What is Nigel Mansell?
[[File:Nigelcropped.jpg|thumb|right|Nigel Mansell at the 1991 United States Grand Prix]] '''Nigel Ernest James Mansell''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 8 August 1953 in [[Upton-upon-Severn]], [[Worcestershire]]) is a [[British people|British]] [[racing driver]] from [[England]] who won both the [[Formula One]] World Championship ([[1992 Formula One Season|1992]]) and [[Champ Car|CART World Series]] ([[1993 CART World Series Season|1993]]). He is the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously, and was the first person to win the [[Champ Car|CART]] title in his debut season. During the early nineties, Mansell was commonly known, by the British media especially, as ''Our Nige''. 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 remains the second most successful British Formula One driver of all-time in terms of race wins with 31 victories, only behind Lewis Hamilton. He is eighth overall on the Formula One race winners list. He was rated in the top 10 Formula One drivers of all time by [[Murray Walker]], who was a Formula One commentator for 50 years.<ref>Murray Walker's F1 Greats Video</ref> In 2008, American sports television network [[ESPN]] ranked him 24th on their top drivers of all-time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=3400774 |title=Kinser, Mansell, Garlits, Lauda, and Muldowney set high standards |accessdate=2008-05-19 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> Mansell raced in the [[Grand Prix Masters|GP Masters]] series and signed a one-off race deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 [[Ferrari]]430 GT2 car at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] on 6 May 2007. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mansell, Nigel}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Worcestershire]]