Background
He is the son of 1992 Formula One world champion, Nigel Mansell, and elder brother of fellow racing driver Greg Mansell.
He is the son of 1992 Formula One world champion, Nigel Mansell, and elder brother of fellow racing driver Greg Mansell.
The brothers ascended through the Karting ranks, and moved into single-seater racing in 2006, in the Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke United Kingdom series. The pair were granted drives in the finale of the 2006 British Formula Three Championship at Thruxton, driving for the Fortec Motorsport team, in Invitational Class, with Leo finishing in 14th position in the first race, and then 13th in the second. Mansell, with his Father Nigel, tested a Chamberlain-Synergy team Le Mans prototype Lola-American Economic Review B06/10 during the week commencing 14 July 2008 at the Estoril circuit.
He is now racing for the Ferrari GT2 team in the Le Mans Series for the 2009 season.
At the 8 Hours of Castellet they finished 9th overall (8th in LMP1), but their Le Mans effort was cut short due to a tyre failure and a crash by Nigel early in the event. American open–wheel racing results
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= Atlantic Championship Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results.