List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Nigel Mansell

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Nigel Mansell during his time with Scuderia Ferrari

Nigel Mansell is a British former racing driver who won one Formula One world championship. He entered Formula One in the 1980 season with Lotus, and stayed for six seasons before moving to Williams. It is here where Mansell began to showcase his talent, picking up 13 victories over the next three seasons, which marked a dominant period for the Williams team, who were powered by a Honda engine. 1986 marked a very good year for Mansell, and was on course for his maiden title. However, on round 16 at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, a tyre blowout on lap 63 forced him to retire, conceding the title to Alain Prost.[1] The following season, Mansell again challenged for the title, but found himself runner-up again, this time to his teammate and rival, Nelson Piquet. He spent a further one year with the Williams team, but after a dismal season where he struggled with reliability due to the new Judd engine, he moved to Ferrari for the 1989 season. Despite a promising start to his Ferrari career, where he picked up his first victory for the Scuderia at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, Mansell again struggled with reliability due to the innovative Semi-automatic transmission. In total, he spent two seasons with Ferrari and achieved three victories, before leaving and re-joining Williams. Mansell's second spell at Williams proved to be more successful than the first spell, where in 1992 he achieved his first and only title. After a public disagreement with Williams' management, and the prospect of his rival Prost joining the team, Mansell left and retired from Formula One. He returned and raced in four races for Williams in 1994 after the death of Ayrton Senna, where he picked up his final Formula One victory. After an unsuccessful spell with McLaren in 1995, Mansell retired for good.[2]

Mansell achieved his first victory in Formula One at the 1985 European Grand Prix on 6 October.[3] He won thirteen races during his first spell with Williams, fourteen in his second spell and one in his third spell, equalling a total of 28 victories, which included at the time a record-breaking nine Grand Prix victories during the 1992 season. He finished runner-up three times, twice in succession. During his two seasons with Ferrari, he achieved three victories, the first being achieved on his first race for the Italian team. His final race came at the 1995 Spanish Grand Prix.

In total, Mansell won 31 Grand Prix at 19 different circuits. He was most successful at Autódromo do Estoril and Silverstone, winning three times at both. The majority of his wins (28) were for Williams; he won three races for Ferrari. His most successful races were the British and French Grand Prix, each of which he won four times.

Wins[]

Key:

  • No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Mansell's first race win.
  • Race – Race number; for example, "1" signifies the first race Mansell took part in. Races in which Mansell unsuccessfully attempted to qualify are included.
  • Grid – The position on the grid at which Mansell started the race.
  • Margin – Margin of victory, given in the format of minutes:seconds.milliseconds
  • footnote – Driver's Championship winning season.
Grand Prix victories[4]
No. Race Date Season Grand Prix Circuit Grid Margin Team Engine Chassis Ref
1 76 6 October 1985 1985 European Brands Hatch 3 0:21.396 Williams Honda FW10 [5]
2 77 19 October 1985 South African Kyalami 1 0:07.572 [6]
3 83 25 May 1986 1986 Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 5 0:19.827 FW11 [7]
4 84 15 June 1986 Canadian Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 0:20.659 [8]
5 86 6 July 1986 French Circuit Paul Ricard 2 0:17.128 [9]
6 87 13 July 1986 British Brands Hatch 2 0:05.574 [10]
7 92 13 July 1986 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 2 0:18.772 [11]
8 96 3 May 1987 1987 San Marino Autodromo Dino Ferrari 2 0:27.545 FW11B [12]
9 100 5 July 1987 French Circuit Paul Ricard 1 0:07.711 [13]
10 101 12 July 1987 British Silverstone Circuit 2 0:01.918 [14]
11 104 16 August 1987 Austrian Österreichring 2 0:55.704 [15]
12 107 27 September 1987 Spanish Circuito de Jerez 2 0:22.225 [16]
13 108 18 October 1987 Mexican Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 0:26.176 [17]
14 124 26 March 1989 1989 Brazilian Jacarepaguá 6 0:07.809 Ferrari Ferrari 640 [18]
15 133 13 August 1989 Hungarian Hungaroring 12 0:25.967 [19]
16 152 23 September 1990 1990 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 1 0:02.808 641/2 [20]
17 162 7 July 1991 1991 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 4 0:05.003 Williams Renault FW14 [21]
18 163 14 July 1991 British Silverstone Circuit 1 0:42.293 [22]
19 164 28 July 1991 German Hockenheimring 1 0:13.779 [23]
20 167 8 September 1991 Italian Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 0:16.262 [24]
21 169 29 September 1991 Spanish Circuit de Catalunya 2 0:11.331 [25]
22 172 1 March 1992 1992footnote South African Kyalami 1 0:24.360 FW14B [26]
23 173 22 March 1992 Mexican Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 0:12.971 [27]
24 174 5 April 1992 Brazilian Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 0:29.330 [28]
25 175 3 May 1992 Spanish Circuit de Catalunya 1 0:23.914 [29]
26 176 3 May 1992 San Marino Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 0:09.451 [30]
27 179 5 July 1992 French Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 0:46.447 [31]
28 180 12 July 1992 British Silverstone Circuit 1 0:39.094 [32]
29 181 26 July 1992 German Hockenheimring 1 0:04.500 [33]
30 185 27 September 1992 Portuguese Autódromo do Estoril 1 0:37.533 [34]
31 191 13 November 1994 1994 Australian Adelaide Street Circuit 1 0:02.511 FW16B [35]

