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{{short description|British racing driver (born 1953)}}
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{{use British English|date=January 2013}}
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| caption           = Mansell at the [[2015 Mexican Grand Prix]]
| birth_name        = Nigel Ernest James Mansell
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| birth_place       = [[Upton-upon-Severn]], Worcestershire, England
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| children          = 3, including [[Leo Mansell|Leo]] and [[Greg Mansell|Greg]]
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| First race        = [[1980 Austrian Grand Prix]]
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| Last win          = [[1994 Australian Grand Prix]]
| Last race         = [[1995 Spanish Grand Prix]]
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| Champ_Wins        = 5
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| Champ_Poles       = 10
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'''Nigel Ernest James Mansell''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|s|əl}}; born 8 August 1953) is a British former [[racing driver]], who competed in [[Formula One]] from {{F1|1980}} to {{F1|1995}}. Mansell won the [[Formula One World Drivers' Championship]] in {{F1|1992}} with [[Williams Racing|Williams]], and won 31 [[Formula One Grands Prix|Grands Prix]] across 15 seasons. In [[American open-wheel racing]], Mansell won the [[PPG Indy Car World Series|IndyCar World Series]] in [[1993 PPG Indy Car World Series|1993]] with [[Newman/Haas Racing]], and remains the only driver to have simultaneously held both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship.

His career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons, with his final two full seasons of top-level racing being spent in the CART series. Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously. Mansell is the second most successful [[Formula One drivers from Great Britain|British Formula One driver]] of all time in terms of race wins with 31 victories, behind [[Lewis Hamilton]] with {{F1stat|HAM|wins}} wins, and is eighth overall on the Formula One race winners list.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/29875501|title=Lewis Hamilton happy to 'outsmart' Nico Rosberg at United States GP|work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> He held the record for the most pole positions set in a single season, which was broken in {{F1|2011}} by Sebastian Vettel. He also remains the last Formula One driver to win a Grand Prix over the age of 40, which was the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.

Mansell raced in the [[Grand Prix Masters]] series in 2005, and won the championship title. He later signed a one-off race deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 [[Ferrari F430]] GT2 car at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] on 6 May 2007. He has since competed in additional [[Sports car racing|sports car races]] with his sons [[Leo Mansell|Leo]] and [[Greg Mansell|Greg]], including the [[2010 24 Hours of Le Mans]], and was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 2005.

==Early life and career==
Nigel Ernest James Mansell was born on 8 August 1953 in [[Upton-upon-Severn]], Worcestershire, where his parents, Eric and Joyce Mansell, ran a tea shop.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nigel Mansell|title=Nigel Mansell's Autobiography|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited|year=1996|isbn=9780002187039|page=71}}</ref>  He grew up in [[Hall Green]], [[Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/magician-nigel-mansell-spooks-princess-4324561|title=Magician Mansell sets fire to his wallet - and spooks Princess Royal|date=16 June 2013|author=Bob Haywood|newspaper=Birmingham Mail}}</ref> He attended Hall Green Secondary school.

Mansell had a fairly slow start to his racing career, using his own money to help work his way up the ranks. After considerable success in kart racing, he moved to the [[Formula Ford]] series to the disapproval of his father. In 1976, Mansell won six of the nine races he took part in, including his debut event at [[Mallory Park]]. He entered 42 races the following year and won 33 of them to become the 1977 British Formula Ford champion, despite suffering a broken neck in a qualifying session at [[Brands Hatch]].<ref name="Jitchotvisut">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/01/25-racers-who-overcame-gnarly-injuries/16 |title=25 Racers Who Overcame Gnarly Injuries|last=Jitchotvisut|first=Janaki|date=3 January 2012|website=Complex|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> Doctors told him he had been perilously close to [[quadriplegia]], that he would be confined for six months and would never drive again. Mansell discharged himself from the hospital and returned to racing. Three weeks before the accident he had resigned from his job as an [[aerospace engineer]], having previously sold most of his personal belongings to finance his foray into Formula Ford.<ref>Mansell, Nigel '' My Autobiography'' page 88 Collins Willow {{ISBN|0-00-218497-4}}</ref> Later that year he was given the chance to race a Lola T570 Formula 3 car at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]]. He finished fourth and decided that he was ready to move into the higher formula.<ref name="King Nigel Mansell Statistics">[http://nigelmansell.free.fr/statsus.htm King Nigel Mansell Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615113818/http://nigelmansell.free.fr/statsus.htm|date=15 June 2006}}. Nigelmansell.free.fr. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref>

Mansell raced in [[Formula Three]] in 1978–1980. Mansell's first season in [[Formula Three]] started with a [[pole position]] and a second-place finish. However, the car was not competitive, as a commercial deal with [[Unipart]] required his team to use [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] Dolomite engines that were vastly inferior to the [[Toyota]] engines used by the leading teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/sport/691599.Mansell_lads_have_driving_ambition/|title=Mansell lads have driving ambition|date=20 February 2006|website=OxfordTimes|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> After three seventh-place finishes and a fourth in his last race, he parted from the team. The next season saw him drive for [[David Price Racing]].<ref name="Cotton">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2013/05/13/david-price-thirty-years-without-getting-bored.html|title=David Price, Thirty Years Without Getting Bored!|last=Cotton|first=Michael|date=13 May 2013|website=DailySportsCar|access-date=27 February 2018 }}</ref> Following a first win in the series at Silverstone in March, he went on to finish eighth in the championship.<ref name="King Nigel Mansell Statistics"/> His racing was consistent, but a collision with [[Andrea de Cesaris]] resulted in a huge cartwheeling crash which he was lucky to survive. Again he was hospitalised, this time with broken [[vertebrae]].<ref name="Jitchotvisut"/><ref name="Cotton"/>

His driving was noticed by [[Colin Chapman]], owner of [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], and shortly after his accident, hiding the extent of his injury with painkillers, Mansell performed well enough during a tryout at the Paul Ricard circuit with Lotus, where he was pitted against a number of other drivers to determine who was going to take the second seat for the 1980 season alongside [[Mario Andretti]], as Argentine [[Carlos Reutemann]] was leaving to go to Williams. Driving a [[Lotus 79|79]], the seat eventually went to Italian driver [[Elio de Angelis]], but Mansell was selected to become a test driver for the Norfolk-based Formula One team.

==Formula One==

===1980–1984: Lotus===
;1980 and 1981
Mansell's skill as a [[test driver]], including setting the fastest lap around [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in a Lotus car at the time, impressed Chapman enough to give him a trio of starts in [[Formula One|F1]] in {{f1|1980}}, driving a development version of the [[Lotus 81]] used by the team, the Lotus 81B. In his Formula One debut at the [[1980 Austrian Grand Prix]], a fuel leak in the cockpit that developed shortly before the start of the race left him with painful first and second degree burns on his buttocks. An engine failure forced him to retire from that race and his second, however an accident at his third event at [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|Imola]] meant he failed to qualify. Team leader [[Mario Andretti]] wrote his car off in a start-line accident during the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal, so Mansell had to give up his car for Andretti to compete in for his home race, the final race of the season at [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] in the United States. Andretti announced he was leaving to move to [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] at the end of the season leaving Lotus with a vacant race seat.

Despite Mansell being unpopular with sponsor [[David Thieme]] of Essex Petroleum, and much speculation in the press that [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]] would fill the vacancy, Chapman announced at the start of the season that the seat would be filled by Mansell.

Mansell's four years as a full-time Lotus driver were a struggle, as the cars were unreliable and he was continually out-performed by teammate Elio de Angelis. Out of 59 race starts with the team, he finished just 24 of them. He managed a best finish of third place, which he achieved five times during the four years, including Lotus's fifth race of the {{f1|1981}} season, and only the seventh of Mansell's Formula One career. Teammate [[Elio de Angelis]] took a surprise win at the [[1982 Austrian Grand Prix]], and was frequently faster than his less-experienced colleague Mansell.

;1982
[[File:Lotus 91 cropped.jpg|thumb|Mansell's [[Lotus 91]] from {{F1|1982}} on display]]
During the {{f1|1982}} season, Mansell planned to race in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] sportscar event in order to earn extra money. At the time Mansell was paid £50,000 a year and was offered £10,000 to take part in Le Mans. Chapman believed that by entering the Le Mans race, Mansell was exposing himself to unnecessary risk and paid him £10,000 not to take part in the race. Chapman extended Mansell's contract to the end of the {{f1|1984}} season in a deal that made him a millionaire.<ref>Mansell, Nigel ''My Autobiography'' page 120 Collins Willow {{ISBN|0-00-218497-4}}</ref>

As a result of the gestures, such as described above, Mansell became very close to Chapman, who made him equal number one in the team with de Angelis, and was devastated by Chapman's sudden death in 1982. In his autobiography Mansell stated that when Chapman died, "The bottom dropped out of my world. Part of me died with him. I had lost a member of my family."<ref>{{cite book |last=Mansell |first=Nigel |date=1996 |title=Nigel Mansell: My Autobiography |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=0002187035 }}</ref> Following Chapman's death, relationships at Lotus became strained, as replacement team principal [[Peter Warr]] did not have a high regard for him as a driver or person. Warr in his book titled ''Team Lotus – My View From The Pit Wall'' stated about the 1982 season:
<blockquote>"After carefully analysing the season just finished, it was completely clear who was the number one. It was Elio. He was faster, he had out-qualified Nigel ten times to three. Elio had seven points scoring finishes to Nigel's two and in addition to Elio's win in Austria, had a tally of more than three times the number of points gained by Nigel. What is more, the margin by which Elio eclipsed his team-mate in qualifying overall was a huge 4.5 per cent. And all this in the year when, as near as can be reasonably achieved, the two drivers were given equal equipment and treatment."</blockquote>

;1983
De Angelis was then promoted back to outright number one for the 1983 season. This was demonstrated by the fact that he had exclusive use of the quick but unreliable [[Renault F1|Renault]] turbo-charged [[Lotus 93T|93T]] for the whole season, and Mansell did not get to drive a turbocharged car until the ninth round, the [[1983 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]], a race where he climbed from 16th to second and eventually finished fourth in a brand-new, hastily designed [[Lotus 94T|94T]]. Due to their tumultuous relationship and a lack of decent results, Warr was not keen on honouring the last year of the contract that Mansell had signed with Chapman. However, with encouragement from Lotus's sponsors, John Player Special (who allegedly preferred a British driver), and with the only other remaining top British driver ([[Derek Warwick]], after [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]'s retirement) already confirmed to be joining the factory Renault team, it was announced Mansell would be staying with the team.

