GT Academy Graduate Jann Mardenborough Wins at Brands Hatch

GT Academy Motorsport June 25th, 2012 by Famine

On the day GT Academy 2012 drew to a close the most recent graduate, Jann Mardenborough, showed the participants what it’s all about by taking a maiden win at the British GT series for RJN Motorsport – 365 days after he won Sony’s competition.

Starting the 2 hour feature race at Brands Hatch’s GP Circuit in tenth position, Jann’s teammate Alex Buncombe took the first stint and managed to take the big Nissan GT-R GT3 into the lead in yet another rain-drenched opening 2 laps. An ill-timed safety car period before the pit-stop window shook the order up a bit and left Jann with work to do for his session. He soon hit the front himself and, despite serious attention from the cars behind, brought the car home first – just. In what was the closest finish in British GT history, Jann beat the second place #007 Aston Martin by 0.022s!

The RJN Motorsport team are now third overall in the British GT standings, just half a point from second, with four races left of the season.

Images courtesy of Red Square Images.

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  1. June 30th, 2012 at 10:43 pm - #
    Clutchdj

    Awesome

  2. June 28th, 2012 at 3:55 am - #
    Lord Nicon

    I know I’m late but what a stellar job. I am very proud of Jann, the team and the program.

  3. June 26th, 2012 at 6:13 pm - #
    showmethepuppiz

    Was it filmed?, was it shown on tv/sky/internet?, thats one race i’d like to see

  4. June 26th, 2012 at 5:18 pm - #
    RedSquareImages

    Hope you enjoy the pics folks. It was so good to see Jann take the win but more so for the dedicated team behind the scenes in particular RJN Motorsport. I will post more photos on my Facebook account (Facebook.com/redsquareimages) and on my site for viewing. Please feel free to “like” my page.

  5. June 26th, 2012 at 10:54 am - #
    grazbro

    Now thats Hella-Cool!

  6. June 26th, 2012 at 8:30 am - #
    TetreRouge

    I don’t understand how a heavily flawed physics model can produce good drivers, they must be using RFactor on the sly.

    • June 26th, 2012 at 11:03 am - #
      grazbro

      I don’t think most of us have gone the speeds you can on GT5 in real life. Most of us probably only reach 100kph/63mph on a daily basis. Try driving a ZR1 up to 232kph, and start braking for a corner. Balls out crazy bro. Other than the lack of braking and steering feel at that speed on GT5 with the G27, I’d say GT5 is pretty darn close with the physics as far as vehicle feel on the track. I can ony speak from that one experience I had in real life. All other real life situations have been under 140kph, which I rarely do on GT5.

  7. June 26th, 2012 at 1:21 am - #
    VspecZR1GT2RS89

    Great job Jann!!! That was tight,0.022 seconds!!!! :D

  8. June 26th, 2012 at 12:56 am - #
    GT HP Nut

    Good job, Jann, but you’re still not getting the ‘Within One Hundredth” Trophy lol jk :-)

  9. June 25th, 2012 at 11:42 pm - #
    shepzki

    Fantastic Jann, that was a heck of a close finish.

  10. June 25th, 2012 at 9:32 pm - #
    Mac K

    Congrats Jann, victory must taste oh so sweet!

  11. June 25th, 2012 at 7:34 pm - #
    tpark103

    Representing!!!! I’m very happy for Jann and I can only imagine how it must have felt to all those who finished behind the gamer turned pro-diver. Haha respect!!!!

  12. June 25th, 2012 at 7:11 pm - #
    RentALife

    Wow Jann mardenborough is becoming my fav driver more and more every week keep it up hope the GRAN TURISMO 5 NISSAN GTR RJN MOTORSPORTS win the championship

  13. June 25th, 2012 at 6:26 pm - #
    Maddens Raiders

    This kid is good. Watch out Mr. Hamilton. :P

  14. June 25th, 2012 at 6:21 pm - #
    Foxiol

    That GT-R and that livery now PD. Congratulations guys!!

  15. June 25th, 2012 at 6:14 pm - #
    dalmaximus

    Damn that is some close racing. This Jann is slowly becoming a legend.

    • June 25th, 2012 at 8:24 pm - #
      e30 freek

      Id say pretty quickly

  16. June 25th, 2012 at 6:02 pm - #
    Badger-X-

    Amazing! Congrats Jann & Alex!

  17. June 25th, 2012 at 5:45 pm - #
    Snaeper

    That is what racing is all about!

  18. June 25th, 2012 at 5:12 pm - #
    TayTheDay

    0.022!! Well done guys (…Man that GTR is stunning)

  19. June 25th, 2012 at 4:41 pm - #
    Malc01

    Congrats :D

    Anywhere I can watch this online?

  20. June 25th, 2012 at 4:37 pm - #
    sangdude82

    Congrats Jann :D