Leo Mansell

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.

Leo Mansell

Leo Mansell in 2010.
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2009–2010
Teams	Team Modena, Beechdean Mansell
Best finish	27th
Class wins	0

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.^[2] He was outperformed by his brother Greg, who finished 14th with 24 points,^[3] 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.^[4]

In 2007 Leo maintained his seat in the 2007 British Formula 3 series for Fortec Motorsport, ultimately finishing 17th after 18 races, with 2 points.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] In the same year he drove in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, in the LMGT2 class. He finished 7th overall.^[8]

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.^[9][10]

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.^[11]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula BMW UK	Team SWR, Mansell Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2006	British Formula 3	Fortec Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2007	British Formula 3	Fortec Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	2	17th
2008	Formula Atlantic	Walker Racing	11	0	0	0	0	68	19th
2009	Le Mans Series - LMGT2	Team Modena	5	1	0	0	2	24	3rd
2009	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2	Team Modena	1	0	0	0	0	0	7th
2010	Le Mans Series - LMP1	Beechdean Motorsport	3	1	0	0	1	34	9th
2010	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1	Beechdean Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	DNF
2010	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup - LMP1	Beechdean Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2011	Blancpain Endurance Series - GT4 Cup	Lotus Italia	5	2	1	0	3	105	2nd

^† As Mansell was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
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	19th	68
Source:[12]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Team Modena	Pierre Ehret Roman Rusinov	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	314	27th	7th
2010	Beechdean Mansell	Nigel Mansell Greg Mansell	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S	LMP1	4	DNF	DNF
Sources:[13][14]

External links

• Q&A session with Leo and Greg