;1984
[[File:Mansell Lotus 95T Dallas 1984 F1.jpg|thumb|Mansell at the [[1984 Dallas Grand Prix]]]]
In 1984, Mansell finished in the championship top 10 for the first time, and took his first career pole position but still finished behind teammate de Angelis, who finished third, in the championship. At the [[1984 Monaco Grand Prix]] Mansell surprised many by overtaking [[Alain Prost]] in a wet race for the lead, but soon after retired from the race after losing control on the slippery painted lines on the road surface on the run up the hill on lap 15. Late in the season, Lotus announced the recruitment of [[Ayrton Senna]] for the [[1985 Formula One season|following year]], leaving Mansell with no race seat at Lotus. After receiving offers from Arrows and Williams, and first turning down [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]'s offer, it was announced before the [[1984 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch Grand Prix]] that he would indeed be joining Williams.

Mansell was remembered by many that year when he collapsed while pushing his car to the finish line after the transmission failed on the last lap of the [[1984 Dallas Grand Prix]]. The race was one of the hottest on record, and after two hours of driving in 104&nbsp;°F (about 40&nbsp;°C) conditions Mansell fainted while pushing his car over the line to salvage a sixth-place finish (and thus one championship point) in a race of which he had led half, having started from pole.<ref>[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr397.html United States GP, 1984]. grandprix.com. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref>

In his autobiography, Mansell claimed that his final race with the Lotus team—the [[1984 Portuguese Grand Prix]]—was heavily compromised by Warr's unwillingness to give Mansell the brake pads he desired for the race. With 18 laps of the race remaining, and with Mansell in second position, the brakes on his car failed. On Mansell's departure, Warr was quoted as saying "He'll never win a Grand Prix as long as I have a hole in my arse".<ref>Mansell, Nigel ''My Autobiography'' page 141 Collins Willow {{ISBN|0-00-218497-4}}</ref>

===1985–1988: Williams===
;1985
[[File:1985 European GP Nigel Mansell02.jpg|thumb|Mansell during practice for the [[1985 European Grand Prix]]]]
In {{f1|1985}} [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] hired Mansell to drive alongside [[Keke Rosberg]] as part of the [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] team, Mansell later saying "We have the greatest respect for each other."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/feature/3771/mansell-interview-a-champion-in-waiting |title=Mansell interview: A champion in waiting |last=Roebuck |first=Nigel |website=Autosport |date=17 August 2011 |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> Mansell was given the number 5 on his car, which initially was white like the 6 on Rosberg car, but was changed to red from the [[1985 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian Grand Prix]] onwards, probably to help distinguish his car from Rosberg's due to their helmets being similar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Red 5 |url=https://heeltread.com/blogs/ht-chronicles/red-5 |website=Heel Thread |publisher=Sock affairs |access-date=17 October 2023 |ref=redfive}}</ref> That gave birth to the "Red 5", brought to the public's attention mainly through [[sports commentator|commentator]] [[Murray Walker]] for the [[BBC]]{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}, which Mansell kept carrying on subsequent Williams and [[Newman/Haas Racing|Newman/Haas]] cars; even on the 1994 Williams, in which he would race the number 2, it would be red coloured.

Rosberg, the {{f1|1982}} World Champion who was heading into his fourth season with the team, was initially against Williams signing Mansell based on the clash the pair had at Dallas the previous year (Rosberg won that race and in an interview while on the podium publicly berated Mansell's blocking tactics while leading early in the race, which earned Rosberg a round of boos from the crowd who had appreciated Mansell's courage in trying to push his Lotus to the finish in the extreme heat). Other factors were what Rosberg later said in a 1986 interview was second-hand information about Mansell which ultimately proved to be false. The drivers found they got along well and from early in the pre-season formed a good working and personal relationship.

1985 initially appeared to provide more of the same for Mansell, although he was closer to the pace than before, especially as the [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] engines became more competitive by mid-season.

During practice for the [[1985 French Grand Prix]], Mansell unwillingly broke the record for the highest speed crash in Formula One history. At the end of the [[Paul Ricard Circuit]]'s 1.8&nbsp;km long Mistral Straight he went off at the fast Courbe de Signes at over {{convert|322|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} in his [[Williams FW10]]. Mansell suffered a concussion, which kept him out of the race. Teammate Rosberg claimed the pole for the race and finished second behind the [[Brabham BT54|Brabham]]-[[BMW M12|BMW]] of [[Nelson Piquet]].

Mansell achieved second place at the [[1985 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]] at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]], and followed this with his first victory in 72 starts at the [[1985 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]] at [[Brands Hatch]] in England. He achieved a second straight victory at the [[South African Grand Prix]] in [[Kyalami]]. These triumphs helped turn Mansell into a Formula One star.

;1986
Going into {{f1|1986}}, the Williams-Honda team had a car, the [[Williams FW11|FW11]] which was capable of winning regularly, and Mansell had a new confidence that led to establishing himself as a potential World Championship contender. He also had a new teammate in twice World Champion Nelson Piquet who had joined Williams looking to be a regular winner and contender again after the [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMWs]] had become increasingly unreliable and uncompetitive. The Brazilian publicly described Mansell as "an [[education|uneducated]] blockhead" and had also criticised Mansell's wife Roseanne's looks, later retracting these statements following threats of legal action.<ref>Malcolm Folley: ''Senna versus Prost'' Century, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-84605-540-9}}, p. 221</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/0/f1-driver-rivalries-ranked-bitter-ever-battles-history/nigel-mansell-vs-nelson-piquet/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/0/f1-driver-rivalries-ranked-bitter-ever-battles-history/nigel-mansell-vs-nelson-piquet/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=F1 driver rivalries ranked: Where do Hamilton and Rosberg figure in the most intense battles in history? |date=23 November 2016 |website=The Telegraph |access-date=27 February 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Mansell won five Grand Prix in 1986 and also played a part in one of the closest finishes in Formula One history, finishing second to [[Ayrton Senna]] in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez by a mere 0.014 seconds (Mansell later jokingly said they should give himself and Senna 7½ points each). The 1986 season was led mostly by Mansell in championship points, and it went down to the wire in [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]], Australia for the [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]] with Prost, Piquet and Mansell all still in contention for the title. The equation was simple, Prost and Piquet needed to win and have Mansell finish no higher than fourth. After aiming for a third-place finish which would guarantee him the title, Mansell would narrowly miss out on winning it after his left-rear [[Tyre (wheel)|tyre]] exploded in spectacular fashion on the main straight with only 19 laps of the race to go.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mansell's title hopes explode|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/oct/29/formula-one-motor-sport-mansell-1986|access-date=19 March 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 1986}}</ref> In a 2012 interview for Sky Sports Legends of F1<ref>{{cite news|last=Mansell|first=Nigel|title=Legends of F1|url=http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,12870_7606752,00.html|publisher=Sky Sports|date=18 March 2012}}</ref> Mansell revealed that, had he hit the wall rather than wrestling the car safely to a halt in the run-off area at the end of the straight, the stewards would most likely have red flagged the race. As the race was over two thirds distance, he would have kept his position and won his first F1 world title. Instead Mansell ended the season as [[runner-up]] to Alain Prost. His efforts in 1986 led to his being voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

1986 proved to be a tough year for both Mansell and the Williams team, off the track at least. After a pre-season test session at the [[Circuit Paul Ricard|Paul Ricard Circuit]] in the south of [[France]], team owner [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] was involved in a horrific road accident which left him a [[Tetraplegia|tetraplegic]]. Williams would not return to the scene until making a surprise appearance at the [[1986 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at [[Brands Hatch]] where Mansell and Piquet finished 1–2. Williams's absence from the day-to-day running of the team created tension between the team and engine supplier Honda. The Japanese giant regarded dual World Champion Nelson Piquet as the team's number one driver (they were reportedly paying the bulk of Piquet's multimillion-dollar retainer) and were reportedly unhappy that the team's co-owner and Technical Director [[Patrick Head]] did not rein in Mansell during races and allowed him to take both points and wins from Piquet. As it was, while Williams dominated the Constructors' Championship, the two drivers took enough points from each other to allow McLaren's Alain Prost to sneak through and win the Drivers' Championship.

Before the season had started Honda had reportedly attempted to persuade Frank Williams to replace Mansell with their own test driver [[Satoru Nakajima]]. Williams, who was always more interested in the Constructors' title than the Drivers' as it showed that his team was the best, refused to do this, rightly believing that having two proven F1 winners in Piquet and Mansell would better-serve the team than Nakajima would as an F1 rookie.

;1987
Six more wins followed in {{f1|1987}}, including an emotional and hugely popular victory at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] for the [[1987 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] in which he came back from 28 seconds behind in 30 laps to beat teammate Piquet, with his car running out of fuel on the slowing down lap.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fans drive Mansell to British victory|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yGcaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4136,4496933&dq=nigel+mansell&hl=en|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=13 July 1987|page=2C}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A serious qualifying accident at [[Suzuka Circuit|Suzuka]] in Japan for the [[1987 Japanese Grand Prix|penultimate race of the season]] severely injured Mansell's back (a spinal concussion). Trying to beat Piquet's lap time, Mansell made a mistake and hit the guardrail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://txtmstrjoeonsports.wordpress.com/tag/nigel-mansell/|title=Nigel Mansell {{!}} Joe-Pinions: Sports|website=txtmstrjoeonsports.wordpress.com|language=en|access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/FHuaO3M_3_g Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190918221545/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHuaO3M_3_g&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|last=Sofia Dragunova|title=Formula 1 – 1987 – Japan – Nigel Mansell|date=9 August 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHuaO3M_3_g|access-date=18 July 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> As a result of Mansell's absence from the remaining two races, Piquet became champion for the third time. Piquet called his win over Mansell "a win of intelligence over stupidity".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wPa-phEFI | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630094615/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wPa-phEFI| archive-date=30 June 2014 | url-status=dead|title=Mansell vs Piquet |publisher=YouTube |date=20 September 1987 |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> The Brazilian also added that he won because he was more consistent than his teammate, racking up points and podiums where Mansell often ran into trouble. Piquet's was a percentage driving policy which worked well in the ultra-competitive [[Williams FW11|Williams]]-Honda, whereas Mansell was a hard charger who many felt often pushed his luck too far.

