About Jann
Jann Mardenborough is a British racing driver born 9 September 1991 in Darlington, England. He became the third and youngest winner of the GT Academy competition in 2011, earning a professional racing contract with Nissan after competing against over 90,000 entrants despite having no prior motorsport experience. His career has spanned GT racing, endurance racing including three appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2013-2015), junior single-seater series (Formula 3, GP3, GP2), and top-level racing in Japan's Super GT and Super Formula championships (2016-2020).
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Known for
- Winning GT Academy competition in 2011 through Gran Turismo video game competition
- Racing at 24 Hours of Le Mans three times with podium finish in LMP2 class
- Competing in top-level Japanese motorsport series Super GT and Super Formula
- Subject of 2023 Gran Turismo film adaptation
- Speaking engagements on esports, motorsport innovation, and performance under pressure
- Professional racing driver
- Speaker
- Film consultant and stunt driver
- esports and gaming
- motorsport and automotive innovation
- STEM education and youth development
- motivation and mindset
- performance under pressure
- film and storytelling
- electric motorsport and esports crossover
- Motorsport
- Racing Driver
- Esports
- British Professional Racing Driver
- Inspiration behind the release of "Gran Turismo"
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