List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Nigel Mansell

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Nigel Mansell during his time with Scuderia Ferrari Nigel Mansell 1990 USA.jpg
Nigel Mansell during his time with Scuderia Ferrari

Nigel Mansell is a British former racing driver who won one Formula One world championship. He entered Formula One in the 1980 season with Lotus, and stayed for six seasons before moving to Williams. It is here where Mansell began to showcase his talent, picking up 13 victories over the next three seasons, which marked a dominant period for the Williams team, who were powered by a Honda engine. 1986 marked a very good year for Mansell, and was on course for his maiden title. However, on round 16 at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, a tyre blowout on lap 63 forced him to retire, conceding the title to Alain Prost. [1] The following season, Mansell again challenged for the title, but found himself runner-up again, this time to his teammate and rival, Nelson Piquet. He spent a further one year with the Williams team, but after a dismal season where he struggled with reliability due to the new Judd engine, he moved to Ferrari for the 1989 season. Despite a promising start to his Ferrari career, where he picked up his first victory for the Scuderia at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, Mansell again struggled with reliability due to the innovative Semi-automatic transmission. In total, he spent two seasons with Ferrari and achieved three victories, before leaving and re-joining Williams. Mansell's second spell at Williams proved to be more successful than the first spell, where in 1992 he achieved his first and only title. After a public disagreement with Williams' management, and the prospect of his rival Prost joining the team, Mansell left and retired from Formula One. He returned and raced in four races for Williams in 1994 after the death of Ayrton Senna, where he picked up his final Formula One victory at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. After an unsuccessful spell with McLaren in 1995, Mansell retired for good. [2]

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Mansell achieved his first victory in Formula One at the 1985 European Grand Prix on 6 October. [3] He won thirteen races during his first spell with Williams, fourteen in his second spell and one in his third spell, equalling a total of 28 victories, which included at the time a record-breaking nine Grand Prix victories during the 1992 season. He finished runner-up three times, twice in succession. During his two seasons with Ferrari, he achieved three victories, the first being achieved on his first race for the Italian team. His final race came at the 1995 Spanish Grand Prix.

In total, Mansell won 31 Grand Prix at 19 different circuits, which currently ranks him eighth overall in the all-time Formula One Grand Prix winners' list. He was most successful at Autódromo do Estoril and Silverstone, winning three times at both. The majority of his wins (28) were for Williams; he won three races for Ferrari. His most successful races were the British and French Grand Prix, each of which he won four times.

Wins

Key:

Grand Prix victories [4]
No.RaceDateSeasonGrand PrixCircuitGridMarginTeamEngineChassisRef
1766 October 1985 1985 European Brands Hatch 30:21.396 Williams Honda FW10 [5]
27719 October 1985 South African Kyalami 10:07.572 [6]
38325 May 1986 1986 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 50:19.827 FW11 [7]
48415 June 1986 Canadian Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 10:20.659 [8]
5866 July 1986 French Circuit Paul Ricard 20:17.128 [9]
68713 July 1986 British Brands Hatch 20:05.574 [10]
79213 July 1986 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 20:18.772 [11]
8963 May 1987 1987 San Marino Autodromo Dino Ferrari 20:27.545 FW11B [12]
91005 July 1987 French Circuit Paul Ricard 10:07.711 [13]
1010112 July 1987 British Silverstone Circuit 20:01.918 [14]
1110416 August 1987 Austrian Österreichring 20:55.704 [15]
1210727 September 1987 Spanish Circuito de Jerez 20:22.225 [16]
1310818 October 1987 Mexican Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 10:26.176 [17]
1412426 March 1989 1989 Brazilian Jacarepaguá 60:07.809 Ferrari Ferrari 640 [18]
1513313 August 1989 Hungarian Hungaroring 120:25.967 [19]
1615223 September 1990 1990 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 10:02.808 641/2 [20]
171627 July 1991 1991 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 40:05.003 Williams Renault FW14 [21]
1816314 July 1991 British Silverstone Circuit 10:42.293 [22]
1916428 July 1991 German Hockenheimring 10:13.779 [23]
201678 September 1991 Italian Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 20:16.262 [24]
2116929 September 1991 Spanish Circuit de Catalunya 20:11.331 [25]
221721 March 1992 1992 Dagger-14-plain.png South African Kyalami 10:24.360 FW14B [26]
2317322 March 1992 Mexican Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 10:12.971 [27]
241745 April 1992 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 10:29.330 [28]
251753 May 1992 Spanish Circuit de Catalunya 10:23.914 [29]
2617617 May 1992 San Marino Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 10:09.451 [30]
271795 July 1992 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 10:46.447 [31]
2818012 July 1992 British Silverstone Circuit 10:39.094 [32]
2918126 July 1992 German Hockenheimring 10:04.500 [33]
3018527 September 1992 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 10:37.533 [34]
3119113 November 1994 1994 Australian Adelaide Street Circuit 10:02.511 FW16B [35]

Number of wins at different Grands Prix

Mansell racing for Williams in 1985 1985 European GP Nigel Mansell02.jpg
Mansell racing for Williams in 1985
Mansell racing for Ferrari in 1989 Nigel Mansell 1989 Belgian GP 3.jpg
Mansell racing for Ferrari in 1989
Victories at different Grands Prix
No.Grand PrixYears wonWins
1 French Grand Prix 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992 4
British Grand Prix 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992
3 Spanish Grand Prix 1987, 1991, 1992 3
Portuguese Grand Prix 1986, 1990, 1992
5 South African Grand Prix 1985, 1992 2
Mexican Grand Prix 1987, 1992
Brazilian Grand Prix 1989, 1992
San Marino Grand Prix 1987, 1992
German Grand Prix 1991, 1992
10 European Grand Prix 1985 1
Belgian Grand Prix 1986
Canadian Grand Prix 1986
Austrian Grand Prix 1987
Hungarian Grand Prix 1989
Italian Grand Prix 1991
Australian Grand Prix 1994
Total number of Grand Prix wins:31

Number of wins at different circuits

Victories at different circuits
No.CircuitYears wonWins
1 Silverstone Circuit 1987, 1991, 1992 3
Autódromo do Estoril 1986, 1990, 1992
3 Brands Hatch 1985, 1986 2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1986, 1987
Kyalami 1985, 1992
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1987, 1992
Circuit de Catalunya 1991, 1992
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1987, 1992
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1991, 1992
Hockenheimring 1991, 1992
11 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1986 1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1986
Österreichring 1987
Circuito de Jerez 1987
Jacarepaguá 1989
Hungaroring 1989
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1991
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1992
Adelaide Street Circuit 1994
Total number of Grand Prix wins:31

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