Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Rodin Motorsport Confirms Christian Mansell for 2025 FIA Formula 2 Season

Infinity Sports Management are pleased to confirm that Australian racer Christian Mansell will join Rodin Motorsport for the upcoming 2025 FIA Formula 2 season. Mansell is the first driver confirmed in Rodin Motorsport’s lineup and will make a welcome return to the team, stepping behind the wheel for official post-season testing at the Yas Marina Circuit next month.

Nineteen-year-old Mansell has already been enjoying a soliddebut in Formula 2, stepping in for the final three rounds of the season.Making an impression with an immediate reverse grid pole position and furtherpoints around the challenging streets of Baku, the Australian racer isperfectly placed to hit the ground running for the upcoming season.

 

Mansell has previously raced with Rodin Motorsport, havingcompeted in the British F4 Championship in 2020. During that campaign, in whichhe made his European racing debut, he impressed with a race win and fivepodiums, finishing seventh in the championship. Mansell remained with the team thefollowing season, stepping up to the GB3 Championship and Euroformula Open,where he built on his success to enjoy a strong rookie season. A race winner inthe GB3 Championship, he ended the season third overall.

 

From there, Mansell has enjoyed success in the FIA Formula 3Championship, particularly during his sophomore 2023 season, which includedfive podiums, notably in Monaco and during the final race of the season inMonza. Since then, the young Australian has turned his hand to Formula 2,stepping up for the final three rounds of the season. Mansell will put all thisexperience to fantastic use when he joins Rodin Motorsport for post-seasontesting in Abu Dhabi ahead of his first full season in the highly competitiveFormula 2 championship.

 

Mansell said of joining the team, “I am thrilled to bereturning to Rodin Motorsport for the 2025 season. The team has always beensupportive, and I am excited to build on our past successes together. I lookforward to the challenges ahead and am ready to give my best on the track.”

 

Benn Huntingford, Formula 2 Team Manager, added, “We arepleased to welcome Christian back to the team here at Rodin Motorsport. We’vebeen impressed watching him step up to the Formula 2 championship and know howgreat he is to work with from our previous seasons together. I’m lookingforward to seeing him get behind the wheel of the car in Abu Dhabi testing withus and getting our season underway.”

 

“Seeing Christian Mansell join Rodin Motorsport for the 2025FIA Formula 2 season is truly exciting. Watching his journey, from those earlydays in British F4 through his successes in Formula 3, it’s clear he’s ready tomake a strong impact in F2. This season, I’m confident he’ll make us all proudand show just how much he’s capable of achieving.”

-Struan Moore (Driver Manager)

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