;1988
[[File:Nigel Mansell 1988 Canada 2.jpg|thumb|Mansell driving a [[Williams FW12]] at the [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]]]]
In {{f1|1988}}, for the first time in his career, Mansell was a team's first driver, having won more races in the previous two seasons than any other driver. However, Williams lost the [[Turbocharger|turbo]] power of Honda to [[McLaren]], and had to settle with a [[Naturally aspirated engine|naturally aspirated]] [[Judd (engine)#CV|Judd]] [[V8 engine]] in its first season in F1. A dismal season followed, which saw Mansell's Williams team experiment with a terribly unreliable (but extremely innovative) [[active suspension]] system (the system had worked well when introduced by the team in 1987 where it could draw on approximately 5% of the reported {{convert|1000|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}} produced by the Honda turbo, but struggled with the {{convert|600|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}} Judd V8). Mansell would complete only two of the 14 races in which he appeared in 1988, both being podium finishes. One of these was a second place at the [[1988 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at Silverstone where, overnight, the team had stopped using its active suspension (after months of [[Patrick Head]] telling Mansell and teammate [[Riccardo Patrese]] that it would take many months of work to do so), and reverted to a passive suspension set-up.

Mansell contracted [[chickenpox]] in the summer of 1988 and after a competitive (but ill-advised) drive in the very hot conditions of the [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix]] the illness became worse, forcing him to miss the next two Grands Prix in [[1988 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]] where he was replaced by [[Martin Brundle]], and [[1988 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]] where he was replaced by Frenchman [[Jean-Louis Schlesser]]. By missing the Italian Grand Prix at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], Mansell missed the traditional welcome by the [[Tifosi]] for a newly signed [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] driver after he had announced he would be leaving Williams to join the [[Maranello]]-based team for {{f1|1989}}.

===1989–1990: Ferrari===
[[File:Nigel Mansell 1990 USA.jpg|thumb|Nigel Mansell during his time with [[Scuderia Ferrari]]]]
;1989
In preparation for the {{f1|1989}} season, Mansell became the last Ferrari driver to be personally selected by [[Enzo Ferrari]] before his death in August 1988, an honour Mansell described as "one of the greatest in my entire career". Enzo Ferrari presented a 1989 [[Ferrari F40]] as a gift to Mansell.<ref>Mansell, Nigel ''My Autobiography'' page 199 Collins Willow {{ISBN|0-00-218497-4}}</ref> In [[Italy]] he became known as "il leone" ("the lion") by the ''[[tifosi]]''  because of his fearless driving style. The season was one of change in the sport, with the banning of turbo engines by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] and the introduction of the electronically controlled [[semi-automatic transmission]] by Ferrari.
[[File:Nigel Mansell 1989 Belgian GP 3.jpg|thumb|Mansell driving for [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] at the [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix]].]]
Mansell believed that 1989 would be a development year and that he would be able to challenge for the championship the following season. In his first appearance with the team he scored a very unlikely win in the [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix]] at the [[Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet]] in Rio de Janeiro; his least favourite track, and the home race of his bitter rival Piquet. He later joked that he had booked an early flight home for halfway through the race as he predicted the car's new electronic gearbox would last only a few laps (as it had done throughout pre-season testing and in qualifying for the race).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2009/10/pick_your_classic_brazilian_gr.html |title=Pick your classic Brazilian Grand Prix |last=Benson |first=Andrew |date=7 October 2009 |website=BBC |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> Mansell became the first driver to win a race in a car with a semi-automatic gearbox. The race saw him as the first driver to win in their debut race for the Scuderia since [[Mario Andretti]] had won the [[1971 South African Grand Prix]] and he would remain the last man to win on his Ferrari debut until [[Kimi Räikkönen]] won the [[2007 Australian Grand Prix]].

The rest of 1989 was characterised by [[gearbox]] and various other problems, including a disqualification at the [[1989 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian Grand Prix]] and a [[Racing flag#The black flag|black-flagged]] incident at the [[1989 Portuguese Grand Prix|Portuguese Grand Prix]] for reversing in the pit lane, which resulted in a ban for the next race in Spain. However, Mansell finished fourth in the Championship with the help of a second win for Ferrari at the tight and twisty [[Hungaroring]] for the [[1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian Grand Prix]]. Early in practice Mansell had seen that trying to qualify the car high on the grid was a pointless exercise and he decided instead to concentrate on a good race set-up. After qualifying 12th (0.681s behind teammate [[Gerhard Berger]] in sixth and 2.225s behind pole man Riccardo Patrese in his Williams-Renault) and not even being considered a chance for the race, he charged his way through the field until he pulled off a sensational passing manoeuvre on the [[McLaren MP4/5|McLaren]]-Honda of World Champion Ayrton Senna on lap 58 to take a lead he would not lose.

;1990
A tough {{f1|1990}} followed with Ferrari, in which his car suffered more reliability problems, forcing him to retire from seven races. He was paired with Alain Prost, (who was also the reigning World Champion), and who took over as the team's lead driver. Mansell recalls one incident where at the [[1990 British Grand Prix]], the car he drove did not handle the same as in the previous race where he had taken pole position. On confronting the mechanics, it transpired that Prost saw Mansell as having a superior car and as a result, they were swapped without telling Mansell.<ref>Mansell, Nigel ''My Autobiography'' page 222 Collins Willow {{ISBN|0-00-218497-4}}</ref> After retiring from the race, he announced he was retiring from the sport altogether at the end of the season. This, combined with the fact that Frenchman Prost was not only a triple World Champion and the winner of more Grands Prix than anyone in history, but also spoke fluent Italian, whereas Mansell's Italian was only conversational at best, gave Prost greater influence within the [[Maranello]]-based team. According to Prost, Mansell only attended two or three mechanical briefings throughout the season, preferring playing golf. One notable highlight of the season was a daring pass on Gerhard Berger around the daunting high speed Peraltada corner that was later renamed in his honour. Approaching the corner for the penultimate time Mansell was bobbing from side to side in Berger's mirrors. Heading into one of the quickest corners on the calendar at the time, where the Ferraris had registered forces of 4.7g during practice, Mansell launched to the outside of Berger and flashed past to take second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/06/24/25-years-ago-today-prost-wins-from-13th-mansell-stuns-berger-and-senna-hits-100/|title=Prost wins from 13th, Mansell stuns Berger – and Senna hits 100|work=f1fanatic.co.uk|date=24 June 2015|access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref>

Mansell scored only a single win, at the [[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix]], finished a thrilling second to Nelson Piquet in [[1990 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] and finished fifth in the World Championship. Mansell then announced his retirement from Formula One.<ref>Hamilton, Maurice ''Frank Williams'' page 186 Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-71716-3}}</ref>

===1991–1992: Return to Williams===
;1991
[[File:Mansell and Senna at Silverstone ultra cropped.jpg|thumb|Mansell gives [[Ayrton Senna]] a lift after winning the [[1991 British Grand Prix]].]]
Mansell's retirement plans were halted when [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] stepped in. Mansell's return to Williams was not straightforward. He would agree to return only if a list of demands were met, including undisputed number one status over Riccardo Patrese (who had remained with the team through 1989 and 1990), guarantees of support in a wide variety of areas with each guarantee in writing, and assurances from suppliers such as Renault and Elf that they would do everything necessary to help him win. Frank Williams said the demands were 'impossible'; Mansell concluded that if that were the case he would be happy to retire. Three weeks later the impossible had happened and Mansell was a Williams driver.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mansell|first=Nigel|title=My Autobiography|year=1996|publisher=Collins Willow|isbn=0-00-218703-5|page=263}}</ref> Williams signed Mansell on 1 October 1990 after Mansell was assured the contract stated that he would be the focus of the team, having experienced being the 'Number Two' driver at Ferrari. Mansell would be paid £4.6 million a season, a deal which made him the highest paid British sportsman at the time.<ref>Hamilton, Maurice ''Frank Williams'' page 186 Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-71716-3}}</ref>

His second stint with Williams was even better than the first. Back in the familiar 'Red 5', he won five races in {{f1|1991}}, including the [[1991 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]]. In this race he went wheel-to-wheel with Ayrton Senna, with only centimetres to spare, at over {{convert|320|km/h|0|abbr=on}} on the main straight. Quite a different spectacle was offered following Mansell's victory in the [[British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]]. Senna's car had stopped on the final lap, but, rather than leave his rival stranded out on the circuit (the two had come to blows in the pits following their first lap tangle during the [[1987 Belgian Grand Prix]] and were hardly close friends), Mansell pulled over on his victory lap and allowed Senna to ride on the Williams sidepod back to the pits.

The Williams team's decision to develop their new [[Semi-automatic transmission|semi-automatic]] gearbox by racing with it at the start of the season was at the cost of points in the opening rounds of the championship. Senna was on 40 points with four straight wins to open the season by the time Mansell gained his first finish with a second in [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]]. Mansell then had the next race in [[1991 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]] practically won when his [[Williams FW14]] stopped half a lap from the finish with what was reported to be transmission failure, though it was claimed by designer [[Adrian Newey]] that Mansell had let his engine revs drop too low while he was waving to the crowd in celebration and stalled his engine. This handed Nelson Piquet his 23rd and last F1 race win. Despite a good mid-season, which included a [[hat-trick]] of victories, Senna's consistency and Mansell's retirements at key races meant that he finished second in the Championship for the third time in his career, this time behind Senna.

