Leo James Mansell (born 4 January 1985 on the

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) is a British racing driver. He is the son of 1992

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world champion and 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series champion,

Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons ...

, and elder brother of fellow racing driver

Greg Mansell Greg Nigel Mansell (born 8 November 1987) is a British racing driver and road cyclist, currently racing in cycling's Halfords Tour Series, having previously competed in motorsports Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He is the son of 1992 Formula One w ...

. 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. The pair were granted drives in the finale of the

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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. Mansell, with his father Nigel, tested a Chamberlain-Synergy team

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Lola-AER B06/10 during the week commencing 14 July 2008 at the Estoril circuit. He raced for the

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GT2 team in the

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for the 2009 season. For the 2010 season he co-drove a Ginetta- Zytek GZ09S – with his brother Greg and father Nigel – in select

events and in the

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. 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.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

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Atlantic Championship

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

External links

Q&A session with Leo and Greg

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansell, Leo Mansell family 1985 births Living people English racing drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Atlantic Championship drivers Formula BMW UK drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers European Le Mans Series drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Walker Racing drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Manx racing drivers