Leo Mansell

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Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell 2010.jpg
Leo Mansell in 2010.
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20092010
TeamsTeam Modena, Beechdean Mansell
Best finish27th
Class wins0

Leo James Mansell [1] (born 4 January 1985 on the Isle of Man) is a British racing driver. He is the son of 1992 Formula One world champion and 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series champion, Nigel Mansell, and elder brother of fellow racing driver Greg Mansell.

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Leo and his younger brother have always raced in the same series, starting with Karting in 2000. The brothers ascended through the Karting ranks, and moved into single-seater racing in 2006, in the Formula BMW UK series.

The pair were granted drives in the finale of the 2006 British Formula Three Championship at Thruxton, driving for the Fortec Motorsport team, in Invitational Class, with Leo finishing in 14th position in the first race, and then 13th in the second.

Mansell, with his father Nigel, tested a Chamberlain-Synergy team Le Mans prototype Lola-AER B06/10 during the week commencing 14 July 2008 at the Estoril circuit. He raced for the Ferrari GT2 team in the Le Mans Series for the 2009 season. [2]

For the 2010 season he co-drove a Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S – with his brother Greg and father Nigel – in select Le Mans Series events and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. At the 8 Hours of Castellet they finished 9th overall (8th in LMP1), but their Le Mans effort was cut short due to a tyre failure and a crash by Nigel early in the event.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

YearTeam1234567891011RankPoints
2008 Walker Racing LBH
19
LS
11
MTT
Ret
EDM1
17
EDM2
Ret
ROA1
13
ROA2
Ret
TRR
13
NJ
12
UTA
16
ATL
11
19th68
Source: [3]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Modena Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Ferrari F430 GT2GT231427th7th
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beechdean Mansell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Mansell
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09SLMP14DNFDNF
Sources: [4] [5]

Footnotes

  1. "Leo James MANSELL". Companies House. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. "Mansell tests ALMS Lola with son Leo". autosport.com.
  3. "Leo Mansell". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. "Leo Mansell". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. "Leo Mansell Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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