;1992 - Formula One World Champion
Mansell started the {{f1|1992}} season with five straight victories (a [[world record|record]] not equalled until [[Michael Schumacher]] in {{f1|2004}}). At the sixth round of the season in [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]], he took pole and dominated much of the race. However, with seven laps remaining, Mansell suffered a loose wheel nut and was forced into the pits, emerging behind Ayrton Senna's [[McLaren]]-Honda. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps. The pair duelled around Monaco for the final four laps but Mansell could find no way past, finishing just 0.2 seconds behind the Brazilian.<ref>{{cite web | title =Grand Prix results: Monaco GP, 1992 | work = GrandPrix.com | url =http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr522.html | access-date =23 February 2007 }}</ref><ref>Autocourse 1992 pp.150, 153</ref> Mansell broke the record for most wins by a British driver of all time when he won the [[1992 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at Silverstone, as he surpassed [[Jackie Stewart]]'s record of 27 wins with his 28th. Mansell was finally crowned Formula One World Champion at the age of 39 early in the season at the [[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian Grand Prix]], the 11th round of that season, where his second-place finish clinched the Drivers' Championship, securing the title in the fewest Grands Prix since the 16-race season format started. Mansell also set the then-record for the most wins in one season (9); both records stood until broken by Schumacher in [[2002 Formula One season|2002]]. He managed 14 pole positions that year at the Brazilian Grand Prix on 26 November, a record only broken by Sebastian Vettel in [[2011 Formula One season|2011]]. He also held the record for the most races before becoming World Champion with 180 races; this record was broken by [[Nico Rosberg]] in [[2016 Formula One season|2016]] with 206 races.

Other [[List of Formula One driver records|Formula One records]] set in 1992 that he still holds, as of 2025, are: the highest percentage of pole positions in a season (87.5%, 14 out of 16 Grands Prix); most Grand Prix wins before becoming World Champion (29th win achieved at the [[1992 German Grand Prix]] and crowned World Champion with a 2nd place at the [[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix]]); most runner-up championship finishes before becoming World Champion (three, being 1986, 1987 and 1991); most Grands Prix where the same driver started from pole, scored the fastest lap, and crashed out (four, being the [[1987 German Grand Prix]], [[1990 British Grand Prix]], [[1992 Japanese Grand Prix]], and [[1992 Italian Grand Prix]]). Mansell is also the driver with the most wins among those who never won at Monaco (31, having surpassed Jim Clark's previous record of 25 with his 26th win at the [[1992 San Marino Grand Prix]]).

He won the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] award again in 1992, one of only four people to have won the award twice.

During this season, Mansell gained a reputation for a psychological competitiveness and mind games. After the announcement by the FIA that the organization would be weighing drivers, Mansell, known for ignoring diet, starved and dehydrated himself the day prior to weigh-ins. This measure led to Mansell weighing less than his teammate Riccardo Patrese by half a kilogram.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2017/11/09/ketchup-mind-games-made-nigel-mansell-world-champion/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2017/11/09/ketchup-mind-games-made-nigel-mansell-world-champion/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How ketchup and mind games made Nigel Mansell a world champion |last=Newey |first=Adrian |date=9 November 2017 |website=The Telegraph |access-date=27 February 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

;Dispute with Williams and departure from F1
Whilst being world champion, Mansell had a public disagreement with Williams. In his autobiography, Mansell writes that this was because of a deal made at the previous Hungarian Grand Prix, which Williams reneged on, and the prospect of his former Ferrari teammate [[Alain Prost]], who had sat out the 1992 season, being his teammate on Williams for the 1993 season.

Mansell's contract was due to expire at the end of the season. According to Patrick Head, Mansell pushed for a contract extension to be agreed early in the season. Despite this being unusual for the team, Mansell's perseverance purportedly paid off, and met with both Frank Williams and Patrick Head at the Williams Motorhome in Jerez, where they discussed and subsequently shook hands on a deal for a further two seasons (1993 and 1994). They followed this up with a written contract sent to Mansell's home address in the Isle of Man for final review and signature. According to Head, Mansell procrastinated on returning the signed agreement however, whilst winning back-to-back races over the upcoming months, finally resulting in Mansell asking for more money, which infuriated and frustrated the Williams leadership team.

According to Mansell, Williams had initially neglected to tell him that Prost had signed for [[1993 Formula One season|1993]] at only the second race of the 1992 season in Mexico, a position that Mansell felt would be similar to their days together at Ferrari in 1990. To boot, Ayrton Senna had expressed a strong desire to drive for Williams and even offered to drive for them at no salary (only to later be rebuffed as Prost, whose rivalry with the Brazilian was more intense than the one he had with Mansell, had a clause written into his contract which enabled him to block Senna's effort). Williams decided that there was little sense in paying the high fees Mansell went on to demand, and told him that he needed to sign on the original deal or Senna was ready to be signed instead. When Mansell discovered that Senna's potential signing was untrue and a ruse, he decided to move on and called a press conference to announce his retirement. Wiliams made an 11th hour offer to Mansell at the Italian Grand Prix, but by then the damage was done as he retired from F1.

==CART IndyCar World Series==
[[File:Mansell cart.jpg|thumb|left|Mansell in the [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] series in 1993]]

Mansell then signed with [[Newman/Haas Racing]] to pair with [[Mario Andretti]] in the [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] series, replacing Mario's son [[Michael Andretti|Michael]] who moved to F1 and [[McLaren]]. At the season opener in [[Surfers Paradise Street Circuit|Surfers Paradise]], Australia, he became the first "rookie" to take pole position and win his first race. A few weeks later he suffered a substantial crash at the [[Phoenix International Raceway]], severely injuring his back. At the [[1993 Indianapolis 500]], Mansell would lead the race only to finish third after losing the lead to [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] and [[Arie Luyendyk]] after a poor restart. On his 40th birthday Mansell would avenge his loss at Indianapolis to score a 200-mile race victory at New Hampshire International Speedway, perhaps his most exciting CART victory. He would go on to score five wins in the 1993 CART season, which, with more high-placed finishes, was good enough to earn him the championship. This enabled Mansell to become the only driver in history to hold both the Formula One and CART championships at the same time; when he won the 1993 CART championship he was still the reigning F1 world champion, the 1993 F1 championship not yet having been decided.

[[File:Nigel-mansell indianapolis-500 05-29-1994.jpg|thumb|right|Mansell competing in the 1994 Indianapolis 500]]
Following this successful season in CART, Mansell received several awards, including a Gold Medal from the [[Royal Automobile Club]] and the 1994 [[ESPY Award]] for Best Driver.

His Newman/Haas car was much less reliable the following year, 1994, and results suffered.  Mansell was also the catalyst for the breakdown in the relationship between himself and [[Mario Andretti]]. Andretti has since remarked "I guess if [[Ronnie Peterson]] was the best team-mate I ever had, Nigel Mansell was the worst" and "I had a lot of respect for him as a driver, but not as a man".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ITv-F1|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37066|title=Mario: Nige my worst team-mate|access-date=23 August 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092816/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37066|archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref>

==Brief return to Formula One==
===1994: Williams===
In {{f1|1994}}, after the CART season ended, Mansell returned to F1 and re-joined the Williams team. Since he had left it in 1992, the team had undergone some significant changes. [[Damon Hill]] had been promoted from test driver and was running full-time in one car. Prost, Mansell's replacement, won the 1993 Drivers' Championship and then retired after the season. This allowed Williams and Ayrton Senna to finally work out an agreement, and the team received a new sponsor in [[Rothmans International]] for a season in which they were expected to remain as champions. However, the car proved unreliable and tricky to handle early in the season, leading Senna to retire from the opening rounds despite claiming pole. In the third race at [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]], [[death of Ayrton Senna|Senna was killed]] in a crash at the Tamburello curve.

Williams test driver [[David Coulthard]] took over Senna's seat for the majority of 1994 and Williams got permission from [[Newman/Haas Racing]] to bring back Mansell at the French Grand Prix and the final three races of 1994 in Europe, Japan and Australia. Mansell was paid approximately £900,000 per race, compared to teammate Damon Hill being paid £300,000 for the entire season.<ref>Hamilton, Maurice ''Frank Williams'' page 244 Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-71716-3}}</ref> Mansell's return was helped by Bernie Ecclestone helping unravel his contracts in the United States. It was important for F1 to have a world champion driving that season and with worldwide TV viewing figures starting to decline, they needed Mansell. The 41-year-old was not as quick as Hill in race trim but signs that his speeds were coming back were evident in Japan during a battle with the Ferrari of [[Jean Alesi]]. Mansell took his final Grand Prix victory in [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|Adelaide]], the last race of the season, having out-qualified the two title contenders at the time, [[Damon Hill]] and [[Michael Schumacher]], in the process (helped out by the second qualifying session being held on a wet track, with the times from the first session making up the grid). The plan initially was for Mansell to protect Hill from Schumacher, but both drivers passed him at the start and eventually collided (causing the retirement of both), handing Schumacher his first world title.

Mansell purportedly agreed a new contract to drive for Williams again in 1995, but later claimed this was rescinded.<ref>Nigel Mansell: Motor Sport magazine podcast</ref> Williams ultimately opted for youth over experience and hired Coulthard for the 1995 season.

===1995: McLaren===
[[File:McLaren MP4-10B front-left Donington Grand Prix Collection.jpg|thumb|A [[McLaren MP4/10]]B, Mansell's last Grand Prix car]]
After losing the Williams seat to David Coulthard, Mansell signed to drive for McLaren in {{f1|1995}}.

