Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell ( born January 4, 1985 at the Isle of Man) is a British racing driver. He is a son of the Formula 1 World Champion Nigel Mansell and Greg Mansell elder brother of the racer.
Career
Leo Mansell began his motorsport career in 2005 with his brother Greg in karting. 2006 changed both in the British Formula BMW. Unlike his brother, who was 14th in the standings, he could not score points. After the two brothers had gone in 2006 as a guest driver in a race the British Formula 3 Championship at the start, both drove in 2007 for Fortec Motorsport in this series. While Leo Mansell achieved only in a points race and the end of the season came in 17th place overall, his brother Greg was tenth with three podium finishes.
2008 left Leo and Greg Mansell Europe and started in the Formula Atlantic team for the Walker Racing. While Greg Mansell with multiple placements came in tenth place overall in the top ten drivers end of the season, Leo, who was 19, had to admit defeat his younger brother again. 2009, the two brothers started for the first time in several racing series and Leo Mansell moved to the Le Mans Series. The Briton started for Team Modena in a Ferrari F430 GT and finished at the end of the season with a win third place in the LMGT2 rating. He also competed for his team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished the race in seventh place in the GT2.
In 2010 he moved within the Le Mans Series with the team his father Nigel Mansell Beech Dean, for which he started with his brother Greg. In some runs of the series and the 24 - hour race at Le Mans 2010, the two sons are also actively supported by Nigel Mansell as a driver.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2005: Karting
- 2006: British Formula BMW
- 2007: British Formula 3 Championship ( 17th place )
- 2008: Formula Atlantic ( place 19 )
- 2009: Le Mans Series ( LMGT2, 7th place)
- 2010: Le Mans Series