Jody Fannin
| Jody Fannin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
4 September 1993 Chertsey, Surrey, England |
| British GT Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | JRM Racing |
| Car no. | 230 |
| Former teams | Team WFR |
| Starts | 12 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 1st (GT4 category) in 2012 |
| Previous series | |
|
2013 2013 2013 2011 2010 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 |
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 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 2009 |
British GT (GT4 category) Midland Championships Minimax |
| Awards | |
| 2013 2010 |
BRDC Rising Star ESSN Media Young Sports Personality of the Year MSA Academy Member |
Jody Fannin (born 4 September 1993) is a British auto racing driver. He currently competes in the British GT Championship, driving for TF Sport in a GT3-class Aston Martin V12 Vantage. 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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