Jann Mardenborough (born 9 September 1991) is a British professional racing driver. In 2011 he became the third and youngest winner of the GT Academy competition, beating 90,000 entrants to earn a professional racing contract with Nissan.[2] He had no previous motorsport experience, having played sim racing video games instead. During his career, he has finished on the podium in his class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, won races and contended for titles in GT3 and junior formula cars, and competed at the highest level in Super GT, Super Formula and the FIA World Endurance Championship.
| Jann Mardenborough | |
|---|---|
 Mardenborough in 2014 | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 9 September 1991[1] Darlington, County Durham, England |
| Super GT career | |
| Debut season | 2016 (GT300) 2017 (GT500) |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Teams | NDDP Racing, Team Impul, Kondō Racing |
| Starts | 40 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2016 (GT300) 12th in 2018 (GT500) |
| Previous series | |
| 2017 2016 2015 2015 2014–2015 2013–2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 | Super Formula Japanese Formula 3 FIA WEC GP2 Series GP3 Series Toyota Racing Series British Formula 3 FIA European Formula 3 British GT Championship Blancpain Endurance Series GT4 European Cup Britcar 24hr |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2013–2015 |
| Teams | Greaves Motorsport, OAK Racing, Nissan Motorsports |
| Best finish | Overall: 9th (2013, 2014) In class: 3rd (2013) |
Following his GT Academy win, Mardenborough was rewarded with a drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour race in 2012, finishing third in class. Subsequently, he competed full-time in the British GT Championship, scoring a race victory and challenging for the title. In 2013, he competed in the European and British Formula 3 championships, before moving to the GP3 Series for 2014 and 2015. He was a race winner in GP3, and also finished second overall in the Toyota Racing Series in 2014. He also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in the LMP2 class on his debut in 2013 and helping his team lead the category for 14 hours the following year. He competed for Nissan Motorsports in the top LMP1 class of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, but the team withdrew from the series after one race because of a very uncompetitive car.
In 2016, Mardenborough made the move to race in Japan, where he would compete in the top-level Super GT and Super Formula championships. In the 2016 season, he won a race and was a title contender in the lower GT300 class of Super GT, while also finishing runner-up in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. In 2017, he moved up to the top GT500 class, where he would race until the end of 2020, scoring a single podium finish and contending for wins on multiple occasions. 2017 was his only season in Super Formula, where he took a pole position.
In 2015, Mardenborough was named as one of the 50 most marketable athletes in the world by Sports Pro Media. The 2023 film Gran Turismo is loosely based on his actual career.
Personal life
editMardenborough, born in Darlington, is the son of English footballer Steve Mardenborough.[3][4] He spent most of his childhood growing up in Cardiff, Wales.[5]
Mardenborough is portrayed by Archie Madekwe in the 2023 racing film Gran Turismo.[6] Mardenborough serves as a co-producer, stunt driver and consultant on the movie, which depicts his early career and personal life, and gave permission for the filmmakers to include his 2015 crash at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, which killed one spectator. He felt it "would have been a disservice for the audience for that not to be in there."[7]
Career
editEarly life and GT Academy
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Mardenborough became interested in cars at a young age, and he dreamed of becoming a professional racing driver from the age of five or six, having learnt that it could be a job. However, his family did not have the money required for him to start a career in motorsport, and he did not know anyone who could sponsor him, leading him to shelve the idea as he got older.[8] He began playing racing video games at the age of eight, when his friend had Gran Turismo on the original PlayStation. He visited his friend to play the game so often he was eventually given both the console and the game so that he could play it at home. After that, Mardenborough played the game almost constantly, and he continued to play subsequent Gran Turismo titles on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, later with a force feedback steering wheel and pedals.[9][10][11]
In 2010, Mardenborough went to university to study motorsport engineering, but dropped out after three weeks as it was too maths-based for his liking.[12] During a gap year, he noticed an online time trial for the GT Academy competition on Gran Turismo 5 and decided to make a serious attempt at qualifying for the event, which offered a professional racing contract with Nissan to the overall winner.[13] After putting all his efforts into the time trial, which was contested by over 90,000 people, he managed to qualify in the top 20 in his region, which was required to progress to the next stages.[14] He then underwent training and a series of physical and racing challenges, eventually managing to get to the decisive final race, with all but three of his opponents having dropped out of contention. The final was a 20-minute race around the Silverstone National Circuit in real Nissan 370Z sports cars, and Mardenborough won by eight seconds to be crowned GT Academy winner and earn the professional Nissan contract. Before GT Academy, Mardenborough had never driven a high-performance car or been on a racetrack.[15][16]
Early racing career (2011–2015)
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Jann Mardenborough took part in the 2011 GT Academy competition,[17] which was a joint venture between Nissan and the developers of "Gran Turismo" with the goal of identifying potential racers via online racing events. Mardenborough won the competition despite having no prior professional racing experience thanks to his outstanding talent.[18]
Following his GT Academy victory, Mardenborough went through a driver training programme and competed in several national races, enabling him to qualify for an international racing licence. He was then rewarded with a drive in a factory-backed Nissan 370Z GT4 at the Dubai 24 Hour race in January 2012.[19] Driving alongside fellow GT Academy winners Lucas Ordóñez, Jordan Tresson and Bryan Heitkotter, he finished third in his class and 26th overall.[3][20] During the rest of 2012, Mardenborough competed for RJN Motorsport in the British GT Championship with a Nissan GT-R GT3. Together with Alex Buncombe, he won a race at Brands Hatch and ended the season in sixth place in the GT3 championship. The pair had been on course to win the title in the final race until damper issues forced them outside the points.[21] He also took part in four rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series.
