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Nigel Mansell - Complete Formula One results, Family

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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