McLaren's title sponsors [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] wanted a world champion, whereas McLaren and their engine suppliers [[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]] wanted a lower-profile driver for what was Mercedes' second year back in Formula One since abandoning it in {{f1|1955}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=McLaren confirms Mansell|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00010.html|publisher=grandprix.com|date=6 February 1995|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref>

Before the season started, Mansell could not fit into the narrow car and was deputised by [[Mark Blundell]] for the opening two rounds in Brazil and Argentina. Mansell's car was completed in 33 days and in time for [[1995 San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]], where despite being in the top six late in the race, a clash with Eddie Irvine saw him finish 10th and out of the points.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allsop|first=Derick|title=Mansell faces retirement after McLaren exit|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mansell-faces-retirement-after-mclaren-exit-1620932.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mansell-faces-retirement-after-mclaren-exit-1620932.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=24 May 1995|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> The [[1995 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]] saw Mansell become frustrated over his car's [[car handling|handling]] characteristics. He chose to retire after just two races with the team. Mansell cited the decision to retire as his not wanting to make up the numbers and with no hope of the [[McLaren MP4/10]] being competitive. In 2015, Mansell stated that he was wrong to leave McLaren so soon and that in hindsight he should have continued with the team for the season and help improve the car.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jenson Button can win again at McLaren-Honda- Nigel Mansell|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/34412160|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=1 October 2015|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref>

===1997: Jordan potential comeback===

A few testing sessions with F1 teams including [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] suggested another comeback could be on the cards, but it never happened. Reports at the time suggested<ref name="Jordan">{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00873.html |title=Mansell and Jordan |publisher=grandprix.com |date=9 December 1996 |access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> that the Mansell–Jordan partnership for 1997 was a real possibility with Eddie Jordan's title sponsor willing to pay for the deal.<ref name="Jordan"/> The Jordan team said after the tests in Barcelona in December 1996 that Mansell decided against it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jordangp.com/facts/driver.html |title=No Return for Mansell  |publisher=Jordan Formula One Team, through internet archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970105045355/http://www.jordangp.com/facts/driver.html |archive-date=5 January 1997 }}</ref>

==British Touring Car Championship==

[[File:Nigel Mansell - Ford Mondeo Si exits the Old Hairpin at the 1993 TOCA Shootout, Donington (50094067821).jpg|left|thumb|Mansell driving for [[Andy Rouse|Ford]] at [[Donington Park]] during the 1993 TOCA Shootout]]

Mansell took part in the [[1993 British Touring Car Championship|1993 TOCA Shootout]], held at Donington Park. Mansell drove a [[Ford Mondeo]] with his usual red number 5. The race ended in disaster for Mansell; he was knocked unconscious following a crash with six laps remaining.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mansell Released From Hospital|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/sports/sports-people-auto-racing-mansell-released-from-hospital.html?src=pm|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 November 1993}}</ref> He lost control of his car through the exit of the Old Hairpin, over-corrected the slide and collided with [[Tiff Needell]]'s [[Vauxhall Cavalier]], resulting in a spin and a bad crash into the concrete wall under the bridge.<ref>[http://www.motorsportmad.com/view/3589/1993-toca-shootout-donnington-park---mansell-massive-crash Motorsportmad.com: 1993 TOCA Shootout Donington Park – Mansell massive crash]</ref>[[File:Mansell BTCC1998.jpg|thumbnail|right|Mansell competing at [[Brands Hatch]] in the [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]].]]Mansell made a return to racing in 1998 in the [[British Touring Car Championship]], driving in a Ford Mondeo for three rounds. With the number 5 already taken by [[James Thompson (racing driver)|James Thompson]], Mansell raced with the red number 55.<ref>[http://www.redshoes-archive.com/info.php?ID=450&cat=155 James Thompson – Honda Accord 1998]. Redshoes Archive (26 April 1998). Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.redshoes-archive.com/info.php?ID=609&cat=155 Nigel Mansell – Ford Mondeo 1998]. Redshoes Archive (20 September 1998). Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref>

At his first event at [[Donington Park]], he retired three laps into the sprint race, meaning he would start the feature race in 19th position on the grid. As the conditions changed and the track became wetter, Mansell found himself leading the race for several laps, and he finished in fifth position.<ref>[http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/jun14.php Donington Park 14 June 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003320/http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/jun14.php |date=28 September 2007 }}. BTCC Pages. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref> The race was regarded by many fans as one of the greatest in touring car history.<ref>[http://www.crash.net/feature_view~t~Reid--150-not-out-~cid~10~id~4725.htm Reid 150 Not Out] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031510/http://www.crash.net/feature_view~t~Reid--150-not-out-~cid~10~id~4725.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}. Crash.net (1 January 1980). Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref>

It was to be his best finish in the series, as he failed to finish either race at the next round he participated in at [[Brands Hatch]], and at his final race at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] he finished in 14th and 11th place.<ref>[http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/aug31.php Brands Hatch 31 August 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126002632/http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/aug31.php |date=26 November 2006 }}. BTCC Pages. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/sep20.php Silverstone 20 September 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126002543/http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/sep20.php |date=26 November 2006 }}. BTCC Pages. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref> Having competed in three of the 13 rounds, he finished 18th out of 21 in the Drivers' Championship.<ref>[http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/ BTCC 1998 Season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314074739/http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1998/ |date=14 March 2008 }}. Btccpages.com. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref>

==Subsequent appearances==
[[File:Mansell jordan 2004.jpg|thumb|Mansell demonstrating a [[Jordan EJ14]] in London, 2004]]
On 16 July 2005, Mansell took part in a ''Race of Legends'' exhibition event at the Norisring round of the [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]].<ref>{{cite web | publisher = DTM.de | url = http://mobile.dtm.de/newsausgabe.php?id=2778 | title = The € 500,000 Euro Race – World Champions in DTM Cars | access-date = 22 December 2006 | archive-date = 29 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929004010/http://mobile.dtm.de/newsausgabe.php?id=2778 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He competed against other Formula One World Champions [[Jody Scheckter]], Alain Prost and [[Emerson Fittipaldi]], as well as [[Motorcycle Grand Prix]] World Champions [[Mick Doohan]] and [[Johnny Cecotto]] (himself a former F1 driver), each driver having an opportunity to drive [[Audi]], [[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]] and [[Opel]] cars. Prost was announced as the winner by the DTM organisers.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = DTM.de | url = http://mobile.dtm.de/newsausgabe.php?id=2809 | title = Prost wins the €500,000 charity race | access-date = 22 December 2006 | archive-date = 29 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929004016/http://mobile.dtm.de/newsausgabe.php?id=2809 | url-status = dead }}. Note: In-depth information on times set by each driver do not appear to have been formally published by the organisers.</ref>

Mansell became a financial stakeholder and a driver in the new [[Grand Prix Masters]] series. Following a period of testing and developing the car, Mansell made a successful race comeback by winning the inaugural race of the series in Kyalami in November 2005 (Mansell had won at the old Kyalami circuit in 1985 and had also won at the new circuit in 1992).<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/4433450.stm Mansell secures GP Masters glory]. BBC News (13 November 2005). Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref> After the success of the race at Kyalami, four dates were scheduled for the GP Masters Series in 2006, including one at Silverstone. Mansell won the season opener at [[Qatar]] in April from pole position.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gpmasters.com/news_qatar_dayrace.htm |title=Mansell wins first ever Grand Prix in Qatar |website=gpmasters.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811235609/http://www.gpmasters.com/news_qatar_dayrace.htm |archive-date=11 August 2006 }}</ref> The Monza round of the series was cancelled due to noise limitations at the venue, whilst technical issues quickly ruled him out of the Silverstone race.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001541/http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=315278&ssid=89&sid=SPO Odds against Mansell in GP Masters]</ref>

Also in 2006 he appeared at [[Brands Hatch]], scene of his first Grand Prix win, in October 1985, driving some demonstration laps in the [[BMW M3]] GTR that [[Andy Priaulx]] drove to victory in the 2005 [[24 Hours Nürburgring]], as part of the [[World Touring Car Championship]] event.

On the weekend of 6 May 2007 he made an appearance in the second round of the [[FIA GT Championship]] at Silverstone driving a [[Ferrari 430]] GT2 for the Scuderia Ecosse team.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = FIAGT.com | url = http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1200 | title = Nigel Mansell to race for Scuderia Ecosse at Silverstone | access-date = 14 April 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070529110335/http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1200 | archive-date = 29 May 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> He was paired with Chris Niarchos, finishing seventh in class and 21st overall.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = FIAGT.com | url = http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?event=2&season=2007&session=Race%20Result | title = Results of Round 2 of the 2007 FIA GT Championship at Silverstone | access-date = 18 January 2008 | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033856/http://www.fiagt.com/results.php?season=2007&event=2&session=Race%20Result | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Mansell, with his son [[Leo Mansell|Leo]], tested a Chamberlain-Synergy team [[Le Mans prototype]] [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-AER B06/10 during the week commencing 14 July 2008, at the [[Autódromo do Estoril|Estoril circuit]]. The pair were said to be considering a drive in the [[American Le Mans]] series, possibly commencing as soon as October 2008 in the [[Petit Le Mans]] event,<ref>{{cite news |  url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69202 | title = Mansell tests ALMS Lola with son Leo|first=Steven|last=English|date=17 July 2008|publisher=autosport.com|access-date=18 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |  url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69427 | title = Mansells plan Petit Le Mans outing|first=Steven|last=English|date=24 July 2008|publisher=autosport.com|access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> although neither driver was in the final field.

On 3 July 2009, Mansell tested his other son [[Greg Mansell|Greg's]] [[World Series by Renault]] car at the [[Silverstone Circuit]], setting a best time six seconds off the pace of the fastest driver in the session.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Peter|title=Nigel Mansell tests Renault 3.5 car|publisher=Haymarket|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76675|date=3 July 2009|access-date=3 July 2009}}</ref>

Mansell took part in the last round of the 2009 Le Mans Series, the 1000&nbsp;km of Silverstone, driving [[Team LNT]]'s [[Ginetta]]-[[Zytek]] [[Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S|GZ09S]] alongside his son Greg and team boss [[Lawrence Tomlinson]].<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77768|title = Mansell enters AUTOSPORT 1000km | work=Autosport | date=19 August 2009}}</ref>

Mansell raced a Ginetta-Zytek [[Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S|GZ09S]] in the [[2010 24 Hours of Le Mans]], alongside his two sons.<ref>{{cite news |  url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/8498519.stm | title = Nigel Mansell set to race with sons at Le Mans 24-Hours|date=4 February 2010|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=15 March 2010}}</ref>  According to the BBC, this was the first time a father has raced at Le Mans in the same car as his two sons. However, in the race he crashed after only five laps, following a tyre puncture.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/8736997.stm |work=BBC News | title=Mansell suffers crash at Le Mans | date=12 June 2010}}</ref> Reports at the time indicated that he had suffered a concussion, but Mansell later revealed that the accident left him unable to talk or recognise his wife and children. To recover, he took up [[Magic (illusion)|magic]] in order to “get [his] brain to work in different ways.”<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashenhurst |first1=Ryan |title=Nigel Mansell suffered amnesia and loss of speech after Le Mans 2010 - he reveals a unique recovery method |url=https://www.theversed.com/17112/nigel-mansell-reveals-magic-tricks-taught-speak/#.0MCTj7rier |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=The Versed |date=12 July 2017}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2021}} Since taking up the hobby, Mansell has become a member of the Magic Circle and gone on to perform around the world, as he explained in a special video interview to mark 30 years since his F1 world-title win in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/motorsport/nigel-mansell-f1-world-title/ | title=Nigel Mansell on 30 years since his world title and who F1's next star will be | date=5 August 2022 }}</ref>

For the 2010 Formula One season, the Sporting Regulations were changed so that a former driver sits on the stewards' panel. Mansell took this role at the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 British Grands Prix.
Also Monaco GP 2012, US GP 2013, Brazil GP 2015.