In 2013 Mardenborough switched to formula racing.[22] At the beginning of the year he contested the 2013 season of the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He was the best-placed rookie and finished the season in tenth place in the championship.[23] After that he returned to Europe and secured a seat with Carlin Motorsport in the 2013 campaign of the FIA European Formula Three Championship,[24] as well as the British Formula 3 Championship.[25] He scored two podium results and finished sixth overall in the British series, while he was 21st out of 36 drivers in the European championship. In 2014, Mardenborough again competed in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series at the start of the year, finishing second in the championship, only eight points behind the champion. He then joined Arden International to compete in the 2014 GP3 Series, the third-tier feeder series to Formula One, and was also signed by Red Bull Racing for a driver development programme.[26][27] He won his first GP3 race in Germany after starting from pole position and setting the fastest lap in the reversed-grid sprint race.[28][29] An additional podium and seven further points finishes during the season placed him ninth in the overall standings out of 36 competitors, ahead of his two teammates.
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Mardenborough made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, driving a Zytek Z11SN-Nissan for Greaves Motorsport alongside Lucas Ordóñez and Michael Krumm in the LMP2 class. Throughout a wet/dry race, the crew fought for a podium finish despite losing time due to untimely safety car periods, and ultimately achieved the feat by finishing third in class and ninth overall after a car ahead of them was disqualified post-race.[30][31][32][33][34] Later during the summer, he took part in the Spa 24 Hours in a Nissan GT-R GT3 together with Wolfgang Reip, Lucas Ordóñez and Peter Pyzera. This full GT Academy lineup claimed third position in the Pro-Am class and seventh overall.[35] Mardenborough returned to Le Mans in 2014 with OAK Racing, whose Ligier-Nissan LMP2 car he shared with Alex Brundle and Mark Shulzhitskiy. The trio led the LMP2 category for 14 hours and were in contention for the win until a spark plug issue with two hours remaining dropped them to fifth in class and ninth overall at the finish.[36]
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.[37]
In 2015, Mardenborough was selected as one of the drivers for Nissan Motorsports' entry into the top LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also continued racing in GP3, switching to Carlin for the 2015 season.[38] Nissan entered the WEC with an unconventional front-engined car, named the GT-R LM Nismo. The team missed the first two races of the season while trying to improve the car, before making their debut at Le Mans.[39] The GT-R LM Nismo proved highly uncompetitive during the race and Mardenborough's No. 23 car broke down terminally with an hour remaining, but he was consistently the quickest of the three drivers in his car.[13][40] Nissan withdrew from the remainder of the season and eventually cancelled the programme at the end of the year.[41] In GP3, he claimed two podiums and scored points on six occasions to finish ninth overall ahead of future IndyCar champion Álex Palou.[42] He missed four races during the season as he took part in a round of the GP2 Series as a substitute for another driver at Carlin and had a testing commitment at the end of the year.[43][44]
On 28 March 2015, during a one-off outing in the VLN series, 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.[45]
Mardenborough's achievements and growing global profile led to Sports Pro Media naming him 50th on their 2015 list of the 50 most marketable athletes in the world.[46]
Full-time career in Japan (2016–2020)
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In 2016, Mardenborough moved to Japan to compete in the GT300 class of Super GT and the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. In Super GT, driving a Nissan GT-R GT3 for NDDP Racing alongside co-driver Kazuki Hoshino, he scored a maiden win in the second round of the season, the Fuji 500 km, and a further podium finish at Buriram saw the pair enter the season-ending double-header at Motegi just two points off the championship lead, although they ultimately finished fourth overall.[47][48][49][50] His Japanese F3 campaign with B-Max Racing saw him claim four wins and eight additional podiums to finish runner-up to future Super GT GT500 champion Kenta Yamashita by three points.[51] Mardenborough felt he had enough experience by then to fight for the prominent F3 title.[52]
