Nigel Ernest James Mansell, CBE (born 8 August 1953) is a retired British racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993). Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved over to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both titles simultaneously.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 remains the most successful British Formula One driver of all time in terms of race wins with 31 victories, and is sixth overall on the Formula One race winners list behind Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. He held the record for the most number of poles set in a single season, which was broken in 2011 by Sebastian Vettel. He was rated in the top 10 Formula One drivers of all time by longtime Formula One commentator Murray Walker. In 2008, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ranked him 24th on their top drivers of all-time. He was also ranked No. 9 of the 50 greatest F1 drivers of all time by the Times Online on a list that also included such drivers as Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark.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.He was inducted to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005.He is the current President of one of the UK's largest Youth Work Charities, UK Youth. He is also President of the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists).
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Best Driver ESPY Award
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Jersey, Channel Islands, UK [December 2011]
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Jersey, Channel Islands [August 2008]
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Children and Young People. He is the President of UK Youth.
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Honours List for his services to motor sports.
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Has a history of back injuries. 1. Broke his back in a F3 accident in 1979, apparently ending his career. However, he'd already been spotted by Colin Chapman of Lotus, who gave him a F1 race seat in mid 1980. 2. Crushed some vertebrae in his spine in a practice accident in the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix. The bottom of his spine had endured a 60g impact. 3. Injured his back in practice crash for the 1993 Phoenix Indycar race, which punctured the outside concrete retaining wall of the track. Desperate to return ASAP, he had needles drain liters of fluid from his back in between practice sessions for the following race. He won the race and later the championship.
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Announced his intention to retire at the end of the year, following a disastrous British Grand Prix in 1990. He was subsequently persuaded to stay on and to drive for the Williams team the following year. He won the championship with them in 1992.
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Was the last driver to be picked personally by Enzo Ferrari to drive for him before his death.
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Ex-Formula One racing driver, who raced for Lotus (1980-1984), Williams (1985-1988, 1991-1992, 1994 - 4 GPs), Ferrari (1989-1990) and McLaren (1995 - 2 GPs). He won the F1 World Championship in 1992. The following year he won the CART Championship, making it two in a row. For a time, he was simultaneous F1 and CART champion.
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In his F1 career, he won 31 Grands Prix, took 32 Pole Positions and scored 30 Fastest Laps.
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1992 Formula 1 World Champion, 1993 CART Champion & CART Rookie of the Year.
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Formula 1: BBC Sport
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Himself - 1992 F1 World Champion / Himself / Himself - World Champion 1992 / ...
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Murray Walker: Life in the Fast Lane
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself - 1992 F1 World Champion (as Nigel Mansell OBE)
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