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.

Jann Mardenborough
Mardenborough in 2013
Nationality British
Born (1991-09-09) 9 September 1991
Darlington, County Durham, England
GP3 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamCarlin
Car number2
Starts32
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps2
Best finish9th 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 season2015
Current teamNissan NISMO
Car number22
Starts1
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0

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.

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

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
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Britcar 24 Hours RJN Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 DNF
GT4 European Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 British GT Championship RJN Motorsport 10 1 1 0 3 108.5 6th
Dubai 24 Hour 1 0 0 0 0 0 26th
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am GT Academy Team RJN 4 0 0 0 0
2013 FIA Formula 3 European 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
Toyota Racing Series ETEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 491 10th
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 2 0 0 0 1 30 14th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Greaves Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2014 GP3 Series Arden International 18 1 0 2 2 77 9th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 3 1 2 7 782 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 OAK Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
British GT Championship Nissan GT Academy RJN Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 42nd
United SportsCar Championship Muscle Milk Pickett Racing 1 0 0 0 0 19 64th
2015 GP3 Series Carlin 14 0 0 0 2 58 9th
GP2 Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 35th
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy RJN Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 18 18th
FIA World Endurance Championship Nissan Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 0 34th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2016 Super GT - GT300 NDDP Racing with B-MAX 8 1 0 1 2 52 4th
All-Japan Formula 3 Championship B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP 17 4 6 6 11 110 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 20th
2017 Super GT Team Impul 8 0 0 1 0 17 15th
Super Formula 7 0 1 1 0 4.5 14th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Nissan 1 0 0 0 0 6 13th
2018 Super GT Team Impul 8 0 0 0 1 29 12th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 0 0 0 17 14th
2020 Super GT Kondō Racing 8 0 0 0 0 4 19th

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 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
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 Greaves Motorsport Michael Krumm
Lucas Ordóñez		 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 327 9th 3rd
2014 OAK Racing Alex Brundle
Mark Shulzhitskiy		 Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 354 9th 5th
2015 Nissan Motorsports Olivier Pla
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 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
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
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		 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
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.

Complete Super Formula Results

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2017 Itochu Enex Team Impul SUZ
18		 OKA
6		 OKA
17		 FUJ
8		 MOT
14		 AUT
8		 SUG
9		 SUZ
C		 SUZ
C		 14th 4.5

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