LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONS, SAYS RACING LEGEND MANSELL
05 August 2005 - Institute of Advanced Motorcyclists

Nineteen years after scoring his first Formula One victory at Brands Hatch, racing legend Nigel Mansell has passed his Advanced Driving Test with the IAM - and for good measure, so have his two sons.

Leo Mansell, now 20, was just a year old when dad Nigel first shot to fame - and Greg Mansell (17) wasn''t even born.

But all three of them showed IAM examiners that driving expertise isn''t just for the race track when they passed their IAM car test using a route around the Woodbury Park Hotel and Golf Course near Exeter in Devon last month (July 2005).

Ted Clements, IAM''s Road Safety Adviser, had been encouraging Nigel to take the test for many years.

''It was worth the wait - especially for the hat trick!'' said Ted.

''I knew that Nigel would pass with flying colours - but it was great that his two sons were able to take their advanced driving test as well at the same time. Young Greg only took his L-test last year, so he did very well indeed. It must run in the family!'' said Ted.

''My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying I had the right of way. That''s one of the reasons I was so pleased that the boys could do the IAM test as well,'' said Nigel.

Nigel did his advanced test in an Audi A6 and younger son Greg also chose an Audi, an A3. Leo opted for a Chrysler.

The IAM examiners were Steve Mead, assistant chief examiner, and Ian Harris, a serving police officer with Avon and Somerset Constabulary, based in Bristol.

With 31 Grand Prix wins, Nigel has his place in the Formula One Hall of Fame. He joins John Surtees, the late Graham Hill and Sir Stirling Moss as racing drivers who have passed their IAM test and legendary motorcyclist Geoff Duke who took his IAM test in 1960.

The IAM has a network of more than 200 Groups across the UK, with Observers who help thousands of drivers a year to prepare for and take their advanced driving or motorcycling test.

www.iam.org.uk

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