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Jann Mardenborough (born 9 September 1991) is a British professional racing driver currently competing for Nissan NISMO in LMP1 class in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Carlin in the 2015 GP3 Series season. In 2011 he became the third (and youngest) winner of the GT Academy competition sponsored, beating 90,000 entrants. He was rewarded with a drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour race. Subsequently, he has had a successful motorsport career in a variety of categories.
Contents
- Jann mardenborough gamer to racing driver
- Le mans 2014 oak ligier nissan lmp2 jann mardenborough leader fast laps
- Personal life
- Career
- Career summary
- Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
- Complete GP3 Series results
- Complete GP2 Series results
- Complete Super GT results
- Complete Super Formula Results
- References
Le mans 2014 oak ligier nissan lmp2 jann mardenborough leader fast laps
Personal life
Mardenborough, born in Darlington, is the son of English footballer Steve Mardenborough. He spent most of his childhood growing up in Cardiff.
Career
Mardenborough had not seriously raced prior to entering GT Academy. Mardenborough's rise is unusual because up until 2011 at the age of 19 he had never seriously competed in motorsport.
In 2011 Mardenborough participated in the GT Academy; he beat 90,000 other entrants and won the competition, and the prize for his victory was a drive with Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour. He scored third in his class. In 2012 Mardenborough competed in the British GT Championship. Together with Alex Buncombe he won a race and ended the season in sixth place in the GT3 championship. Moreover, he took part in four rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series.
In 2013 Mardenborough switched to formula racing. At the beginning of the year Mardenborough started in the 2013 season of the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He was the best placed rookie and finished the season in the tenth place in the championship. After that he returned to Europe and secured a seat with Carlin Motorsport in the 2013 campaign of the FIA European Formula Three Championship, as well as the British Formula 3 Championship. After one season in F3 Mardenborough joined Arden International to compete in the 2014 GP3 Series season, and was also signed by the Red Bull Junior Team driver development programme. He won his first GP3 race in Germany after a reverse grid pole position in the sprint race and setting the fastest lap.
At the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mardenborough set the fastest ever Supercar time up the famous "Goodwood Hill" whilst piloting the Nismo Nissan GT-R with the optional ‘Time Attack’ package.
Mardenborough also continued racing in GP3, switching to Carlin for the 2015 season.
On 28 March 2015, his GT3-class Nissan GT-R Nismo caught air at the Flugplatz section of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It cartwheeled over the fence into spectators. One person was killed, while Mardenborough was not seriously injured.
Mardenborough's achievements and growing global profile led to Sports Pro Media naming him on their list of the 50 most marketable athletes in the world.
In 2017, Mardenborough will race at the Super Formula Series in Japan with Toyota.
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key)
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
Complete Super Formula Results
(Races in bold indicate pole position)
* Season still in progress.