lotus 81B & 87 0 0 1 0 0 13 8 1 dns, 1 dnq
1980 - 0 #43 Lotus 81D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 R, 1 dnq
Wins    Poles    FastLaps   

Non F1

Year Series Result Team/Car Notes
2022 Podcast: Beyond the grid . . .
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . Ferrari 640, 1989 .
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . Lotus 25 & Lotus 91 .
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . Ferrari 639 testcar, 1989 .
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . Williams FW14B .
2017 FIA Hall of Fame, Inducted . . .
2016 Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel British GP
. Autosport Awards . Gregor Grant Award .
2015 Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel Brazil GP
. Book: Staying on Track . . .
. Opened a Mitsubishi franchise on Jersey . . .
2014 Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel British GP
2013 Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel British & US GP
2012 Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel Monaco & British GP
. Appointed a CBE . . .
2011 24h Dubai . Lotus Evora GT4 with sons Leo and Greg
. Ambassador and test driver . Lotus Cars For the Type 125 single-seater project
. Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel Belgian GP
. Commander of the Order of the British Empire . . .
2010 24h LeMans ret Ginetta-Zytek GZ09R LMP1, with sons Leo and Greg
. LeMans Series 20th Ginetta-Zytek GZ09R P1, with sons Leo and Greg
. 8h Paul Ricard, LMS 14th Ginetta-Zytek GZ09R P1, with sons Leo and Greg
. Formula 1 . drivers' representative on the stewards' panel British and Belgian GP
. Movie: Senna . . .
. Book: My Story . . .
2009 LeMans Series, Silverstone 6h . Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S LMP1, with son Greg
. World Series by Renault test . . at Silverstone
2008 ALMS test . Lola-AER B06/10-Chamberlain-Synergy LMP1, with son Leo at Estoril
. LMS test . Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S with son Leo
2007 GP Masters . . .
. FIA GT 24th Ferrari 430 GT-Scuderia Ecosse 1 race 7th in class
. Formula 1 test/show . Sauber-BMW F1.07 At the British GP
2006 Formula BMW UK Championship . Ambassador to the sport And supporting his sons driving there
. GP Masters 1 win Team Altech .
. Inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America . . .
. BMW M3 GTR . demonstration laps at Brands during a WTCC race
2005 GP Masters winner Team Altech First 'test' race
. DTM Race of Legends 2nd . .
. Inducted to Int. Motorsports Hall of Fame . . .
2004 Formula 1 demo run . Jordan EJ14 Drove at a London show event
. Formula 1 training . Jordan EJ14 Silverstone before London
2001 Formula 1 . Minardi 2-seater .
. ChampCars test . . First to drive at Rockingham
2000 Formula 1 . Arrows 3-seater .
1998 BTCC 18th Ford Mondeo 5 rounds
. 24h Chamonix 12th Ford Mondeo with Ari Vatanen
1997 Tv: Surprise Surprise! . As himself .
1996 Formula 1 test . Jordan 196, 1996 testing för a posssible drive 1997
1995 Formula 1 test . McLaren MP4/10 Estoril
1994 ChampCars 8th Lola T94/00 Ford-Newman / Haas .
. INDY500 22nd Lola-Ford Newman / Haas .
. Formula 1 test . Williams FW16B Brands Hatch
1993 ChampCars champion Lola T93/06 Ford-Newman / Haas .
. INDY500 3rd Lola-Ford Newman / Haas .
. TOCA Shoot out ret Ford Mondeo 1 race
. Autosport Awards . Int. Racing Driver of the Year .
. Book: Indycar Racing . . .
1992 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award . . .
. Autosport Awards . Int. Racing Driver of the Year .
1991 Autosport Awards . British Competition Driver of the Year .
. Book: Mansell and Williams: . Challenge for the Championship .
1990 Awarded the order of the British Empire (OBE) . . .
. Book: Driven to Win . . .
1989 Tv: This Is Your Life . As himself .
. Book: In the Driving Seat . . .
. Autosport Awards . British Competition Driver of the Year .
1988 Formula 1 test . Ferrari 639 .
1987 Tv: The Grand Knockout Tournament . As himself .
. Autosport Awards . Int. Racing Driver of the Year .
. British Racing and Sports Car Club . Vice President .
1986 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award . . .
. Autosport Awards . Int. Racing Driver of the Year .
. Autosport Awards . British Competition Driver of the Year .
1985 Autosport Awards . British Competition Driver of the Year .
1984 Formula 1 test . Williams FW09 Daytona
1983 Race of Champions ret Lotus 93T Non championchip race
1981 South African GP 10th Lotus 81 Non championchip race
1980 Formula 2 12th Ralt RH6/80 4 races
. British Formula 3 9th March 803 - Toyota .
. Formula 1 test driver . Lotus 81B .
1979 British Formula 3 . March 783 & 793-Triumph 1 win
. Formula 1 Test driver . Lotus .
1978 BMW County championship . BMW 320i Saloon 4 races
. Formula 3 . March 783 5 races
. Formula 2 NC Chevron B42 1 race, DNQ
1977 Formula Ford champion Javelin LJ5, Crossle 25F & 32F 42 races 33 wins
. British Karting champion . .
. Formula 3 . Lola T570 1 race, 4th
1976 British Formula Ford champion Hawke DL 9 races 6 wins