Nigel Mansell is a British racing driver born August 8, 1953, in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, who won the Formula One World Drivers Championship in 1992 driving for Williams after 31 Grand Prix victories, 59 podium finishes and 32 pole positions across a career running from 1980 to 1995. The following year he moved to American open-wheel racing and won the 1993 IndyCar World Series title with Newman/Haas Racing in his rookie season, making him the only driver in history to hold the Formula One and the American open-wheel national championships at the same time.
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Career HighlightMansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won the IndyCar World Series in 1993. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia, Nigel Mansell
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Mansell Early life section, opening sentence (birth clause)
Nigel Ernest James Mansell was born on 8 August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Mansell Early life section, opening sentence (birth year)
Nigel Ernest James Mansell was born on 8 August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Mansell lead, opening sentence (nationality clause)
is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995.
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Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Mansell won the IndyCar World Series in 1993
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Mansell is one of the most successful British Formula One drivers of all time in terms of race wins with 31 victories, behind Lewis Hamilton with 106 wins, and is eighth overall on the Formula One race winners list.
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