Nigel Mansell

About

Nigel CBE  is Britain’s most famous racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993). He is the only person to hold both titles simultaneously.

His career in Formula One covered 15 seasons, with his final two full seasons of top-level racing being spent in the CART series.

In terms of his 31 race victories Nigel is the most successful British Formula One driver of all time, and is fourth overall on the Formula One race winners list. He was inducted to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005.

Until 2011 he held the record for the most number of poles set in a single season, and was rated in the top 10 Formula One drivers of all time by longtime Formula One commentator Murray Walker.

Nigel raced in the GP Masters series and signed a one-off deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 Ferrari F430 GT2 car at Silverstone  in 2007. With his sons Leo and Greg he later competed in additional sports car races  including the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Nigel is the current President of one of the UK’s largest Youth Work Charities, UK Youth and  was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012 for services to children and young people.

He is also President of the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists).