(October 14, 2011) LONDON — One of the greatest names in motor racing, Nigel Mansell, will headline the celebrities joining the Royal Automobile Club’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on Sunday, Nov. 6.

The 1992 Formula One World Champion will be joined by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Mike Penning MP, for the world’s longest running and greatest motoring event.

The annual run will feature 500 of the most iconic pre-1905 Veteran cars.

Driving a 1902 Mercedes Simplex, Mansell and Penning’s journey will help mark the birth of motoring innovation starting with the celebrations surrounding the Run’s 75th anniversary start from Hyde Park.

The featured car is a
1902 Mercedes Simplex

Mansell remains one of Britain’s best loved and most successful racing drivers. In a brilliant career spanning 15 seasons he recorded 31 grand prix wins and 32 pole positions from 187 starts, ranks third in the world’s fastest laps tally and sits fourth in the overall winners list. CART IndyCar World Series Champion in 1993, he remains the only driver to take back-to-back titles, winning the CART crown as the reigning F1 champion.

His heroic on-track battles earned him worldwide acclaim, never more so than on home shores where his pass on Nelson Piquet in the 1987 British Grand Prix heading into Stowe Corner triggered ‘Mansellmania’.

The Royal Automobile Club’s event is a global celebration of the 1896 Emancipation Run. Free for spectators and memorable for participants, it is an inclusive event, which commemorates the birth of motoring, with the route as close as possible to the original.

An estimated 500,000 spectators attended last year’s Sunday Run and Saturday's International Concours in Regent Street.