Motor-racing driver, born in Birmingham, West Midlands, C England, UK. He entered Formula 1 racing in 1980. From 176 Grand Prix starts, he won 29 races from 26 pole positions. In 1992 he retired from Formula 1 racing after winning the driver's championship with eight wins. He joined the Haas-Newman Indy car racing team in the USA, becoming Indy car champion in 1993, his first year, briefly returned to Formula 1 in 1995, driving for McLaren, then retired.
Formula One
1980-1984:Lotus
Mansell's skill as a test driver, including setting the fastest time around Silverstone in a Lotus car at the time, impressed Chapman enough to give him a trio of starts in F1 in 1980, driving a development version of the Lotus 81 used by the team, the Lotus 81B.
CART
1993-1994:Newman/Haas
Despite being world champion, Mansell had a falling out with Williams over money and the prospect of Frenchman Alain Prost joining the Renault-powered team - Williams neglected to tell Mansell that Prost had signed for 1993 at only the second race of the 1992 season, in Mexico.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Team | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Lotus |
AUT Ret |
DUT Ret |
ITA DNQ |
Lotus | - | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | Lotus |
USW Ret |
BRA 11 |
ARG Ret |
SMR DNP |
BEL 3 |
MON Ret |
ESP 6 |
FRA 7 |
GBR DNQ |
GER Ret |
AUT Ret |
DUT Ret |
ITA Ret |
CAN Ret |
LVG 4 |
Lotus | 14th | 8 | |
| 1982 | Lotus |
RSA Ret |
BRA 3 |
USW 7 |
SMR DNP |
BEL Ret |
MON 4 |
USE Ret |
CAN Ret |
DUT DNS |
GBR Ret |
FRA DNS |
GER 9 |
AUT Ret |
SUI 8 |
ITA 7 |
LVG Ret |
Lotus | 14th | 7 |
| 1983 | Lotus |
BRA 12 |
USW 12 |
FRA Ret |
SMR Ret |
MON Ret |
BEL Ret |
USA 6 |
CAN Ret |
GBR 4 |
GER Ret |
AUT 5 |
DUT Ret |
ITA 8 |
EUR 3 |
RSA DNF |
Lotus | 12th | 10 | |
| 1984 | Lotus |
BRA Ret |
RSA Ret |
BEL Ret |
SMR Ret |
FRA 3 |
MON Ret |
CAN 6 |
USE Ret |
USA 6 |
GBR Ret |
GER 4 |
AUT Ret |
DUT 3 |
ITA Ret |
EUR Ret |
POR Ret |
Lotus | 9th | 13 |
| 1985 | Williams |
BRA Ret |
POR 5 |
SMR 5 |
MON 7 |
CAN 6 |
USA Ret |
FRA DNQ |
GBR Ret |
GER 6 |
AUT Ret |
DUT 6 |
ITA 11 |
BEL 2 |
EUR 1 |
RSA 1 |
AUS Ret |
Williams | 6th | 31 |
| 1986 | Williams |
BRA Ret |
ESP 2 |
SMR Ret |
MON 4 |
BEL 1 |
CAN 1 |
USA 5 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER 3 |
HUN 3 |
AUT Ret |
ITA 2 |
POR 1 |
MEX 5 |
AUS Ret |
Williams | 2nd | 70 |
| 1987 | Williams |
BRA 6 |
SMR 1 |
BEL Ret |
MON Ret |
USA 5 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER Ret |
HUN 14 |
AUT 1 |
ITA 3 |
POR Ret |
ESP 1 |
MEX 1 |
JPN DNS |
AUS DNS |
Williams | 2nd | 61 |
| 1988 | Williams |
BRA Ret |
SMR Ret |
MON Ret |
MEX Ret |
CAN Ret |
USA Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR 2 |
GER Ret |
HUN Ret |
BEL DNS |
ITA DNS |
POR Ret |
ESP 2 |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
Williams | 9th | 12 |
| 1989 | Ferrari |
BRA 1 |
SMR Ret |
MON Ret |
MEX Ret |
USA Ret |
CAN DSQ |
FRA 2 |
GBR 2 |
GER 3 |
HUN 1 |
BEL 3 |
ITA Ret |
POR DSQ |
ESP DNP |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
Ferrari | 4th | 38 |
| 1990 | Ferrari |
USA Ret |
BRA 4 |
SMR Ret |
MON Ret |
CAN 3 |
MEX 2 |
FRA 18 |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN 17 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 4 |
POR 1 |
ESP 2 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 2 |
Ferrari | 5th | 37 |
| 1991 | Williams |
USA Ret |
BRA Ret |
SMR Ret |
MON 2 |
CAN 6 |
MEX 2 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
HUN 2 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 1 |
POR DSQ |
ESP 1 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 2 |
Williams | 2nd | 72 |
| 1992 | Williams |
RSA 1 |
MEX 1 |
BRA 1 |
ESP 1 |
SMR 1 |
MON 2 |
CAN Ret |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
HUN 2 |
BEL 2 |
ITA Ret |
POR 1 |
JAP Ret |
AUS Ret |
Williams | 1st | 108 |
| 1994 | Williams |
FRA Ret |
EUR Ret |
JPN 4 |
AUS 1 |
Williams | 9th | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | McLaren |
BRA DNP |
ARG DNP |
SMR 10 |
ESP Ret |
McLaren | - | 0 |
Family
Mansell is married to Rosanne.
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