Nigel Mansell is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Mansell is a one-time champion (1992), with 31 wins and 59 podiums from 190 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,716 ranks Mansell 138th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1995-05-14 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | DNF | −188 |
| 1995-04-30 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | P10 | −21 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −209 | 6,632 |
| 1994 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | P9 | −67 | 6,841 |
| 1992 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 108 | P1 | +534 | 6,908 |
| 1991 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 72 | P2 | +393 | 6,374 |
| 1990 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 37 | P5 | +259 | 5,981 |
| 1989 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 15 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 38 | P4 | +120 | 5,722 |
| 1988 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | P9 | −856 | 5,603 |
| 1987 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 61 | P2 | +64 | 6,459 |
| 1986 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 16 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 72 | P2 | +967 | 6,395 |
| 1985 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 31 | P6 | +376 | 5,428 |
| 1984 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 16 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 13 | P9 | +119 | 5,052 |
| 1983 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | P12 | +183 | 4,933 |
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | P14 | +186 | 4,750 |
| 1981 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | P14 | −110 | 4,564 |
| 1980 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −126 | 4,674 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,204 | 61 | 27 | 34 | 44% |
| 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna | 5,691 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 53% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet | 5,153 | 53 | 30 | 23 | 57% |
| 🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese | 5,627 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 79% |
| 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto | 4,733 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 70% |
| 🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen | 4,852 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 86% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger | 5,635 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 78% |
| 🇬🇧 Martin Brundle | 5,199 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 97% |
| 🇫🇷 René Arnoux | 4,563 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 66% |
| 🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris | 4,262 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 90% |
Nigel Mansell competed in Formula 1 across 15 seasons from 1980 to 1995, recording 31 wins and 59 podiums in 190 starts. He secured the world championship in 1992 with Williams and finished on average in third place across his classified starts. His Racer Rating of 5,716 places him among professional drivers of the front-running standard. The bulk of his career unfolded at Williams, where he started 97 times for a team that has shown consistent competitiveness across its indexed history.[1]
Mansell's head-to-head record against his era's elite drivers tells a story of competitive consistency against the absolute highest level. He finished ahead of Ayrton Senna, a two-time champion rated 5,691, in 29 of 55 shared races; against Alain Prost, the five-time champion rated 6,204, he led 27 times across 61 encounters. Against Nelson Piquet, a three-time Platinum-graded champion, he finished ahead 30 times in 53 races. These were narrow margins against drivers of the first rank, not dominant superiority. His advantage was more pronounced against the professional field below that tier; he beat Riccardo Patrese in 38 of 48 shared races and Michele Alboreto in 32 of 46. The pattern across his record is that of a professional driver who could compete at the championship level and occasionally surpass the very best, but whose typical form placed him among the strong seconds rather than the dominant few.[2]
His final two rounds in 1995 yielded no points and ended his career. Since retirement, Mansell has remained active in motorsport commentary and the promotion of the sport.