Jann Mardenborough
Jann Mardenborough (born 9 September 1991) is a British professional racing driver competing in the Japanese Super GT series. In 2011 he became the third (and youngest) winner of the GT Academy competition, beating 90,000 entrants.[1] He was rewarded with a drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour race. Subsequently, he competed in the F3 European Championship and the GP3 Series, winning a race in Hockenheim. He also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in the LMP2 class on his debut in 2013. He competed for Nissan Motorsports in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, but the team withdrew from the series after one race due to a very uncompetitive car.
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Darlington, County Durham, England | 9 September 1991
GP3 Series career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Carlin |
Car number | 2 |
Starts | 32 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 9th in 2014, 2015 |
Previous series | |
2013–2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 | Toyota Racing Series FIA European F3 Championship British GT Championship Blancpain Endurance Series GT4 European Cup Britcar 24hr |
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | Nissan NISMO |
Car number | 22 |
Starts | 1 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Since then, he has raced in Japan in the Super GT and Super Formula championships. In 2016, he won a race and was in championship contention in the GT300 class of Super GT. Then in 2017, he joined the GT500 class where he still competes in 2019, and has scored a podium. 2017 was his only season in Super Formula, where he scored a pole position.
Personal life
Mardenborough, born in Darlington, is the son of English footballer Steve Mardenborough.[2][3] He spent most of his childhood growing up in Cardiff.[4]
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.[5]
In 2011 Mardenborough participated in the GT Academy; he beat 90,000 other entrants and won the competition,[6] and the prize for his victory was a drive with Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour. He scored third in his class.[2] 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.
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In 2013 Mardenborough switched to formula racing.[7] 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,[8] as well as the British Formula 3 Championship.[9] 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.[10] He won his first GP3 race in Germany after a reverse grid pole position in the sprint race and setting the fastest lap.[11]
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.[12]
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.[13]
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.[14]
From 2017, Mardenborough raced in the Super Formula Series in Japan with Toyota. From 2017 to 2018, Mardenborough competed for Team Impul in Super GT. In 2019, he raced for Kondō Racing.[15]
Racing record
Career summary
Complete British GT Championship results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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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 Formula 3 European 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 |
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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. |
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2013 | ![]() |
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Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 9th | 3rd |
2014 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 354 | 9th | 5th |
2015 | ![]() |
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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 |
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2014 | Arden International | CAT FEA 14 |
CAT SPR 14 |
RBR FEA 11 |
RBR SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 9 |
SIL SPR 15 |
HOC FEA 8 |
HOC SPR 1 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 3 |
SPA FEA 4 |
SPA SPR 4 |
MNZ FEA 11 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
SOC FEA 6 |
SOC SPR 4 |
YMC FEA 13 |
YMC SPR Ret |
9th | 77 |
2015 | Carlin | CAT FEA 4 |
CAT SPR 3 |
RBR FEA 5 |
RBR SPR 13 |
SIL FEA 17 |
SIL SPR 15 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 17 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 12 |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA 5 |
SOC SPR 3 |
BHR FEA 7 |
BHR SPR Ret |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
9th | 58 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
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2014 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | P | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | DAY |
SEB 13 |
LBH | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ROA | COA | PET | 51st | 19 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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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 |
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2015 | Carlin | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA 19 |
MNZ SPR 20 |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC 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 | Points |
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2016 | NDDP Racing with B-MAX | Nissan GT-R GT3 | GT300 | OKA 10 |
FUJ 1 |
SUG 5 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 10 |
CHA 2 |
MOT 13 |
MOT 6 |
4th | 52 |
2017 | Team Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 8 |
FUJ 14 |
AUT 7 |
SUG 11 |
FUJ 5 |
SUZ 11 |
CHA 14 |
MOT 7 |
15th | 17 |
2018 | Team Impul | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 14 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 4 |
CHA 6 |
FUJ 12 |
SUG 3 |
AUT 11 |
MOT 11 |
12th | 29 |
2019 | Kondō Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 5‡ |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ 8 |
CHA 4 |
FUJ Ret |
AUT 9 |
SUG 15 |
MOT 10 |
14th | 17 |
2020 | Kondō Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | FUJ 10 |
FUJ 12 |
SUZ 11 |
MOT 13 |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ 8 |
MOT 14 |
FUJ 13 |
19th | 4 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
References
- Glenday, Craig (2013). Guinness World Records 2014. p. 217.
Aged 19 at the time of his win, Jann is the youngest GT Academy winner.
- "Jann Mardenborough". gran-turismo.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- Giles Richards (29 April 2012). "From gamer to racing driver". guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- Johnson, Daniel (11 June 2015). "Jann Mardenborough opens up about fatal Nurburgring crash as he prepares for 24 Hours of Le Mans". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- "Red Bull snap up PlayStation champion Jann Mardenborough". The Guardian. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- Antony Ingram (17 July 2011). "Brit Becomes Latest Gamer-Turned-Racer In 2011 GT Academy". motorauthority.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- "Jann Mardenborough fährt in der F3-Meisterschaft". gran-turismo.com. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- Marion Rott (21 February 2013). "Formel 3 EM — Carlin gibt Fahrer-Großaufgebot bekannt". Motorsport-Magazin.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- "Three car team for Carlin's British F3 assault at Silverstone". Carlin Motorsport. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- Taylor, Jim (17 February 2014). "'PlayStation racer' signed up to compete at GP3". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- "Masterful Mardenborough claims maiden win in Hockenheim". www.gp3series.com. GP3 Series. 20 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- Brad Anderson (30 June 2014). "Jann Mardenborough Smashes Goodwood Hill Climb Supercar Record". www.gtspirit.com. GTspirit. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- "Spectator killed in Nurburgring endurance race accident". 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "50 Most Marketable 2015 - Jann Mardenborough". sportspromedia.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- "Nissan Announces Super GT Programme From Yokohama". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
External links
- Jann Mardenborough on Twitter
- Jann Mardenborough career summary at DriverDB.com