In 2019, Mansell made his single-seater debut in the New South Wales Formula Race Car Championship. He also raced in two rounds of the Australian Formula 4 Championship with AGI Sport and finished all but one race in the top seven.[2] As Mansell was a guest driver he was not classified in the standings.
2020
For 2020 Mansell moved over to the United Kingdom to race full-time in the F4 British Championship, partnering Zak O'Sullivan and Matías Zagazeta at Carlin.[3] Whilst the Australian only managed to score one win at the Brands Hatch Circuit, in contrast to O'Sullivan's nine over the course of the season, he did score four more podiums, which included two third places and a second place at the final round,[4] finishing seventh in the championship.[5] Mansell won the season's Rookie Cup with a 61.5 point gap to Frederick Lubin.[6]
GB3 Championship
Mansell stayed on with Carlin in 2021, progressing to the renamed GB3 Championship.[7] He took his first win of the season in the reversed grid race at the opening round in Brands Hatch, overtaking six cars over the course of the race.[8] His next win came at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[9] Mansell scored a further three podiums to finish third in the standings.[10]
Mansell remained in the series for the 2022 season, partnering Vladislav Lomko and Josh Mason at CryptoTower Racing.[17] He took the opening victory of the season at the Estoril Circuit,[18] and claimed two second places at the next round in Pau, which included his only pole of the year,[19] before a run of four straight podium finishes including a win.[20] His third win came at Hungaroring in the final race.[21] Four more podiums in the next two rounds came, before a double retirement in the penultimate Monza round.[22][bettersourceneeded] The first retirement was a serious crash with Francesco Simonazzi where he was launched skywards.[23] He claimed a podium in the final round and finished third in the standings, having taken 15 podiums.[24][bettersourceneeded]
On 28 November Mansell was announced as a full-time driver with Campos Racing for the 2023 F3 season.[30] He then stated that he was "hungry to maximize his and Campos Racing's full potential" after his cameo appearance in 2022.[31] In Bahrain, he finished both races in 13th.[32] In Melbourne he scored his first points in ninth place after three drivers ahead were disqualified post-sprint race.[33] The following day, he finished in tenth following another post-race penalty for a rival.[34] Mansell failed to score points in Monaco, and was spun out by Gabriele Minì in the Barcelona sprint race.[35][36] He returned to the points in the feature race with tenth place.[37][38] The following weekend in Austria, Mansell finished seventh in the feature race.[39]
Silverstone delivered a breakthrough for the Australian, qualifying in fourth.[40] After choosing to stay on dry tyres, Mansell climbed from seventh to third during the last lap, holding off a late charge from Caio Collet to achieve his maiden Formula 3 podium.[41] He followed this with a fifth placed finish in the feature race.[42][bettersourceneeded] In Budapest he finished sixth in the sprint and 11th in the feature.[43] At Spa-Francorchamps he qualifying 23rd for the sprint race.[44] In the feature race, a gamble on wet tyres saw him finish second.[45] Mansell ended his season in Monza by scoring seventh and eighth places.[46][bettersourceneeded] Mansell finished 12th in the standings with 60 points and two podium finishes.[47][48]
In October 2023, Mansell joined ART Grand Prix for post-season testing at Jerez.[49] He then participated in the Macau Grand Prix with the French team,[50] finishing 16th in the main race. [51]
At the Formula 3 end of season awards night, Mansell picked up the Best Comeback of the Year for his performamcne in the feature race in Belgium where he progressed from 23rd to second at the chequered flag.[52]
Mansell took his first F3 pole in Barcelona.[61][62] Missing out on points in the sprint race, he led the feature until lap 5 where Arvid Lindblad overtook him, leading Mansell to finish second.[63] Mansell tussled for the lead in Austria with teammate Nikola Tsolov, finishing in third place.[64] In the feature race, he finished fourth.[65] This was followed by a point-less weekend in Silverstone[66]
In Hungary, he qualified eighth, and secured fifth and fourth place, hauling him into title contention.[67] However, a messy Spa-Francorchamps round followed, as he qualified down in 20th and was unable to score points in both races, even being penalised in the feature for taking Arvid Lindblad out.[68][69] Qualifying seventh for the season finale in Monza, he finished 22nd in the sprint race .[70] He finished the feature race on the podium.[71]
Mansell finished fifth in the championship with 112 points, one pole and five podiums, as well as helping ART Grand Prix finish third in the championship.[72]
Shortly after the F3 season finale, Mansell made his Formula 2 debut with Trident from the Baku round onwards, replacing Roman Staněk.[75] He finished eighth after leading the early stages and making late contact with Gabriel Bortoleto in a battle for fifth place, before finishing 10th in the feature race.[76] Mansell qualified in 20th in Qatar, but a well-timed pit stop during the feature race allowed him to gain time on rivals ahead and he eventually finished in sixth place.[77][78] The Yas Marina round left him scoreless with a double 16th place.[79] Mansell scored ten points throughout his three-round stint and finished 25th in the standings.[80]
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