Nigel Ernest James Mansell (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Mansell won the IndyCar World Series in 1993 with Newman/Haas Racing, and remains the only driver to have simultaneously held both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship.
His career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons, with his final two full seasons of top-level racing being spent in the CART series. Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously. Mansell is the second most successful British Formula One driver of all time in terms of race wins with 31 victories, behind Lewis Hamilton with 105 wins, and is eighth overall on the Formula One race winners list, behind Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Fernando Alonso. He held the record for the most pole positions set in a single season, which was broken in 2011 by Sebastian Vettel. He also remains the last Formula One driver to win a race over the age of 40, which was the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
Mansell raced in the Grand Prix Masters series in 2005, and won the championship title. He later signed a one-off race deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 Ferrari F430 GT2 car at Silverstone on 6 May 2007. He has since competed in additional sports car races with his sons Leo and Greg, including the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Teams
Year | Team |
---|---|
1980 | Team Lotus |
1981 | Team Lotus |
1982 | Team Lotus |
1983 | Team Lotus |
1984 | Team Lotus |
1985 | Williams |
1986 | Williams |
1987 | Williams |
1988 | Williams |
1989 | Ferrari |
1990 | Ferrari |
1991 | Williams |
1992 | Williams |
1994 | Williams |
1995 | McLaren |
Stats
Williams | All Teams | |
---|---|---|
Starts | 97 | 192 |
Wins | 28 | 31 |
Points | 369 | 482 |
Results
Year | Round | Country | Driver | Grid Pos | Finish Pos | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | 1 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 23 | Exhaust |
1985 | 2 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 9 | 5 | +2 Laps |
1985 | 3 | San Marino Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 7 | 5 | +2 Laps |
1985 | 4 | Monaco Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 7 | +1 Lap |
1985 | 5 | Canadian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 16 | 6 | Finished |
1985 | 6 | Detroit Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 16 | Accident |
1985 | 7 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 8 | 26 | Injury |
1985 | 8 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 19 | Clutch |
1985 | 9 | German Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 10 | 6 | Finished |
1985 | 10 | Austrian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 19 | Engine |
1985 | 11 | Dutch Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 7 | 6 | +1 Lap |
1985 | 12 | Italian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 11 | Engine |
1985 | 13 | Belgian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 7 | 2 | Finished |
1985 | 14 | European Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 1 | Finished |
1985 | 15 | South African Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1985 | 16 | Australian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 25 | Transmission |
1986 | 1 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 25 | Spun off |
1986 | 2 | Spanish Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 2 | Finished |
1986 | 3 | San Marino Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 22 | Engine |
1986 | 4 | Monaco Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 4 | Finished |
1986 | 5 | Belgian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 1 | Finished |
1986 | 6 | Canadian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1986 | 7 | Detroit Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 5 | +1 Lap |
1986 | 8 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1986 | 9 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1986 | 10 | German Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 6 | 3 | Finished |
1986 | 11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 4 | 3 | +1 Lap |
1986 | 12 | Austrian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 6 | 12 | Halfshaft |
1986 | 13 | Italian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 2 | Finished |
1986 | 14 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1986 | 15 | Mexican Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 5 | +1 Lap |
1986 | 16 | Australian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 12 | Tyre |
1987 | 1 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 6 | +1 Lap |
1987 | 2 | San Marino Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1987 | 3 | Belgian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 14 | Accident |
1987 | 4 | Monaco Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 21 | Turbo |
1987 | 5 | Detroit Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 5 | +1 Lap |
1987 | 6 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1987 | 7 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1987 | 8 | German Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 12 | Engine |
1987 | 9 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 14 | Wheel |
1987 | 10 | Austrian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1987 | 11 | Italian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 3 | Finished |
1987 | 12 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 24 | Electrical |
1987 | 13 | Spanish Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1987 | 14 | Mexican Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1987 | 15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 0 | 27 | Accident |
1988 | 1 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 20 | Engine |
1988 | 2 | San Marino Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 11 | 21 | Engine |
1988 | 3 | Monaco Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 17 | Collision |
1988 | 4 | Mexican Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 14 | 20 | Engine |
1988 | 5 | Canadian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 9 | 21 | Engine |
1988 | 6 | Detroit Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 6 | 20 | Engine |
1988 | 7 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 9 | 20 | Suspension |
1988 | 8 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 11 | 2 | Finished |
1988 | 9 | German Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 11 | 23 | Spun off |
1988 | 10 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 15 | Driver unwell |
1988 | 13 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 6 | 14 | Spun off |
1988 | 14 | Spanish Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 2 | Finished |
1988 | 15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 8 | 22 | Collision |
1988 | 16 | Australian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 13 | Spun off |
1991 | 1 | United States Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 4 | 20 | Gearbox |
1991 | 2 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 14 | Gearbox |
1991 | 3 | San Marino Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 4 | 25 | Collision |
1991 | 4 | Monaco Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 2 | Finished |
1991 | 5 | Canadian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 6 | Electrical |
1991 | 6 | Mexican Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 2 | Finished |
1991 | 7 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 4 | 1 | Finished |
1991 | 8 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1991 | 9 | German Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1991 | 10 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 2 | Finished |
1991 | 11 | Belgian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 20 | Electrical |
1991 | 12 | Italian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1991 | 13 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 4 | 19 | Disqualified |
1991 | 14 | Spanish Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | Finished |
1991 | 15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 19 | Spun off |
1991 | 16 | Australian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 2 | Finished |
1992 | 1 | South African Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 2 | Mexican Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 3 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 4 | Spanish Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 5 | San Marino Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 2 | Finished |
1992 | 7 | Canadian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 23 | Spun off |
1992 | 8 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 9 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 10 | German Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 2 | Finished |
1992 | 12 | Belgian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 2 | Finished |
1992 | 13 | Italian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 13 | Electrical |
1992 | 14 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |
1992 | 15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 16 | Engine |
1992 | 16 | Australian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 20 | Collision |
1994 | 7 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 2 | 14 | Gearbox |
1994 | 14 | European Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 3 | 20 | Spun off |
1994 | 15 | Japanese Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 4 | 4 | Finished |
1994 | 16 | Australian Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell | 1 | 1 | Finished |