Juan Fangio

Argentine · 1950–1958
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
Championship record
5
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
3
7
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Juan Fangio Nigel Mansell
Championships
5
1
Wins
22
31
Poles
28
32
Podiums
31
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
260.64
482
Starts
51
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Juan Fangio Nigel Mansell
Win rate
43.1%
16.3%
Podium rate
60.8%
31.1%
Pole rate
54.9%
16.8%
Points / start
5.1
2.5
Avg grid
P2.0
P6.4
Avg finish
P4.8
P11.1
Finish rate
76.5%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Juan Fangio Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
12
54
Crash retirements
0
25
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1980
1950 · aged 38
First win
1985 · aged 32
1950
First pole
1984
1951 · aged 40
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992
Juan Fangio Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Juan Fangio Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 3 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Nürburgring 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19501995
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).