European Formula Two Championship
Former Single-Seater Racing Championship
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| March 2025 | Helmut Marko commented controversially about Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar's debut crash during the formation lap of the Australian Grand Prix, describing the incident as 'embarrassing'. Hadjar subsequently admitted to being embarrassed by his performance. |
| 2024 | Continues advising Red Bull's Formula One teams, including the rebranded RB team |
| March 2024 | Marko faced an internal investigation at Red Bull Racing for allegedly leaking insider information about team principal Christian Horner's alleged misconduct. |
| 2023 | A wax figure of Mansell was 'stolen' from a museum in Poland by the crew of The Grand Tour and subsequently joined the host trio on their road trip across central Europe. |
| September 15 2023 | The FIA issued a reprimand to Sergio Pérez following the controversy around Marko's comments. |
| September 14 2023 | Sergio Pérez accepted Marko's apology for the previous controversial comments. |
| September 8 2023 | Helmut Marko apologized for making racially charged comments about Red Bull Racing driver Sergio Pérez, acknowledging that his remarks attributing Pérez's performance fluctuations to his cultural heritage were inappropriate. |
| 2022 | Mansell elaborated on his journey into magic and performance in a special video interview marking 30 years since his Formula One world-title win. |
| November 2022 | Announced son Enzo's membership in the Red Bull Junior Team. |
| August 2022 | Announced his candidacy for the Italian Senate representing the South American overseas constituency as a member of the Brothers of Italy political party, but was defeated by Italo-Argentine Mario Borghese. |
| 2018 | Nigel Mansell received The London Classic Car Show Icon Award. |
| 2016 | Established Fittipaldi Motors and collaborated with Pininfarina and HWA AG to create the Fittipaldi EF7 sports car project, though the car never entered production. |
| 2015 | Mansell reflected on his short time at McLaren, stating he regretted leaving the team so soon and wished he had continued to help improve the car. |
| 2015 | Turn 17 of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez was renamed in honour of Nigel Mansell, recognizing his achievements as a two-time winner of the Mexican Grand Prix. |
| 2014 | At age 67, entered the 6 Hours of São Paulo race. |
| 2013 | Started writing a regular monthly blog column on the official McLaren website. |
| 2012 | Nigel Mansell was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours for services to children and young people. |
| 2012 | Birth of his daughter Vittoria. |
| December 2012 | Married economist Rossana Fanucchi in São Paulo after eleven years of partnership. |
| 2011 | Became Chairman of Motorsport.com and began embracing social media. |
| 2010 | Mansell competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside his sons Leo and Greg. |
| 2010 | Mansell served as a steward at the British Grand Prix for the first time, a role he continued in subsequent years. |
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