Another Exciting Weekend for GT Academy Graduate Jann Mardenborough
While the rest of us wait for GT Academy to start next month, the winners of previous academies continue to make their names in world motorsports and demonstrate the success of the GT Academy program.
This weekend it’s the turn of the newest graduate Jann Mardenborough. This year Jann will be competing in the Pro-Am category of the Blancpain Endurance Series, paired with Alex Buncombe and Chris Ward, in the RJN Motorsports Nissan GT-R GT3 #35. The first race of the season is at Monza this weekend, however the team face a tricky battle having qualified the car 38th of the 56 car field following a heavily interrupted 3rd qualifying session.
Jann has already had race time in the car, as he and Alex are entered in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship too (in GT3 class). At a rain-dominated meeting at Oulton Park last weekend, the pair managed to qualify 4th and finish 5th in race one while qualifying 10th and finishing 11th in race two. The pair are joint seventh in the championship following the weekend’s racing and will return to action in that series on 17th May at the Nürburgring.
The 3 hour Monza race starts at 12.15 GMT/UTC on Sunday 15th April with live timing available through the official site.
Images courtesy of BritishGT.com
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April 14th, 2012 at 10:52 pm - #Flaco13
I´m with you there, I live next to Hockenheim and couldn´t manage to go see the Historic Races this Weekend. I hope I´ll make it to the DTM opening events though…
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April 14th, 2012 at 7:27 pm - #XPOWER180
G.T.Ace, thanks for the heads-up about it being on Motors TV! Now what a choice i have tommorrow; BTCC at Donington, WTCC from Marakesh and now this! Spoilt for choice!
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April 14th, 2012 at 7:22 pm - #Mac K
Nice one Famine! I hate those “gimme gimme gimme” types. Best of luck tomorrow Jann! And I know you still post here :p
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April 14th, 2012 at 6:35 pm - #MuoNiuLa
Always nice to see the site updated with more news, even if it’s not GT5 related.
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April 14th, 2012 at 6:03 pm - #G.T.Ace
Might watch the race on MotorsTV tomorrow, good luck guys!
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April 14th, 2012 at 5:40 pm - #disinfected
In before someone makes a joke about this car coming to GT5.
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April 14th, 2012 at 5:32 pm - #another_jakhole
I’m going to watch this one, hopefully.
Jann the man!
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:51 pm - #BIOHAZARD9519
Awesome car
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:41 pm - #TP1
That is one epic looking GT-R!
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:34 pm - #Foxiol
Pretty cool. I like that Nissan livery! The car looks like the Nissan GT- R R35 TC that we have in the game. (the spoiler is different)
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April 14th, 2012 at 6:32 pm - #125cars
and it has a wider body
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:31 pm - #hazellnut134
need… news… now…
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:29 pm - #MOTORTRENDmitch
That GT-R Looks Clean
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:28 pm - #ROYALEFATALE
nice GT-R
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:27 pm - #Ferrari458Italia
PD is so silent. Why? because GT6 is going to be announced at this years E3! but that’s irrelevant because the game is actually gonna be coming out in 2017.
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:15 pm - #TokoTurismo
Wooo tomorrow is gonna be a blast for Jann. Good luck him and his team. :D Sick a$$ GT-R though.
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April 14th, 2012 at 4:10 pm - #Youngun
Cool, Good to see the GT-R and not the 370Z now, looking forward to GT Academy 2012
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April 14th, 2012 at 3:54 pm - #XPOWER180
That’s a cool looking GTR!
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April 14th, 2012 at 3:53 pm - #jroooo7
First!!
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I should follow more this series, I live near Monza and didn’t know nothing about this races, would be great seeing them.