Number of wins at different Grands Prix[]

Mansell racing for Williams in 1985
Mansell racing for Ferrari in 1989
Victories at different Grands Prix
No. Grand Prix Years won Wins
1 French Grand Prix 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992 4
British Grand Prix 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992
3 Spanish Grand Prix 1987, 1991, 1992 3
Portuguese Grand Prix 1986, 1990, 1992
5 South African Grand Prix 1985, 1992 2
Mexican Grand Prix 1987, 1992
Brazilian Grand Prix 1989, 1992
San Marino Grand Prix 1987, 1992
German Grand Prix 1991, 1992
10 European Grand Prix 1985 1
Belgian Grand Prix 1986
Canadian Grand Prix 1986
Austrian Grand Prix 1987
Hungarian Grand Prix 1989
Italian Grand Prix 1991
Australian Grand Prix 1994
Total number of Grand Prix wins: 31

Number of wins at different circuits[]

Victories at different circuits
No. Circuit Years won Wins
1 Silverstone Circuit 1987, 1991, 1992 3
Autódromo do Estoril 1986, 1990, 1992
3 Brands Hatch 1985, 1986 2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1986, 1987
Kyalami 1985, 1992
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1987, 1992
Circuit de Catalunya 1991, 1992
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1987, 1992
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1991, 1992
Hockenheimring 1991, 1992
11 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1986 1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1986
Österreichring 1987
Circuito de Jerez 1987
Jacarepaguá 1989
Hungaroring 1989
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1991
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1992
Adelaide Street Circuit 1994
Total number of Grand Prix wins: 31

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "From the Vault: Mansell's title hopes explode". The Guardian. October 1986. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  2. ^ Donaldson, Gerald. "Drivers / Hall of Fame: Nigel Mansell – 1992". Formula One. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Nigel Mansell stats". Stats F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Nigel Mansell: involvement". StatsF1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "1985 European Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ "1985 South African Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  7. ^ "1986 Belgian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  8. ^ "1986 Canadian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ "1986 French Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ "1986 British Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  11. ^ "1986 Portuguese Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  12. ^ "1987 San Marino Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  13. ^ "1987 French Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  14. ^ "1987 British Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  15. ^ "1987 Austrian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  16. ^ "1987 Spanish Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  17. ^ "1987 Mexican Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  18. ^ "1989 Brazilian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  19. ^ "1989 Hungarian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  20. ^ "1990 Portuguese Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  21. ^ "1991 French Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  22. ^ "1991 British Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  23. ^ "1991 German Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  24. ^ "1991 Italian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  25. ^ "1991 Spanish Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  26. ^ "1992 South African Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  27. ^ "1992 Mexican Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  28. ^ "1992 Brazilian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  29. ^ "1992 Spanish Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  30. ^ "1992 San Marino Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  31. ^ "1992 French Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  32. ^ "1992 British Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  33. ^ "1992 German Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  34. ^ "1992 Portuguese Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  35. ^ "1994 Australian Grand Prix results". ESPN F1. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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