Christian Mansell

Christian Mansell (born 9 February 2005) is an Australian racing driver competing in the International GT Open for Team Motopark.

An open-wheel racing product, Mansell placed third in GB3 and Euroformula Open before competing in FIA Formula 3 from 2022 to 2024, when he finished fifth for ART Grand Prix. He was scheduled to step up to Formula 2 for Rodin Motorsport in 2025, but withdrew due to personal reasons.

Career

Karting Mansell's highest karting career finish in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship came in 2019, where he achieved 69th in the OKJ category.

Lower formulae 2019 In 2019, Mansell made his single-seater debut in the New South Wales Formula Race Car Championship. He also raced in two rounds of the Australian Formula 4 Championship with AGI Sport and finished all but one race in the top seven. As Mansell was a guest driver, he was not classified in the standings.

2020 For 2020, Mansell moved over to the United Kingdom to race full-time in the F4 British Championship, partnering Zak O'Sullivan and Matías Zagazeta at Carlin. Whilst the Australian only managed to score one win at the Brands Hatch Circuit, in contrast to O'Sullivan's nine over the course of the season, he did score four more podiums, which included two third places and a second place at the final round, finishing seventh in the championship. Mansell won the season's Rookie Cup with a 61.5 point gap to Frederick Lubin.

GB3 Championship Mansell stayed on with Carlin in 2021, progressing to the renamed GB3 Championship. He took his first win of the season in the reversed grid race at the opening round in Brands Hatch, overtaking six cars over the course of the race. His next win came at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Mansell scored a further three podiums to finish third in the standings.

Euroformula Open 2021 In 2021, Mansell made his Euroformula Open Championship debut at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, with Carlin finishing all his races in the top six. Mansell returned to Euroformula but with Team Motopark during the penultimate round at Monza, finishing third in the first race. He was retained for the Barcelona stage, where he achieved two more points finishes to complete the season 11th overall.

2022

Mansell remained in the series for the 2022 season, partnering Vladislav Lomko and Josh Mason at CryptoTower Racing. He took the opening victory of the season at the Estoril Circuit, and claimed two second places at the next round in Pau, which included his only pole of the year, before a run of four straight podium finishes including a win. His third win came at Hungaroring in the final race. Four more podiums in the next two rounds came, before a double retirement in the penultimate Monza round. The first retirement was a serious crash with Francesco Simonazzi where he was launched skywards. He claimed a podium in the final round and finished third in the standings, having taken fifteen podiums.

FIA Formula 3 2022 Mansell made his debut F3 appearance in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, at the Hungaroring with Charouz Racing System, replacing Zdeněk Chovanec. Mansell returned to his main campaign at the Euroformula Open before the Zandvoort round and was replaced by David Schumacher. Mansell was ranked 38th in the final standings. At the end of September, Mansell participated in the post-season test with Campos Racing.

2023

On 28 November, Mansell was announced as a full-time driver with Campos Racing for the 2023 F3 season. He then stated that he was "hungry to maximize his and Campos Racing's full potential" after his cameo appearance in 2022. In Bahrain, he finished both races in 13th. In Melbourne he scored his first points in ninth place after three drivers ahead were disqualified post-sprint race. The following day, he finished in tenth following another post-race penalty for a rival. Mansell failed to score points in Monaco, and was spun out by Gabriele Minì in the Barcelona sprint race. He returned to the points in the feature race with tenth place. The following weekend in Austria, Mansell finished seventh in the feature race.

Silverstone delivered a breakthrough for the Australian, qualifying in fourth. After choosing to stay on dry tyres, Mansell climbed from seventh to third during the last lap, holding off a late charge from Caio Collet to achieve his maiden Formula 3 podium. He followed this with a fifth-placed finish in the feature race. In Budapest he finished sixth in the sprint and 11th in the feature. At Spa-Francorchamps he qualifying 23rd for the sprint race. In the feature race, a gamble on wet tyres saw him finish second. Mansell ended his season in Monza by scoring seventh and eighth places. Mansell finished 12th in the standings with 60 points and two podium finishes.

