Nigel Ernest James Mansell, (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former
racing driver who won both the
Formula One World Championship (
1992) and the
CART Indy Car World Series (
1993). Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved over 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.