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Mansell mania – Christian secures 2025 F2 seat

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 20 November 2024

Australia’s Christian Mansell has secured a seat on the grid for the full 2025 FIA Formula 2 World Championship with Rodin Motorsport.

Having made his F2 debut last round at Baku, Mansell has enjoyed a full-time promotion next year.

It continues the 19-year-old’s rise up the ladder having finished fifth in this year’s FIA Formula 3 World Championship.

Mansell’s first drive with Rodin will be the post season Abu Dhabi test as he completes the final two rounds of the F2 championship with Trident.

The Newcastle teenager immediately impressed finishing eighth and 10th in his first two F2 races.

Mansell is the latest of a host of Australian and New Zealand based drivers who are under the Rodin Motorsport banner including Louis Sharp, Alex Ninovic and Peter Bouzinelos.

Mansell enjoyed a breakout 2024 F3 campaign with five podiums and hopes to carry on that momentum and follow in the footsteps of Oscar Piastri and Jack Doohan at F2 level.

“I am thrilled to be returning to Rodin Motorsport for the 2025 season,” he said. 

“The team has always been supportive, and I am excited to build on our past successes together. 

“I look forward to the challenges ahead and am ready to give my best on the track.”

It marks a return to Rodin Motorsport for Mansell, who represented the NZ brand at British F4 level in 2020 and impressed with a race win and five podiums, finishing seventh in the championship.

Since then he has collected trophies at GB3 Championship and Euroformula Open level.

“We are pleased to welcome Christian back to the team here at Rodin Motorsport,” he said. 

“We’ve been impressed watching his step up to the Formula 2 championship and know how great he is to work with from our previous seasons together. 

“I’m looking forward to seeing him get behind the wheel of the car in Abu Dhabi testing with us and getting our season underway.”

Having already broken new ground in F3 as the first diabetic driver, Mansell will do the same in F2 and hopes Rodin can help him continue his progression up the ladder.

The 2025 Formula 2 season starts at the Australian Grand Prix.

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