In October 2023, Mansell joined ART Grand Prix for post-season testing at Jerez. He then participated in the Macau Grand Prix with the French team, finishing 16th in the main race.

At the Formula 3 end of season awards night, Mansell picked up the Best Comeback of the Year for his performance in the feature race in Belgium where he progressed from 23rd to second at the chequered flag.

2024

Mansell moved to ART Grand Prix for his second full Formula 3 season. Qualifying eighth for the Bahrain opening round, before finishing out of the points. He finished second in the feature race. Mansell took two tenth places in his home event in Melbourne. He failed to score points in Imola, but bounced to qualify second in Monaco. He was eliminated in a first lap incident after Arvid Lindblad swiped across him in the sprint race, but he returned to the podium with another second place in the feature.

Mansell took his first F3 pole in Barcelona. Missing out on points in the sprint race, he led the feature until lap 5 where Arvid Lindblad overtook him, leading Mansell to finish second. Mansell tussled for the lead in Austria with teammate Nikola Tsolov, finishing in third place. In the feature race, he finished fourth. This was followed by a point-less weekend in Silverstone

In Hungary, Mansell qualified eighth, and secured fifth and fourth place, hauling him into title contention. However, a messy Spa-Francorchamps round followed, as he qualified down in 20th and was unable to score points in both races, even being penalised in the feature for taking Arvid Lindblad out. Qualifying seventh for the season finale in Monza, he finished 22nd in the sprint race . He finished the feature race on the podium.

Mansell finished fifth in the championship with 112 points, one pole and five podiums, as well as helping ART Grand Prix finish third in the championship.

Formula Regional Mansell participated in the first two rounds of the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with Giles Motorsport, in preparation for his main campaign in Formula 3. He secured four podiums in six races including a sole win in Manfeild and won the Tasman Cup.

FIA Formula 2 2024 Shortly after the F3 season finale, Mansell made his Formula 2 debut with Trident from the Baku round onwards, replacing Roman Staněk. He finished eighth after leading the early stages and making late contact with Gabriel Bortoleto in a battle for fifth place, before finishing 10th in the feature race. Mansell qualified in 20th in Qatar, but a well-timed pit stop during the feature race allowed him to gain time on rivals ahead and he eventually finished in sixth place. The Yas Marina round left him scoreless with a double 16th place. Mansell scored ten points throughout his three-round stint and finished 25th in the standings.

2025 In November 2024, Mansell signed with Rodin Motorsport to race in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship. However, on 4 March 2025, Mansell posted on his social media that he would be "stepping away from racing for a little while" citing personal reasons, therefore withdrawing from the championship.

Personal life

Mansell has ADHD and type 1 diabetes. He grew up in Bolwarra in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, yet currently lives in London, and is not related to 1992 Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary † As Mansell was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2019 AGI Sport MEL1 MEL2 MEL3 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 PHI11 PHI12 PHI13 PHI21 PHI22 PHI23 BEN11 BEN12 BEN13 BEN21 BEN22 BEN22 NC† 0 † As Mansell was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points 2020 Carlin DON1 DON2 DON3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1 THR2 THR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BHI1 BHI2 BHI3‡ 7th 163 ‡ Half points were awarded for Race 3, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2021 Carlin BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL11 SIL12 SIL13 DON11 DON12 DON13 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL21 SIL22 SIL23 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 DON21 DON22 DON23 3rd 371

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points 2021 Carlin Motorsport POR1 POR2 POR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 11th 79Team Motopark MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 2022 CryptoTower Racing POR1 POR2 POR3 PAU1 PAU2 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 3rd

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2022 Charouz Racing System BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA CATSPR CATFEA SILSPR SILFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 38th 0 2023 Campos Racing BHRSPR BHRFEA MELSPR MELFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 12th 60 2024 ART Grand Prix BHRSPR BHRFEA MELSPR MELFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 5th 112

Season still in progress.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2023 ART Grand Prix Dallara F3 2019 24th 20th 16th

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points Trident BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA MELSPR MELFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LSLSPR LSLFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 25th 10 Season still in progress.

Complete International GT Open Results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)