Beechdean Motorsport is a British

United Kingdom

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 motor racing team. The team was founded by Beechdean Dairy Ice Cream founder Andrew Howard, and has competed in the British GT Championship

British GT Championship

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. For 2010, the team entered a partnership with Nigel Mansell

Nigel Mansell

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 that saw the team take on the official name of Beechdean Mansell Motorsport. The Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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 based team ran a factory supported Ginetta-Zytek

Zytek

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 Z09R LMP1 in the 2010 Le Mans Series season

2010 Le Mans Series season

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. The drivers for the team were Nigel Mansell and his two sons Leo

Leo Mansell

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 and Greg

Greg Mansell

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.

The partnership ended on 18 October 2010, with the team's entire staff laid off.