===Biographies===
Mansell has written several autobiographies and books on racing in general:
*''In the Driving Seat'' (1989) (with Derick Allsop)
*''Driven to Win'' (1990)
*''Mansell and Williams: Challenge for the Championship'' (1991)
*''Indycar Racing'' (1993) (with Jeremy Shaw)
*''My Story'' (1995) (with [[James Allen (journalist)|James Allen]])
*''Staying on Track'' (2015)

==Television and video games==
Mansell participated in [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Prince Edward]]'s charity television special ''[[The Grand Knockout Tournament]]'' (1987).

There were three video games endorsed by Mansell: ''Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix'' (1988, [[Martech]]), ''[[Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing]]'' (1993, [[Gremlin Graphics]]), and ''[[Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell|Newman/Haas IndyCar]]'' (1994). Mansell also appeared as a playable driver for Williams in [[Codemasters]]' ''[[F1 2013 (video game)|F1 2013]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boxer |first=Steve |date=3 October 2013 |title=F1 2013 – review |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2013/oct/03/f1-2013-review-video-game |access-date=29 August 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Mansell makes a guest appearance in [[List of Top Gear (2002 TV series) episodes#Series 7 (2005–06)|Series 7]], Episode 5 of ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV Series)|Top Gear]]'', a motoring show presented by [[Jeremy Clarkson]], [[Richard Hammond]], and [[James May]].

In "[[List of The Grand Tour episodes#Series 5 (2022–2024)|Eurocrash]]", Series 5, Episode 2 of ''[[The Grand Tour]]'', another motoring show presented by Clarkson, Hammond, and May, Mansell appears as a [[Wax sculpture|wax figure]] which the presenters "steal" from the Polonia Wax Museum in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]] and take with them on their road trip across [[Central Europe]]. Mansell is also credited as a presenter despite only appearing as a wax figure.

==Personal life==
[[File:Nigel Mansell 2007.jpg|thumb|Mansell at the [[2007 British Grand Prix]], with his trademark moustache shaved off]]
Mansell married his wife, Roseanne, on 19 April 1975, after having met as college students.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mansell |first=Nigel |title=Staying on Track: The Autobiography |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1471150227 |edition=illustrated |pages=16}}</ref>

He lived in [[Port Erin]] on the [[Isle of Man]] during most of his F1 career until 1995.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7153828.stm BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Mansell makes Isle of Man return]. BBC News (20 December 2007). Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref> Mansell currently lives in [[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]]. He spent 11 years of his life as a Special Constable on the [[Isle of Man]] during his driving career, and in [[Devon]] after he retired from racing. During this period, he also developed a golf course in Devon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/49787.stm|title=Former racing champion banned from the road|date=23 January 1998|work=BBC News|access-date=28 October 2009}}</ref>

A keen golfer, Mansell revealed a desire to compete in [[The Open Championship]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Colin|title=Mansell has another driving ambition|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CbJjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2302,846318&dq=nigel+mansell&hl=en|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 July 1986|page=39}}</ref> and briefly participated in the [[Australian Open (golf)|1988 Australian Open]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pye|first=Steven|title=Heard the one about Nigel Mansell playing golf in the Australian Open?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2013/dec/16/nigel-mansell-australian-open-golf-formula-one|publisher=[[The Guardian]] ([[Guardian Media Group]])|date=16 December 2013|access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> In the late 1980s he bought a sports car dealership in [[Pimperne]] in [[Dorset]], naming it Nigel Mansell Sports Cars Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Legg |first=Rodney |date=December 2008 |title=Pimperne {{!}} Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine |url=https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2008/12/pimperne/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150206212412/http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2008/12/pimperne/ |archive-date=6 February 2015 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=www.dorsetlife.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>

Mansell was the owner of the [[Team UK Youth]] cycling team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamukyouth.co.uk/nigel-mansell-team-owner/ |title=Nigel Mansell – Team Owner |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Team UK Youth |access-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505044701/http://www.teamukyouth.co.uk/nigel-mansell-team-owner/ |archive-date=5 May 2013  }}</ref>

His sons [[Leo Mansell|Leo]] and [[Greg Mansell|Greg]] are also former racing drivers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Designer - Consultant |url=https://chloemansell.co.uk/about-chloe-mansell |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Chloe M |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In addition to the aforementioned [[Ferrari F40]], Mansell has also owned a bronze left-hand drive 1988 [[Mercedes-Benz 560SEC|Mercedes-Benz (C126) 560SEC]] that he used to travel to races in Europe and later sold to art critic [[Brian Sewell]], and a red 1984 [[Audi Quattro]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2018 |title=1982 Mercedes-Benz 500SEC C126 and 1986 560SEC - reliving Eighties F1 with the ex-Senna, Manseil and Rosberg cars |url=https://drive-my.com/1982-mercedes-benz-500sec-c126-and-1986-560sec-reliving-eighties-f1-with-the-ex-senna-manseil-and-rosberg-cars/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=Drive |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2016 |title=Mansell's '84 Audi quattro headed to auction |url=https://journal.classiccars.com/2016/03/08/mansells-84-audi-quattro-headed-auction/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=ClassicCars.com Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>

==="Red 5"===
Although teams in motor racing series are generally allocated numbers, Mansell has been associated with the number 5 for many years. This began when he joined [[Williams F1|Williams]] in 1985 and was allocated car number 5, as at the time Formula One racing numbers were allocated by constructor and Williams received numbers 5 and 6. For the first four races of the [[1985 Formula One season|1985 season]], both Williams cars had white numbers, but from a distance the numerals "5" and "6" resembled each other. As a consequence, it was decided to give Mansell's car a red number to make it more distinctive. While this was initially just for recognition, BBC F1 commentator [[Murray Walker]] began describing Mansell's car as "Red Five", leading to Mansell retaining the red coloured number throughout his first spell at Williams. On his return to the team in 1991, Williams had retained the number 5 car, allowing Mansell to race as "Red Five" once again. After his departure to [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] in 1993 to drive for [[Newman/Haas Racing|Newman/Haas]], he again ran the red number 5 after Newman/Haas made a deal to acquire it from Penske (it had been [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]'s race number since 1991). In addition, "Red Five" fitted well into the livery of his Indy car, as Newman/Haas' main sponsors [[Texaco]] and [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] both shared corporate colors of black, white and red. When he returned to Williams for four races in 1994 the team's numbers were 0 and 2 as they had won the Drivers' and Constructors' titles in 1993 but could not run #1 as Alain Prost had retired. Damon Hill drove car #0 while Mansell raced the #2 with the number on the nose of the car painted red (the #2 was white when the car was driven by [[Ayrton Senna]] and [[David Coulthard]]). So associated with the red 5 is Mansell that, in 2004, he purchased a yacht from [[Sunseeker]], one of his longtime sponsors, which he named ''Red 5''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nigelmansell.co.uk/after/|title=Life After Racing|publisher=nigelmansell.co.uk|access-date=30 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616165634/http://www.nigelmansell.co.uk/after/|archive-date=16 June 2013}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
Mansell was awarded the title of [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] in both 1986 and 1992.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031211093533/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/boxing_sports_personality0_what_happened_next0/html/4.stm 1986 bbc.co.uk: BBC Sports Personalility of the year]. BBC News. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/boxing_sports_personality0_what_happened_next0/html/10.stm 1992 bbc.co.uk: BBC Sports Personality of the year]. BBC News. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref> Only four other people have won the award more than once, including fellow racing drivers and former F1 World Champions [[Damon Hill]] and [[Lewis Hamilton]]. Mansell was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/ Waltrip Heads Class of 2005 at Motorsports Hall of Fame]. Motorsportshalloffame.com. Retrieved on 11 June 2011.</ref> Mansell won the [[Hawthorn Memorial Trophy]], an award for the leading [[United Kingdom|British]] or [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] driver in F1 each year seven times.

Already an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE), Mansell was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to children and young people (as president of UK Youth).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=7 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/16364899 | title=OBE for Darren Clarke and MBE for Rory McIlroy in New Year Honours list |work=BBC Sport | access-date=31 December 2011 | date=31 December 2011}}</ref> He has also received the [[Special Constabulary Long Service Medal]]. 
 
