Leo James Mansell (born 4 January 1985 on the Isle of Man) is a British former 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.
Racing career 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. He was outperformed by his brother Greg, who finished 14th with 24 points, and finished 25th and last with no points.
In the same year 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.
In 2007, Leo maintained his seat in the 2007 British Formula 3 series for Fortec Motorsport, ultimately finishing 17th after 18 races, with two points. The next year in 2008, Mansell entered the Formula Atlantic series, driving for Walker Racing. He competed in 11 races and was able to obtain 68 points, finishing the championship in 19th.
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 Team Modena in the Le Mans Series for the 2009 season. In the same year, he drove in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, in the LMGT2 class. He finished seventh overall.
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.
In 2011, Mansell signed with Lotus Italia to drive in the Blancpain Endurance Series GT4 Cup, in which, in five races, he would get 105 points overall and finish 2nd in the championship, his best result of his career. He won two races, got three podiums and one pole position.
Racing record
Racing career summary +SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2006Formula BMW UKTeam SWR, Mansell Motorsport200000025th2006British Formula 3Fortec Motorsport200000NC†2007British Formula 3Fortec Motorsport180000217th2008Formula AtlanticWalker Racing1100006819th2009Le Mans Series - LMGT2Team Modena51002243rd200924 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2Team Modena1000007th2010Le Mans Series - LMP1Beechdean Motorsport31001349th201024 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1Beechdean Motorsport100000DNF2010Intercontinental Le Mans Cup - LMP1Beechdean Motorsport100000NC†2011Blancpain Endurance Series - GT4 CupLotus Italia521031052nd † As Mansell was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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Atlantic Championship YearTeam1234567891011RankPoints 2008 Walker RacingLBH19LS11MTTRetEDM117EDM2RetROA113ROA2RetTRR13NJ12UTA16ATL1119th68
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Team Modena Pierre Ehret Roman Rusinov Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 314 27th 7th Beechdean Mansell Nigel Mansell Greg Mansell Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S LMP1 4 DNF DNF
External links Q&A session with Leo and Greg
References