Jann Mardenborough

Jann Mardenborough
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Carlin
Car no. 2
Starts 32
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 9th in 2014, 2015
Previous series
2013–2014
2013
2012
2012
2011		 Toyota Racing Series
FIA European F3 Championship
British GT Championship
Blancpain Endurance Series
GT4 European Cup
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Nissan NISMO
Car no. 22
Starts 1
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0

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 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.

Personal life

Mardenborough the son of English footballer Steve Mardenborough.[1][2]

Career

Mardenborough hadn’t 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.[3]

In 2011 Mardenborough participated in the GT Academy; he beat 90,000 other entrants and won the competition,[4] and the prize for his victory was a drive with Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour. He scored third in his class.[1] 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.

Mardenborough driving for Arden International at the Silverstone round of the 2014 GP3 Series season.

In 2013 Mardenborough switched to formula racing.[5] 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,[6] as well as the British Formula 3 Championship.[7] 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.[8] He won his first GP3 race in Germany after a reverse grid pole position in the sprint race and setting the fastest lap.[9]

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.[10]

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 wasn't seriously injured.[11]

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.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 GT4 European Cup RJN Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 Dubai 24 Hour 1 0 0 0 0 0 26th
British GT Championship 10 1 1 0 3 108.5 6th
Blancpain Endurance Series GT Academy Team RJN 4 0 0 0 0
2013 Toyota Racing Series ETEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 491 10th
FIA European Formula 3 Championship Carlin 30 0 0 0 0 12 21st
British Formula 3 Championship 12 0 0 0 1 85 6th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13th
Blancpain Endurance Series Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 2 0 0 0 1 30 14th
24 Hours of Le Mans Greaves Motorsport (LMP2) 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2014 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 3 1 2 7 782 2nd
GP3 Series Arden International 18 1 0 2 2 77 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans OAK Racing (LMP2) 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
British GT Nissan GT Academy RJN Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 42nd
2015 GP3 Series Carlin 14 0 0 0 2 58 9th
Blancpain Endurance Series Nissan GT Academy RJN Motorsport (Pro-Am) 1 0 0 0 1 18 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans Nissan Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
World Endurance Championship Nissan Motorsports (LMP1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 34th
GP2 Series Carlin 2 0 0 0 0 0 35th
2016 Super GT - GT300 NDDP Racing with B-MAX 2 1 0 0 1 21 1st*
All-Japan Formula Three B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP 2 0 0 0 2 12 2nd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete British GT Championship results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2012 RJN Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT3 OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
11		 NUR
1
3		 NUR
2
5		 ROC
1
5		 BRH
1
1		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
3		 SIL
1
8		 DON
1
16		 6th 108.5
2014 Nissan GT Academy
RJN Motorsport		 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT3 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 ROC
1		 SIL
1		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 BRH
1
11		 DON
1		 42nd 0

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos. Points
2013 Carlin Volkswagen MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
11		 MNZ
3
14		 SIL
1
16		 SIL
2
DNS		 SIL
3
8		 HOC
1
16		 HOC
2
Ret		 HOC
3
22		 BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
Ret		 RBR
1
13		 RBR
2
21		 RBR
3
Ret		 NOR
1
7		 NOR
2
27		 NOR
3
12		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NÜR
3
11		 ZAN
1
16		 ZAN
2
23†		 ZAN
3
14		 VAL
1
18		 VAL
2
Ret		 VAL
3
11		 HOC
1
16		 HOC
2
18		 HOC
3
11		 21st 12

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Germany Michael Krumm
Spain Lucas Ordóñez		 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 327 9th 3rd
2014 France OAK Racing United Kingdom Alex Brundle
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy		 Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 354 9th 5th
2015 Japan Nissan Motorsports France Olivier Pla
United Kingdom Max Chilton		 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 234 DNF DNF

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2014 Arden International ESP
FEA
14		 ESP
SPR
14		 AUT
FEA
11		 AUT
SPR
Ret		 GBR
FEA
9		 GBR
SPR
15		 GER
FEA
8		 GER
SPR
1		 HUN
FEA
7		 HUN
SPR
3		 BEL
FEA
4		 BEL
SPR
4		 ITA
FEA
11		 ITA
SPR
Ret		 RUS
FEA
6		 RUS
SPR
4		 ABU
FEA
13		 ABU
SPR
Ret		 9th 77
2015 Carlin ESP
FEA
4		 ESP
SPR
3		 AUT
FEA
5		 AUT
SPR
13		 GBR
FEA
17		 GBR
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
17		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
12		 ITA
FEA		 ITA
SPR		 RUS
FEA
5		 RUS
SPR
3		 BHR
FEA
7		 BHR
SPR
Ret		 ABU
FEA
 ABU
SPR
 9th 58

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2015 Nissan Motorsports LMP1 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo Nissan VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA
 LMS
Ret		 NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 34th 0

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Carlin BHR
FEA
 BHR
SPR
 ESP
FEA
 ESP
SPR
 MON
FEA
 MON
SPR
 AUT
FEA
 AUT
SPR
 GBR
FEA
 GBR
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 BEL
FEA
 BEL
SPR
 ITA
FEA
19		 ITA
SPR
20		 RUS
FEA
 RUS
SPR
 BHR
FEA
 BHR
SPR
 ABU
FEA
 ABU
SPR
 35th 0

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2016 NDDP Racing with B-MAX Nissan GT-R GT3 GT300 OKA
10		 FUJ
1		 AUT
 SUG
 FUJ
 SUZ
 CHA
 MOT
 1st* 21*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. 1 2 "„Jann Mardenborough"". gran-turismo.com. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ↑ Giles Richards (2012-04-29). ""From gamer to racing driver"". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Red Bull snap up PlayStation champion Jann Mardenborough". http://www.theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ Antony Ingram (2011-07-17). ""Brit Becomes Latest Gamer-Turned-Racer In 2011 GT Academy"". motorauthority.com. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  5. ↑ "„Jann Mardenborough fährt in der F3-Meisterschaft"". gran-turismo.com. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  6. ↑ Marion Rott (2013-02-21). "„Formel 3 EM — Carlin gibt Fahrer-Großaufgebot bekannt"". Motorsport-Magazin.com. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Three car team for Carlin's British F3 assault at Silverstone". Carlin Motorsport. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Jim (17 February 2014). "'PlayStation racer' signed up to compete at GP3". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Masterful Mardenborough claims maiden win in Hockenheim". www.gp3series.com. GP3 Series. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Brad Anderson (30 June 2014). "Jann Mardenborough Smashes Goodwood Hill Climb Supercar Record". www.gtspirit.com. GTspirit. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  11. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/32100886
  12. ↑ http://www.sportspromedia.com/most_marketable/50_most_marketable_2015_jann_mardenborough

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