In 2015 turn 17 of the [[Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez]] was renamed in honour of Mansell, twice winner of the [[Mexican Grand Prix]] ([[1987 Mexican Grand Prix|1987]] and [[1992 Mexican Grand Prix|1992]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mexico names final corner after Nigel Mansell|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2015/9/mexico-names-final-corner-after-nigel-mansell.html|access-date=22 July 2020|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website|language=en}}</ref> He received The London Classic Car Show Icon Award in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk/features/icon-award/|publisher=The London Classic Car Show|title=The London Classic Car Show Icon Award|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212504/http://www.thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk/features/icon-award/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was inducted into the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 2006.<ref name=MSHoF>[http://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/nigel-mansell.html Nigel Mansell] at the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]]</ref>

==Racing record==

===Career summary===
{{Expand list|date=January 2021}}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
!Season
!Series
!Team
!Races
!Wins
!Poles
!F/Laps
!Podiums
!Points
!Position
|-
!rowspan=3|1977
|align=left|[[Formula Ford|Formula Ford 1600 BRDC]]
|align=left|
|15
|5
|?
|?
|?
|?
|style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st'''
|-
|align=left|[[1977 British Formula Three season|Vandervell British Formula Three]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Alan McKechnie Racing
|2
|0
|0
|0
|0
|10
|17th
|-
|align=left|[[1977 British Formula Three season|Super Visco British Formula Three]]
|2
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!rowspan=2|1978
|align=left|[[1978 British Formula Three season|Super Visco British Formula Three]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[March Engineering|March Racing Team]]
|4
|0
|0
|0
|0
|3
|19th
|-
|align=left|[[1978 British Formula Three season|Vandervell British Formula Three]]
|1
|0
|1
|0
|1
|15
|15th
|-
! rowspan="3" |1979
|align=left|[[1979 British Formula Three Championship|British Formula Three Championship]]
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Unipart Team
|15
|1
|0
|0
|2
|24
|8th
|-
|align=left nowrap|[[1979 FIA European Formula 3 Championship|FIA European Formula 3 Championship]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
|align=left|[[1979 Formula One season|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Team Lotus|Martini Racing Team Lotus]]
| colspan="7" |Test driver
|-
! rowspan="3" |1980
| align="left" |[[1980 British Formula Three season|British Formula Three Championship]]
| align="left" |[[March Engineering|March Racing Team]]
|8
|0
|0
|1
|0
|15
|9th
|-
|align=left|[[1980 European Formula Two Championship|European Formula Two]]
|align=left|[[Ralt]]
|4
|0
|0
|0
|1
|8
|12th
|-
|align=left|[[1980 Formula One season|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Team Lotus|Team Essex Lotus]]
|3
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!rowspan=2|1981
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[1981 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Team Lotus|Team Essex Lotus]]
|4
|0
|0
|0
|1
|rowspan=2|8
|rowspan=2|14th
|-
|align=left|[[John Player & Sons|John Player]] [[Team Lotus]]
|10
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
!1982
|align=left|[[1982 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[John Player & Sons|John Player]] [[Team Lotus]]
|13
|0
|0
|0
|1
|7
|14th
|-
!1983
|align=left|[[1983 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[John Player & Sons|John Player Special]] [[Team Lotus]]
|15
|0
|0
|1
|1
|10
|13th
|-
!1984
|align=left|[[1984 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[John Player & Sons|John Player Special]] [[Team Lotus]]
|16
|0
|1
|0
|2
|13
|10th
|-
!1985
|align=left|[[1985 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] [[Williams Racing|Team]]
|15
|2
|1
|1
|3
|31
|6th
|-
!1986
|align=left|[[1986 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] [[Williams Racing|Team]]
|16
|5
|2
|4
|9
|72
|style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd'''
|-
!1987
|align=left|[[1987 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] [[Williams Racing|Team]]
|14
|6
|8
|3
|7
|61
|style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd'''
|-
!1988
|align=left|[[1988 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams Racing|Team]]
|14
|0
|0
|1
|2
|12
|9th
|-
!1989
|align=left|[[1989 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Scuderia Ferrari]]
|16
|2
|0
|3
|6
|38
|4th
|-
!1990
|align=left|[[1990 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Scuderia Ferrari]]
|16
|1
|3
|3
|5
|37
|5th
|-
!1991
|align=left|[[1991 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
|16
|5
|2
|6
|9
|72
|style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd'''
|-
!1992
|align=left|[[1992 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
|16
|9
|14
|8
|12
|108
|style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st'''
|-
!1993
|align=left|[[1993 PPG Indy Car World Series|PPG Indy Car World Series]]
|align=left|[[Newman/Haas Racing]]
|16
|5
|7
|4
|10
|191
|style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st'''
|-
!rowspan=2|1994
|align=left|[[1994 PPG Indy Car World Series|PPG Indy Car World Series]]
|align=left|[[Newman/Haas Racing]]
|16
|0
|3
|2
|3
|88
|8th
|-
|align=left|[[1994 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Rothmans, Benson & Hedges|Rothmans]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
|4
|1
|1
|0
|1
|13
|9th
|-
!1995
|align=left|[[1995 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
|align=left|[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren]] [[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]
|2
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!1998
|align=left|[[1998 British Touring Car Championship|British Touring Car Championship]]
|align=left|[[West Surrey Racing|Ford Mondeo Racing]]
|6
|0
|0
|0
|0
|7
|18th
|-
!2005
|align=left|[[Grand Prix Masters#2005|Grand Prix Masters]]
|align=left|Team Altech
|1
|1
|1
|0
|1
|N/A
|style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st'''
|-
!2006
|align=left|[[Grand Prix Masters#2006|Grand Prix Masters]]
|align=left|Team Altech
|2
|1
|1
|0
|1
|10
|style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd'''
|-
!2007
|align=left|[[2007 FIA GT Championship|FIA GT Championship - GT2]]
|align=left|Scuderia Escosse
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|2
|30th
|-
!2009
|align=left|[[2009 Le Mans Series|Le Mans Series - LMP1]]
|align=left|[[Team LNT]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
! rowspan="2" |2010
|align=left|[[2010 Le Mans Series|Le Mans Series - LMP1]]
| rowspan="2" align=left|[[Beechdean Motorsport|Beechdean Mansell]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|12
|19th
|-
| align="left" |[[2010 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|NC
|-
|-
!colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportStats>{{cite web|title=Nigel Mansell Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/nigel-mansell/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=MSportMagResults>{{cite web|title=Nigel Mansell|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/nigel-mansell/|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Complete European Formula Two Championship results===
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|-
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}
! Pts
|-
| {{F2|1978}}
!nowrap| [[Chevron Cars Ltd|Chevron Cars]]
!nowrap| [[Chevron Cars Ltd|Chevron B42]]
!nowrap| [[Brian Hart Ltd.|Hart]]
| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR]]
| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]
| [[Eifelrennen|NÜR]]
| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]
| [[Mugello Circuit|MUG]]
| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]
| [[Rouen-Les-Essarts|ROU]]
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Donington Park|DON]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
| [[Circuit Paul Armagnac|NOG]]
| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]
| [[Misano World Circuit|MIS]]
| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]
! NC
! 0
|-
| {{F2|1980}}
!nowrap| [[Ralt|Ralt Cars]]
!nowrap| [[Ralt RH6]]
!nowrap| [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR]]
| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]
| [[Eifelrennen|NÜR]]
| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]
| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Zolder|ZOL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[Mugello Circuit|MUG]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|ZAN]]<br />{{small|5}}
| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]
| [[Misano World Circuit|MIS]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br />{{small|2}}
! 12th
! 8
|-
!colspan="18"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name=MSportMagResults/>}}}}
|}

===Complete Formula One World Championship results===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! {{Tooltip|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}}
! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Pts]]{{efn|name="droppedpoints"|Up until {{F1|1990}}, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|list of points scoring systems]] for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.<ref>{{cite web|last=Diepraam|first=Mattijs|title=World Championship points systems|url=http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html|work=8W|date=18 January 2019|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924032459/http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
| {{F1|1980}}
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Team Essex Lotus]]
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 81|81B]]
!nowrap| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[1980 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1980 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1980 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1980 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]
| [[1980 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1980 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1980 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1980 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1980 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1980 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1980 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
| [[1980 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1980 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
|colspan=3|
! NC
! 0
|-
| rowspan=2| {{F1|1981}}
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Team Essex Lotus]]
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 81|81B]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1981 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1981 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|WD}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1981 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|3}}
|colspan=12|
!rowspan=2| 14th
!rowspan=2| 8
|-
!nowrap| [[John Player & Sons|John Player]] [[Team Lotus]]
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 87|87]]
|colspan=5|
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1981 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1981 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| [[1981 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1981 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|CPL]]<br />{{small|4}}
|colspan=2|
|-
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1982}}
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[John Player & Sons|John Player]] [[Team Lotus]]
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 87|87B]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|colspan=16|
!rowspan=2| 14th
!rowspan=2| 7
|-
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 91|91]]
|
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1982 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1982 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br />{{small|7}}
| [[1982 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1982 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1982 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1982 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1982 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1982 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|CPL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|-
|rowspan=4| {{F1|1983}}
!rowspan=4 nowrap| [[John Player & Sons|John Player Special]] [[Team Lotus]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 92|92]]
!nowrap| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1983 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|12}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1983 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br />{{small|12}}
|colspan=15|
!rowspan=4| 13th
!rowspan=4| 10
|-
!nowrap| [[Cosworth DFY|Ford Cosworth DFY]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|colspan=2|
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1983 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1983 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>12<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1983 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1983 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1983 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1983 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|colspan=9|
|-
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 94T|94T]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Renault in Formula One|Renault-Gordini]] EF1 1.5 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|colspan=8|
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1983 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|4}}
|
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1983 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1983 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1983 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ''[[1983 European Grand Prix|EUR]]''<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1983 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|NC}}
|colspan=2|
|-
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 93T|93T]]
|colspan=9|
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1983 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|colspan=7|
|-
| {{F1|1984}}
!nowrap| [[John Player & Sons|John Player Special]] [[Team Lotus]]
!nowrap| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 95T|95T]]
!nowrap| [[Renault in Formula One|Renault-Gordini]] EF4 1.5 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1984 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1984 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| '''[[1984 Dallas Grand Prix|DAL]]'''<br /><small>6<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1984 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1984 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1984 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
! 10th
! 13
|-
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1985}}
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] Team
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW10|FW10]]
!nowrap| [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] RA164E 1.5 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1985 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1985 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1985 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1985 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1985 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|6}}
|colspan=12|
!rowspan=2| 6th
!rowspan=2| 31
|-
!nowrap| [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] RA165E 1.5 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|colspan=5|
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1985 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"| [[1985 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1985 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1985 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1985 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1985 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ''[[1985 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]''<br /><small>11<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1985 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1985 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1985 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|-
| {{F1|1986}}
!nowrap| [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] Team
!nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW11|FW11]]
!nowrap| [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] RA166E 1.5 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1986 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ''[[1986 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1986 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1986 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1986 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1986 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1986 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1986 French Grand Prix|FRA]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1986 British Grand Prix|GBR]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1986 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1986 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1986 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1986 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1986 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1986 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''[[1986 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''70 (72)'''
|-
| {{F1|1987}}
!nowrap| [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] Team
!nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW11|FW11B]]
!nowrap| [[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] RA167E 1.5 [[V6 engine|V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| '''[[1987 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]'''<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1987 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''[[1987 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''[[1987 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| '''[[1987 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]'''<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1987 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1987 British Grand Prix|GBR]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''''[[1987 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| '''[[1987 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]'''<br /><small>14<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1987 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1987 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1987 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1987 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1987 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"| [[1987 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|DNS}}
| [[1987 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
|
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''61'''
|-
| {{F1|1988}}
!nowrap| [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] Team
!nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW12|FW12]]
!nowrap| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] [[Judd (engine)#CV|CV]] 3.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ''[[1988 British Grand Prix|GBR]]''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1988 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1988 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1988 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1988 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
!9th
!12
|-
| {{F1|1989}}
!nowrap| [[Ferrari Grand Prix results|Ferrari]]
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 640|640]]
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 035/5 3.5 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1989 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1989 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| ''[[1989 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1989 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#000; color:white;"| [[1989 Canadian Grand Prix|<span style="color:white;">CAN</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1989 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ''[[1989 British Grand Prix|GBR]]''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1989 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1989 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#000; color:white;"| [[1989 Portuguese Grand Prix|<span style="color:white;">POR</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}}
| [[1989 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1989 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
! 4th
! 38
|-
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1990}}
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 641|641]]
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 036 3.5 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1990 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1990 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|colspan=13|
!rowspan=2| 5th
!rowspan=2| 37
|-
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 641|641/2]]
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 037 3.5 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|colspan=4|
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| [[1990 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1990 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| '''''[[1990 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''''<br /><small>18<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''''[[1990 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1990 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>17<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1990 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1990 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ''[[1990 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]''<br />{{small|2}}
|
|-
| {{F1|1991}}
!nowrap| [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
!nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW14|FW14]]
!nowrap| [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] RS3 3.5 [[V10 engine|V10]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1991 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| ''[[1991 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1991 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''[[1991 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]''<br /><small>6<sup>†</sup></small>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ''[[1991 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ''[[1991 French Grand Prix|FRA]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''[[1991 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1991 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1991 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1991 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#000; color:white;"| ''[[1991 Portuguese Grand Prix|<span style="color:white;">POR</span>]]''<br />{{small|DSQ}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| [[1991 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1991 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{small|2}}
|
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''72'''
|-
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1992}}
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW14|FW14B]]
!nowrap| [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] RS3C 3.5 [[V10 engine|V10]]
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''[[1992 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1992 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1992 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''[[1992 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1992 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''''[[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1992 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''[[1992 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''[[1992 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1992 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|colspan=7|
|rowspan=2 style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''108'''
|-
!nowrap| [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] RS4 3.5 [[V10 engine|V10]]
|colspan=10|
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ''[[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''[[1992 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''''[[1992 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1992 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''''[[1992 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]'''''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| '''[[1992 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1994}}
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Rothmans, Benson & Hedges|Rothmans]] [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
!nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW16|FW16]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] RS6 3.5 [[V10 engine|V10]]
| [[1994 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1994 Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]
| [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
| [[1994 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1994 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1994 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1994 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1994 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1994 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1994 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[1994 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1994 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1994 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
|colspan=4|
!rowspan=2| 9th
!rowspan=2| 13
|-
!nowrap| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] [[Williams FW16|FW16B]]
|colspan=13|
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1994 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[1994 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[1994 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|
|-
| {{F1|1995}}
!nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren]] [[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]
!nowrap| [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/10|MP4/10B]]
!nowrap| [[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]] FO 110 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
| [[1995 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1995 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[1995 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[1995 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1995 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1995 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1995 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1995 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1995 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1995 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[1995 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1995 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1995 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
| [[1995 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
| [[1995 Pacific Grand Prix|PAC]]
| [[1995 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[1995 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
! NC
! 0
|-
!colspan="23"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportStats/><ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=Grand Prix Who's Who|chapter=Nigel Mansell|url=https://archive.org/details/grandprixwhoswho0000smal|year=2000|edition=Third|publisher=Travel Publishing|location=Reading, Berkshire|pages=360–363|access-date=26 August 2023|isbn=978-1-902007-46-5|url-access=registration|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>}}}}
|}

