Nigel Mansell Pole Position Record
The record-breaking British champion who conquered both Formula One and IndyCar.
Nigel Mansell held the record for the most pole positions set in a single season, which was broken in a later year by Sebastian Vettel.
Quick Facts
- Driver
- Nigel Mansell
- Team
- Williams Grand Prix Engineering
- Peak season
- 1992 World Championship
- Championships won
- 1 (with Williams)
- Status
- Retired Legend
Lore & Background
Mansell's career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in a year with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix. He remains the only driver to have simultaneously held both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship.
Reader's Guide
Mansell finished 2nd in the 1978 British Formula Three Championship, not the Aurora AFX British F1 Championship.
Did You Know?
- Mansell won the IndyCar World Series in 1993 with Newman/Haas Racing.
- He was the last Formula One driver to win a Grand Prix over the age of 40 until Lewis Hamilton's win at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
- Mansell was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005.
More in Championships & Records
1981 Drivers' Championship (Alan Jones)1993 Drivers' Championship (Alain Prost)1992 Constructors' ChampionshipNigel Mansell's 5 Pole Positions (1987)Damon Hill's First Race Win (1993 Hungarian GP)1998 Drivers' Championship (Jacques Villeneuve)Alain Prost's 4 World Titles with WilliamsNigel Mansell 1986 Drivers' ChampionshipNigel Mansell 1992 Drivers' ChampionshipDamon Hill 1996 Drivers' ChampionshipCarlos Reutemann 1979 First VictoryPatrick Head Technical Director Tenure
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