Scott Mansell

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Scott Mansell
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1985-10-01) 1 October 1985 (age 38)
Birmingham, England, UK
Previous series
2015–2016

2015
2014
2012
2010–2012
2009
2005–2006
2005
2005
2003–2004
2003
2002
FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship
Radical Enduro Championship
Radical European Masters
V de V Challenge Endurance
BOSS GP
Superleague Formula
Indy Pro Series
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
3000 Pro Series
EuroBOSS F1
Formula Ford Great Britain
EuroBOSS F3000
Championship titles
2004EuroBOSS
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreMotorsport
Subscribers1.24 million [1]
Total views260 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2020
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2023

Last updated: 23 October 2023

Scott Kevin Mansell (born 1 October 1985) is a British former racing driver and YouTube personality.

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In June 2015, he started the Driver61 YouTube channel, presenting videos primarily about Formula 1 and autosport in general. In July 2021, he co-founded a YouTube channel called OVERDRIVE (formerly Driven Media), which is primarily for experiments with cars [2] and celebrating the engineering of unique vehicles. [3]

Racing career

An alumnus of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, Mansell was the 2004 EuroBOSS champion. Scott was a 2004 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominee, losing out to eventual winner Paul di Resta. At the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, Mansell set a lap record of 38.032 seconds during the 2004 EuroBOSS season. [4] As well as the Brands Hatch record, Mansell has also broken lap records at Silverstone, Donington Park, Lausitzring and Zolder in 2004. In the same year Mansell won the BBC Midlands Young Sportsperson of the Year as well as being nominated for the Autosport Club Driver of the Year Award.

In 2009, he was the replacement for Duncan Tappy in the Superleague Formula for Galatasaray. [5] This was his first race since the 2006 United States Grand Prix-supporting round of the Indy Pro Series.

Racing record

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Pro Series

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2005 Dave McMillan Racing HMS PHX STP INDY TXS IMS NSH MIL KTY PPIR SNM
10
CHI WGL
DNS
FON 21st36
2006 Michael Crawford Motorsports HMS STP1 STP2 INDY WGL IMS
14
NSH
14
MIL KTY 20th77
Guthrie Racing SNM1
11
SNM2
7
CHI

Superleague Formula results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamOperator123456PositionPoints
2009 Galatasaray S.K. Ultimate Motorsport MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 11th26
1312

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Driver61". YouTube.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Formula 1 Car v Tesla Model S | DRAG RACE. YouTube .
  3. "OVERDRIVE – YouTube". YouTube .
  4. "Mansell breaks Brands Hatch lap record". MotorSport Vision. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  5. Beer, Matt; van de Burgt, Andrew (24 July 2009). "Scott Mansell to return in Superleague". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 24 July 2009.