{{sup|†}} Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

===American open-wheel racing===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position</span>)

====PPG Indy Car World Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Team
! No.
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
| [[1993 IndyCar season|1993]]
!nowrap| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
! 5
!nowrap| [[Lola T93/00]]
!nowrap| [[Ford-Cosworth Indy V8 engine|Ford XB]] [[V8 engine|V8]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''[[1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix|SRF]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| [[XM Satellite Radio Indy 200|PHX]]<br />{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]'''<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1993 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Milwaukee IndyFest|MIL]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''''[[Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]'''''<br />{{small|15}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]'''<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]<br />{{small|20}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[Firestone Indy 400|MCH]]''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''[[New England Indy 200|NHA]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America|ROA]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Molson Indy Vancouver|VAN]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| '''[[Honda Indy 200|MDO]]'''<br />{{small|12}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Firestone Indy 225|NAZ]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca|LAG]]<br />{{small|23}}
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 191
!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/manseni01/1993/R|title=Nigel Mansell – 1993 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1994 IndyCar season|1994]]
!nowrap| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
! 1
!nowrap| [[Lola T94/00]]
!nowrap| [[Ford-Cosworth Indy V8 engine|Ford XB]] [[V8 engine|V8]] [[Turbocharger|t]]
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| '''''[[1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix|SRF]]'''''<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[XM Satellite Radio Indy 200|PHX]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1994 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br />{{small|22}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Milwaukee IndyFest|MIL]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]'''<br />{{small|21}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]<br />{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]<br />{{small|23}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Firestone Indy 400|MCH]]'''<br />{{small|26}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Honda Indy 200|MDO]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[New England Indy 200|NHA]]<br />{{small|18}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Molson Indy Vancouver|VAN]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ''[[Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America|ROA]]''<br />{{small|13}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Firestone Indy 225|NAZ]]<br />{{small|22}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca|LAG]]<br />{{small|8}}
!style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 8th
!style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 88
!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/manseni01/1994/R|title=Nigel Mansell – 1994 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
|}

=====Indianapolis 500=====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Start
! Finish
! Team
|-
| [[1993 Indianapolis 500|1993]]
| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]
| [[Ford-Cosworth]]
|align=center| 8
|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|nowrap| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
|-
| [[1994 Indianapolis 500|1994]]
| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]
| [[Ford-Cosworth]]
|align=center| 7
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 22
|nowrap| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
|-
!colspan="6"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigel Mansell – Indianapolis 500 Career|url=https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/nigel-mansell|publisher=Indianapolis Motor Speedway|access-date=23 October 2025}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Complete British Touring Car Championship results===
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]; Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position – 1-point awarded all races; Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap; <nowiki>*</nowiki> signifies that driver led feature race for at least one lap – 1-point awarded)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! 19
! 20
! 21
! 22
! 23
! 24
! 25
! 26
! Pos
! Pts
|-
| [[1998 British Touring Car Championship|1998]]
!nowrap| [[West Surrey Racing|Ford Mondeo Racing]]
!nowrap| [[Ford Mondeo (first generation)|Ford Mondeo]]
| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR<br />1]]
| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR<br />2]]
| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL<br />1]]
| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL<br />2]]
| [[Donington Park|DON<br />1]]
| [[Donington Park|DON<br />2]]
| [[Brands Hatch|BRH<br />1]]
| [[Brands Hatch|BRH<br />2]]
| [[Oulton Park|OUL<br />1]]
| [[Oulton Park|OUL<br />2]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[Donington Park|DON<br />1]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| [[Donington Park|DON<br />2]]<br />{{small|5*}}
| [[Croft Circuit|CRO<br />1]]
| [[Croft Circuit|CRO<br />2]]
| [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|SNE<br />1]]
| [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|SNE<br />2]]
| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR<br />1]]
| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR<br />2]]
| [[Knockhill Racing Circuit|KNO<br />1]]
| [[Knockhill Racing Circuit|KNO<br />2]]
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH<br />1]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH<br />2]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[Oulton Park|OUL<br />1]]
| [[Oulton Park|OUL<br />2]]
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL<br />1]]<br />{{small|14}}
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL<br />2]]<br />{{small|11}}
! 18th
! 7
|-
!colspan="31"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportStats/><ref>{{cite web|title=Nigel Mansell race results|url=https://www.touringcars.net/database/driver.php?name=Nigel+MANSELL|publisher=TouringCars.net|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Complete Grand Prix Masters results===
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
|-
| [[2005 Grand Prix Masters season|2005]]
!nowrap| Team Altech
!nowrap| [[Delta Motorsport]] GPM
!nowrap| Nicholson McLaren 3.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''''[[Kyalami|RSA]]'''''<br />{{small|1}}
|colspan=4|
|-
| [[2006 Grand Prix Masters season|2006]]
!nowrap| Team Altech
!nowrap| [[Delta Motorsport]] GPM
!nowrap| Nicholson McLaren 3.5 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''[[Losail International Circuit|QAT]]'''<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"| [[Monza Circuit|ITA]]<br />{{small|C}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"| [[Sepang International Circuit|MAL]]<br />{{small|C}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"| [[Kyalami|RSA]]<br />{{small|C}}
|-
!colspan="9"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name=MSportMagResults/>}}}}
|}

===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br />Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! [[2010 24 Hours of Le Mans|2010]]
|align="left"nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Beechdean Motorsport|Beechdean]] Mansell
|align="left"nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Greg Mansell]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Leo Mansell]]
|align="left"nowrap| [[Ginetta Cars|Ginetta]]-[[Zytek]] [[Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S|GZ09S]]
| LMP1
| 4
| DNF
| DNF
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/Nigel-Mansell-GB.html|title=All Results of Nigel Mansell|work=racingsportscars.com|access-date=14 June 2018}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Hamilton, Maurice ''Frank Williams'' Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-71716-3}}
* Mansell, Nigel ''My Autobiography'' Collins Willow {{ISBN|0-00-218497-4}}
* Warr, Peter ''Team Lotus – My View From The Pit Wall'' Haynes Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-85733-123-6}}
* [http://www.btccpages.com/ BTCC Pages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305233149/http://www.btccpages.com/ |date=5 March 2010 }}
* [http://www.crash.net Crash.net]

==External links==
{{commons}}
* {{Official website|http://www.nigelmansell.co.uk}}
* {{IMDb name|0543748|Nigel Mansell}}
* {{DriverDB driver|nigel-mansell}}
* {{Racing-Reference driver|Nigel_Mansell}}

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