Jann Mardenborough
| Jann Mardenborough | |
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
9 September 1991 Darlington, County Durham, England |
| GP3 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Carlin |
| Car no. | 2 |
| Starts | 32 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 9th in 2014, 2015 |
| Previous series | |
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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 | 2014 |
| Current team | Nissan NISMO |
| Car no. | 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. 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.
Mardenborough, born in Darlington, is the son of English footballer Steve Mardenborough.
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.
In 2011 Mardenborough participated in the GT Academy; he beat 90,000 other entrants and won the competition, and the prize for his victory was a drive with Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour. He scored third in his class. 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.
In 2013 Mardenborough switched to formula racing. 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, as well as the British Formula 3 Championship. 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. He won his first GP3 race in Germany after a reverse grid pole position in the sprint race and setting the fastest lap.
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