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Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell in 2010.
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2009, 2010
TeamsTeam Modena, Beechdean Mansell
Best finish27th
Class wins0

Leo Mansell (born 4 January 1985 on the Isle of Man) is a British racing driver. He is the son of 1992 Formula One world champion, Nigel Mansell, and elder brother of fellow racing driver Greg Mansell.

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 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.

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 is now racing for the Ferrari GT2 team in the Le Mans Series for the 2009 season.[1]

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.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2008 Walker Racing United States
LBH
19
United States
LS
11
Canada
MTT
Ret
Canada
EDM1
17
Canada
EDM2
Ret
United States
ROA1
13
United States
ROA2
Ret
Canada
TRR
13
United States
NJ
12
United States
UTA
16
United States
ATL
11
19th 68

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 United Kingdom Team Modena Germany Pierre Ehret
Russia Roman Rusinov
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 314 27th 7th
2010 United Kingdom Beechdean Mansell United Kingdom Nigel Mansell
United Kingdom Greg Mansell
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S LMP1 4 DNF DNF

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Mansell tests ALMS Lola with son Leo". autosport.com.