Scott Kevin Mansell (born 1 October 1985) is a British former racing driver and YouTube personality.
| Scott Mansell | ||||||||||
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| Nationality |  British | |||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1985 Birmingham, England, UK | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
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| Years active | 2015–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Motorsport | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.24 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 260 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 23 October 2023 | ||||||||||
In June 2015, he started the Driver61 YouTube channel, presenting videos primarily about Formula 1 and autosport in general. In July 2021, he co-founded a YouTube channel called OVERDRIVE (formerly Driven Media), which is primarily for experiments with cars[2] and celebrating the engineering of unique vehicles.[3]
Racing career
editAn 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.[4] 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.[5] This was his first race since the 2006 United States Grand Prix-supporting round of the Indy Pro Series.
Racing record
editAmerican open-wheel racing
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Indy Pro Series
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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| 2005 | Dave McMillan Racing | HMS | PHX | STP | INDY | TXS | IMS | NSH | MIL | KTY | PPIR | SNM 10 |
CHI | WGL DNS |
FON | 21st | 36 |
| 2006 | Michael Crawford Motorsports | HMS | STP1 | STP2 | INDY | WGL | IMS 14 |
NSH 14 |
MIL | KTY | 20th | 77 | |||||
| Guthrie Racing | SNM1 11 |
SNM2 7 |
CHI |
Superleague Formula results
edit(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
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| 2009 | Galatasaray S.K. | Ultimate Motorsport | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 11th | 26 | ||||||
| 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "About Driver61". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Formula 1 Car v Tesla Model S | DRAG RACE. YouTube.
- ^ "OVERDRIVE – YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Mansell breaks Brands Hatch lap record". MotorSport Vision. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ Beer, Matt; van de Burgt, Andrew (24 July 2009). "Scott Mansell to return in Superleague". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
External links
edit- Official website
- Scott Mansell career summary at DriverDB.com
- Driver61 website
- Driver61 YouTube channel