Mansell vs Prost
British racing legend who conquered both Formula One and IndyCar.
Nigel Mansell is a British former racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons. He also won the IndyCar World Series in 1993 with Newman/Haas Racing.
Quick Facts
- Period
- Mansell: 1985–1988, 1991–1992; Prost: 1993
- Team affiliation
- Williams Grand Prix Engineering (separate stints)
- Key chassis
- Mansell: FW10
- FW11
- FW11B
- FW14
- FW14B; Prost: FW15C
- Driver status
- Retired (Both)
- Nature of conflict
- Philosophical clash of styles and eras, not direct teammate friction
Lore & Background
Mansell's career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons. He was the reigning F1 champion when he moved to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season, and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously. He held the record for the most pole positions set in a single season, which was broken by Sebastian Vettel. He was the last Formula One driver to win a Grand Prix over the age of 40 with his win at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix, until Lewis Hamilton's win at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
Reader's Guide
Mansell raced in the Grand Prix Masters series in 2005, and won the championship title. He later signed a one-off race deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 Ferrari F430 GT2 car at Silverstone on 6 May 2007. He has since competed in additional sports car races with his sons Leo and Greg, including the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2005.
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