Jody Fanin
| Jody Fannin | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
4 September 1993 Chertsey, Surrey, England |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | JMW Motorsport |
| Car no. | 66 |
| Former teams | Team WFR/TF Sport/Solaris Motorsport |
| Starts | 98 |
| Wins | 15 |
| Podiums | 33 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 8 |
| Best finish | 1st European Le Mans Series GTE Champion in 2017 |
| Previous series | |
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British GT International GT Open GT Tour ADAC GT Masters Blancpain Endurance Series Ginetta G50 Cup Ginetta Junior Championship MSA Kartmasters Grand Prix Super One Minimax BRDC Stars of Tomorrow London Cup Rotax Mini Max Midland Championships Minimax Stars of Tomorrow National Championship |
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| Championship titles | |
| 2017 2012 2009 |
European Le Mans Series GTE British GT(GT4 category) Midland Championships Minimax |
| Awards | |
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BRDC Member Aston Martin Racing Young Driver Academy BRDC Rising Star Finalist in the RSF (Racing Steps Foundation)/MSA Young Driver of the Year Finalist in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Scholarship ESSN Media Young Sports Personality of the Year MSA Academy Member |
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Jody Fannin (born 4 September 1993) is a British auto racing driver. He competed in the European Le Mans Series in 2017, winning the GTE Championship with Rob Smith driving for JMW Motorsport in a Ferrari 488 GTE. He was the 2012 British GT GT4-class champion, along with Warren Hughes, driving for Team WFR in a Ginetta G50.
Born in Chertsey, Surrey, Fannin first appeared in karting in 2006, competing in the Bayford Kart Club Summer Sprint Championship Minimax, and finishing sixth, moving to the Stars of Tomorrow National Championship in 2007, to compete in the Rotax Mini Max class, finishing 32nd after competing in 2 rounds. 2008 would prove to be more successful: he won both Bayford Meadows Winter Championship and the Midland Championships Minimax, finished fifth in the London Cup's Rotax Mini Max class, and finished tenth in the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow MiniMax championship. He also finished ninth in the Super One Minimax in 2009, in addition to a 19th-place finish in the Mini Max class of the MSA Kartmasters Grand Prix. For 2010, he moved into car racing, joining the Ginetta Junior Championship with TJ Motorsport, where he immediately proved his pace: he set fastest lap at round 1 at Thruxton, then went on to win the third round of the season at the Brands Hatch GP circuit, eventually finishing fourth overall, and was the top rookie in the series by a large margin. Following that successful debut season, he moved into the Ginetta G50 Cup, driving for Team PYRO, and finishing third overall.
For 2012, he made the move to the British GT series, driving a GT4-class Ginetta G50, but now for Team WFR, partnering the much more experienced Warren Hughes. The partnership was successful right from the start, as the duo won the first two events of the season, both held at Oulton Park. Fannin and Hughes went into the penultimate round of the season, held at Silverstone, only needing a fourth-place finish to take the title, and his win in that race sealed the title, even though he had only completed six laps of the track prior to the event. Fannin and Hughes would finish on 243.5 points, 84.5 points ahead of Zoë Wenham in second place, having won eight of the ten races that season. Following his championship victory, he entered the final three rounds of the Dutch GT Championship, still driving for Team WFR in the G50, held at Zandvoort Circuit. It proved to be a successful venture, with a fourth-place finish in the first sprint race, fourteenth (and last) in the second sprint race after a mechanical failure, and a second place in the third, and final, race of the weekend. He also entered the final round of the Blancpain Endurance Series, held at the Spanish Circuito de Navarra, driving a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 entered by Scuderia Vittoria. It would not be a successful debut, as the team, with Fannin partnered for the race by David McDonald and Danny Candia, failing to finish, and retiring after 35 laps.
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