Nigel Mansell is a former British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1992 as well as the CART Indy Car World Series in 1993.
When Mansell moved to CART, he was the reigning F1 champion, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season and the only person to hold both the World Drivers’ Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship at the same time.
Early life
Nigel Ernest James Mansell was born on August 8, 1953, in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, to Eric and Joyce Mansell. He grew up in Birmingham’s Hall Green neighbourhood.
Mansell’s racing career got off to a slow start, with him using his own money to help him climb the ranks. He moved to Formula Ford after achieving considerable success in kart racing.
Mansell won six of the nine races he competed in in 1976, including his debut at Mallory Park. The following year, he competed in 42 races and won 33 of them, earning him the title of British Formula Ford champion in 1977.
Career
Mansell’s Formula One career lasted 15 seasons, with his final two full seasons of top-level racing taking place in the CART series.
Mansell is the second most successful British Formula One driver of all time in terms of race wins (behind Lewis Hamilton, who has 98 victories) and ranks seventh overall on the Formula One race winners list, trailing behind Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Fernando Alonso. He held the record for the most poles in a single season until Sebastian Vettel broke it in 2011.
Mansell won the Grand Prix Masters series championship in 2005. He later agreed to drive the number 63 Ferrari F430 GT2 car for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team at Silverstone on May 6, 2007. He has since competed in additional sports car races, including the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, with his sons Leo and Greg.
Personal life
Mansell and Roseanne have been married since 1975 when they met as students.
Until 1995, he lived in Port Erin on the Isle of Man for the majority of his F1 career. Mansell currently resides in the Channel Islands of Jersey. During his racing career, he spent 11 years as a Special Constable on the Isle of Man, and after he retired from racing, he spent 11 years as a Special Constable in Devon.
During this time, he also built a golf course in Devon. Mansell who is a keen golfer, expressed a desire to compete in the British Open Golf Championship and appeared briefly in the 1988 Australian Open. Mansell is the Team UK Youth cycling team’s owner.
His sons, Leo and Greg, also race car drivers, and his daughter, Chloe, is a fashion designer.
In 2005, Mansell was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. He is the current president of UK Youth, one of the largest Youth Work Charities in the United Kingdom. He is also the President of the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) and a Vice President of the British Racing and Sports Car Club, which he joined in 1987.
The Mexican Grand Prix organisers announced in September 2015 that the final corner of the redesigned Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit would be named after the 1992 Formula One World Champion and winner of the final race at the Mexico City circuit before it was dropped from the Formula One calendar for the 1993 season.
Nigel Mansell donates to organisations like as Dream-A-Way, Jersey Driving for the Disabled, the Commission for Global Road Safety, and the FSNBF Phoenix Appeal.
Full Name | Nigel Ernest James Mansell |
Commonly known as | Nigel Mansell |
Date of Birth | August 8, 1953 |
Age | 67 |
Height | 1.8m |
Spouse | Roseanne Mansell |
Children | Chloe Mansell, Leo Mansell, Greg Mansell |
Net Worth | $90 million |
Last Updated | July 2021 |
Awards
Mansell was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice, in 1986 and 1992. Only four other people have won the award multiple times, including fellow racers and former F1 World Champions Damon Hill and Lewis Hamilton. In 2005, Mansell was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Mansell won the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy, which is given to the best British or Commonwealth driver in Formula One each year, a record seven times during his career.
Mansell, who was already an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to children and young people (as president of UK Youth).
Turn 17 of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodrguez was renamed in 2015 in honour of Mansell, who won the Mexican Grand Prix twice (1987 and 1992). In 2018, he received the London Classic Car Show Icon Award. In 2006, he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Net worth and endorsements
Nigel Mansell’s net worth is estimated to be $90 million, ranking him as the world’s 18th richest racing driver.
Mansell’s main sponsor is Sunseeker which is a luxury yacht manufacturer.Not surprisingly, he also bought a yacht from the corporation.
Controversies
Without a doubt, Nigel Mansell was one of the most daring and exciting drivers of his generation, so much so that the Tifosi dubbed him “Il Leone” (The Lion).
However, the most common criticism levelled at him by F1 fans was that he was too boring.
His hunched shoulders, dull monotone voice, and proclivity to criticise his team when things went wrong did not endear him to everyone.
His reputation as a moaner was perhaps undeserved, but it was one of the reasons he left Ferrari. The final straw came at the 1990 British Grand Prix, when he discovered that his car had been swapped for teammate Alain Prost’s after the Frenchman complained that Mansell had the superior car.
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