Jann Mardenborough
Jann Mardenborough | |
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![]() Mardenborough in 2013 | |
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 | Toyota Racing Series FIA European F3 Championship British GT Championship Blancpain Endurance Series GT4 European Cup |
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 |
Jann Mardenborough (born 9 September 1991) is a British professional racing driver currently competing for Nissan NISMO in LMP1 class in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Carlin in the 2015 GP3 Series season. In 2011 he became the third (and youngest) winner of the GT Academy competition sponsored, beating 90,000 entrants.[1] He was rewarded with a drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour race. Subsequently, he has had a successful motorsport career in a variety of categories.
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]
In 2017, Mardenborough raced in the Super Formula Series in Japan with Toyota.
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
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 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 |
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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 |
MOT |
11th* | 29* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Super Formula Results
(Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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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 |
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.
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- ^ "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.
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External links
- Jann Mardenborough on Twitter
- Jann Mardenborough career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Darlington
- English racing drivers
- Toyota Racing Series drivers
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- United SportsCar Championship drivers
- GP3 Series drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- GT Academy participants
- Welsh racing drivers
- People educated at Radyr Comprehensive School