Top racer Jann Mardenborough, from Cardiff, will contest his fifth consecutive full-time season in Japan this year after being announced as part of Nissan’s driver roster for the Super GT sportscar championship. After winning the GT Academy competition in 2011, the former British gamer has excelled in international sports car competition and become a leading star on Nissan’s race … [Read more...]
Mardenborough heads Gamer team
Gamer to racer Jann Mardenborough from Cardiff will bring his unique expertise to the World’s Fastest Gamer judging panel during the finals. Mardenborough previously won Nissan’s GT Academy competition, transitioning from Gran Turismo gamer to full-time racing driver in 2011. In his very first year of real-world competition, Mardenborough won the British GT round at Brands Hatch. He … [Read more...]
Mardenborough aims to make his mark
A lot will be new for British Super GT star Jann Mardenborough in Japan this season, but the former gamer enters 2019 with renewed determination. In his fourth season in Japan and third fighting for overall wins in the GT500 class, Mardenborough, from Cardiff, joins Kondo Racing to drive alongside Japanese ace Mitsunori Takaboshi aboard the No.24 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500. The young stars … [Read more...]
Welsh racer’s eastern delight
Former Welsh video gamer Jann Mardenborough continues his incredible career as a professional motorsport racer for Nissan in 2019 – his eighth season taking on and beating some of the world’s best drivers on the real world stage. Mardenborough won Nissan’s GT Academy competition in 2011, beating thousands of gamers from around the world to earn a drive at the 2012 Dubai 24 Hour race. The … [Read more...]
Jann stars again in VR film
Jann Mardenborough took time out of his Japanese racing programme to drive a new breakthrough project from Nissan and PlayStation, the Nissan GT-R /C. Celebrating the release of Gran Turismo Sport and marking 20 years of Nissan involvement in the Gran Turismo gaming series, the GT-R /C was extensively modified to be driven entirely by a DualShock®4 controller. Gran Turismo Sport has just … [Read more...]
Jann lines up this weekend in Dubai
Four winning graduates from the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy programme will team up this weekend for Nissan's assault on the Hankook 24H Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Successful gamer-to-racer winners Jann Mardenborough (2011), Ricardo Sanchez (2014), Romain Sarazin (2015) and this year's international winner Johnny Guindi will compete in the SP3-GT4 class aboard a Nissan 370Z GT4 entered … [Read more...]
Monza drive beckons for Mardenborough this weekend
Cardiff and Nissan racer Jann Mardenborough will take another step up the ladder towards Formula 1 this weekend when he competes in the GP2 Series at Monza in Italy. Dubbed the ‘Cathedral of Speed’, Monza is a great place to make a GP2 debut and Mardenborough will be out to show the form that has made him one of the standout winners of the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy. Jann will jump into … [Read more...]
Jann’s Le Mans run prematurely ends
A disappointed Cardiff driver Jann Mardenborough had to pull out of the classic Le Mans 24 hrs race on Sunday just an hour from the end. His GT-R LM Nismo racer was dogged with a clutch problem after Saturday’s start and it succumbed to suspension failure after 23 hrs, saying, “I was gutted to have to retire the car with just an hour to go. I tried everything I could to get going again but #23 … [Read more...]
Jann’s the man for marketing potential says media
GT Academy 2011 winner Jann Mardenborough has been announced as the fiftieth most marketable athlete in the world joining a list of superstars such as Messi, Bolt and Hamilton. Jann, who has progressed through the ranks of motorsport since his victory in 2011 NISMO PlayStation® GT Academy, is predicted to be in the top 50 most marketable athletes in the world over the next three years. The … [Read more...]
Jann is back on the attack
Nissan’s Jann Mardenborough has recovered from a serious sports car crash and made a successful start to his GP3 season last weekend with a podium finish at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, ahead of Sunday’s Formula One race. The young British racer headed straight to Spain after returning from Nissan’s LM P1 Test in the U.S. last week and immediately made good on his promise to be a … [Read more...]