After the high speed crash that ended the Le Mans dream for the Beechdean Mansell Motorsport team and for Nigel Mansell , the British team have assessed the damage to the car and have announced that they will return to competitive international racing in the Le Mans Series in Hungary on August 21/22 and, most importantly to British fans at Silverstone, for the final round on September 11/12...
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After a solid qualifying performance and the stunning experience of the start of the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Nigel Mansell quickly equalling the Ginetta Zytek’s qualifying time and showing all the race pace that the former world champion is renowned for, a slow puncture proved to be the cause the incident on lap 5 of the race that ended the Beechdean Mansell Motorsport Le Mans dream. Nigel Mansell suffered concussion after the high speed accident but was released after medical tests to return to Jersey to recuperate....
click here to read more The 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans is in full swing as race day approaches. As well as taking part in qualifying for Saturday's race, Nigel, Leo and Greg Mansell took the opportunity to meet some of the thousands of fans, signing caps and T-shirts. The Beechdean Mansell Motorsport Ginetta Zytek GZ09S of Nigel, Leo and Greg Mansell has taken to the 14km Le Mans circuit in the qualifying sessions, with the No5 LMP1 class car qualifying in 17th overall...
click here to read more With the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans taking place this weekend the action on track and in the pitlane will be predictably hot through out the weekend of the world's most famous race. However, as the rest of the teams in the Le Mans pitlane get hot under the collar, the Beechdean Mansell Motorsport have the perfect antidote - a freezer stocked full of Beechdean Farmhouse Dairy Ice Cream...
click here to read more Brand new race team Beechdean Mansell Motorsport is as ready as it will ever be for the ultimate racing challenge - the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Nigel, Leo and Greg Mansell will be making racing history when they cross the start line on Saturday 12 June as the first father and two sons team to compete in the world's most famous race. However the 1992 Formula One World Champion and 1993 CART IndyCar Champion is under no illusions of the task the team face...
click here to read more Britain's newest endurance racing team Beechdean Mansell Motorsport announced today that it would be missing the next round of the Le Mans Series at Spa Francorchamps on 9th May to focus on preparations for the Le Mans 24 hours in June. The team, which was only launched in January, has experienced some very difficult development issues with the Ginetta Zytek 09S Le Mans Prototype, and with Le Mans only six weeks away Team Owners Nigel Mansell and Andrew Howard took the difficult decision to focus the team's energies on being ready for Le Mans....
click here to read more The Beechdean Mansell Motorsport team had a good start to their 2010 Le Mans Series campaign taking the chequered flag in the 8 Hours of Le Castellet at Paul Ricard HTTT. Despite a lot of "first running" teething problems the Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S driven by the Mansell's battled to reach the finish line in the second longest endurance race of the year...
click here to read more The Beechdean Mansell Motorsport team are ready for the biggest test of the fledgling British team's short international career when they head to Paul Ricard HTTT in the South of France for the first race of the 2010 Le Mans Series on Sunday 11 April. Two highly positive tests at Paul Ricard and in Portugal have given the team and their drivers, Nigel, Leo and Greg Mansell, a reason to be confident of a good result in their first weekend in the LMP1 Category.

Team Principal Andrew Howard said, "Beechdean Mansell Motorsport has come a long way in a very short space of time and we’ve learnt so much about the car and ourselves since the team was announced in January. This weekend is the culmination of a lot of hard work and everyone, the drivers and the mechanics, are all raring to get started. We have to be very realistic about our chances at Paul Ricard and the goal for the weekend is to be competitive, have a reliable car and get to the end of the race near the front of the field. If we can do that we will come away on Sunday with a huge sense of achievement. However we’ve proven at the recent tests that we have a quick car and three very quick drivers and who knows what can happen during an 8-hour race."
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The Beechdean Mansell Motorsport team were able to declare the official two day Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard HTTT in the South of France a success after setting competitive times on both days. The fledgling British team were fifth fastest overall on day one, third fastest in the morning session on day two and were setting competitive times throughout the test against the more established LMS teams

The weather conditions played an important part of the two days with a cold northerly wind creating track conditions that didn't allow the teams to get the best from their cars or tyres. It even snowed for a short period on Sunday night, which wasn't what the teams expected to find in the South of France...
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Despite torrential rain for most of the two day test at the Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal, the Beechdean Mansell Motorsport successfully completed the first test of the Ginetta Zytek GZ09S LMP1 with Nigel, Leo and Greg Mansell all getting significant time behind the wheel. By the end of the two day test the team was happy with the progress made, with the wet and dry lap times proving to be competitive compared to the other LMP1 teams in attendance, which included Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre for Team Oreca.

The first day of the two day test was spent shaking down the car and finding a set up that all three drivers could work with in the very wet conditions. Nigel Mansell drove for the majority of day one, working on a suitable set up with the engineers before handing over the car to first Leo and then Greg to complete day one. Day two was still wet but as the day wore on the track did dry out so the team were able to switch to Dunlop slicks for most of the afternoon session. Leo and Greg shared the majority of the driving duties on day two, with Nigel completing a few laps in the afternoon's dry conditions. During the two day test the Beechdean Mansell team garage proved to be very popular with the rest of the pitlane with plenty of Beechdean Farmhouse Dairy Ice Cream available for everyone...
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Nigel Mansell’s dream of adding the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours title to his extensive list of championship and race wins took a step closer today when the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) confirmed the Beechdean Mansell Motorsport Zytek Z09S LMP1 as one of the 55 entrants for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours. The 1992 Formula One World Champion will compete in the 78th running of the world's most famous race alongside his sons Leo and Greg this summer on the 12/13 June and the car will wear the famous 'Red 5'

Nigel Mansell, who attended the glittering ceremony held at Le Mans with his sons and Beechdean Mansell Motorsport Team Principle Andrew Howard, said: "I am extremely happy that we have been granted an entry by the ACO for the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours in June and I would like to thank the ACO for giving us this opportunity. It has only been one month since we announced the formation of Beechdean Mansell Motorsport and our intention to compete in the Le Mans Series...
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Leading UK GT race team Beechdean Motorsport has entered into a long term partnership with Nigel Mansell to form Beechdean Mansell Motorsport, with the long term aim of acheiving glory at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Buckinghamshire based team will run a factory supported Ginetta-Zytek Z09R Le Mans Prototype in the 2010 Le Mans Series for Nigel's sons Leo and Greg, with the 1992 Formula One World Champion joining them behind the wheel at several events including the Silverstone 1000km in September and, subject to receiving an entry, at the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours in June...
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