Scott Mansell
Scott Mansell (born 1 October 1985 in Birmingham, England) is a British racing driver and YouTube personality.
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Nationality | British |
Born | Birmingham, England, UK | 1 October 1985
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2015-2016 2015 2014 2012 2010-2012 2009 2005-2006 2005 2005 2003-2004 2003 2002 | FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship Radical Enduro Championship Radical European Masters V de V Challenge Endurance BOSS GP Superleague Formula Indy Pro Series Porsche Carrera Cup GB 3000 Pro Series EuroBOSS F1 Formula Ford Great Britain EuroBOSS F3000 |
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2004 | EuroBOSS |
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Racecar Driver and Coach | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | driver61.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Years active | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Genre | sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Subscribers | 428,000 (13 January 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total views | 54.566.271 (13 January 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||
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He is of no relation to British Formula One champion Nigel Mansell.[1] In June 2015, he started the Driver61 YouTube channel, presenting videos primarily about Formula One and autosport in general.
Racing career
An alumnus of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, Mansell was the 2004 EuroBOSS champion. Scott was a 2004 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominee, losing out to eventual winner Paul di Resta. At the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, Mansell set a lap record of 38.032 seconds during the 2004 EuroBOSS season.[2] As well as the Brands Hatch record, Mansell has also broken lap records at Silverstone, Donington Park, Lausitzring and Zolder in 2004. In the same year Mansell won the BBC Midlands Young Sportsperson of the Year as well as being nominated for the Autosport Club Driver of the Year Award.
In 2009, he was the replacement for Duncan Tappy in the Superleague Formula for Galatasaray.[3] This was his first race since the 2006 United States Grand Prix-supporting round of the Indy Pro Series.
References
- "The Driver61 Story". Driver61. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- "Mansell breaks Brands Hatch lap record". MotorSport Vision. 2004-05-25. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- Beer, Matt; van de Burgt, Andrew (2009-07-24). "Scott Mansell to return in Superleague". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-07-24.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)