For 2017, Mardenborough moved up to Super GT's top GT500 class with Nissan, joining the Calsonic-sponsored Impul team. His move to the GT500 class coincided with a downturn in form for Nissan, whose GT-R car often lagged behind its rivals from Honda and Toyota over the following years.[53] He and teammate Hironobu Yasuda finished 15th in the 2017 GT500 standings, with a best result of fifth, but they had been in contention for victory at the penultimate round at Buriram until a slow pit stop dropped them to third and then car problems with two laps to go forced them to retire.[54] Nissan also gave him permission to compete for the Toyota-powered Impul team in Super Formula, Japan's top-level single-seater series.[55] With three top-eight finishes in seven races, he finished 14th overall in his only season in the series. He took pole position for the second race of the season-ending Suzuka double-header, a race in which the grid was determined by the second fastest time of each driver in a damp, red flag-affected qualifying session, but both races were cancelled due to Typhoon Lan.[56][57]
Mardenborough remained at Impul for the 2018 Super GT season, now with Daiki Sasaki being his co-driver. After scoring three top-six finishes in the first four races, Mardenborough looked set to claim his first GT500 win at the Fuji 500 mile race, but a loose intercooler pipe while leading by 25 seconds forced the team out of the points.[58][59][60] At the following race at Sugo, Mardenborough broke through for his first podium finish in GT500. He had passed the Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT of Naoki Yamamoto and Jenson Button for the lead during the opening stint, but overheating issues caused by grass picked up in an off-track excursion by Sasaki limited the pair to third.[61][62] Scoring no points in the final two races, the duo finished 12th in the standings.
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For 2019, Mardenborough was moved to the Kondo Racing team in Nissan's GT500 lineup, partnering Mitsunori Takaboshi.[63] Unlike Impul, who used the benchmark Bridgestone tyres, Kondo Racing ran the often uncompetitive Yokohama tyres. Despite this disadvantage, Mardenborough and Takaboshi finished just half a point behind the Impul crew in the championship, with five points finishes and a best result of fourth placing them 14th overall. In 2020, they finished 19th with just four points as both the new GT-R built for the updated GT500 regulations and the Yokohama rubber proved uncompetitive. Mardenborough had qualified fourth for round five at Fuji, but a gear selector problem in the race denied the team a potential podium finish.[64] Despite often being faster than his teammate, Mardenborough was not retained by Nissan for the 2021 season, making way for seven-time Formula 2/GP2 race winner and former Honda junior Nobuharu Matsushita.[65]
Activities after 2020
editAfter leaving Nissan's GT500 lineup following the end of the 2020 season, Mardenborough was offered race seats in Super GT's GT500 class and Super Formula but these required him to bring a budget, which he was unable to do.[53] In 2021 and 2022 he worked as a simulator and car development driver for Nissan e.dams and its customer team McLaren in Formula E. He also worked as a stunt driver and assisted in the production of the Gran Turismo film that is based on his career.[13] In May 2023, he made a return to racing at the Fuji 24 Hours round of the Super Taikyu Series, driving Helm Motorsports' Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.[66] He and his crew scored pole position for the event and led significant portions of it, but ultimately finished fourth after encountering brake issues.[67] Mardenborough contested the Silverstone 500 round of the 2024 British GT Championship with the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Team RJN, claiming a win in the Pro-Am class and an overall podium alongside Chris Buncombe.[68][69]
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit‡ Team standings. † As Mardenborough was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
Complete British GT Championship results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2024 | Team RJN | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | GT3 | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SIL 1 3 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
DON 1 |
BRH 1 |
NC† | 0† |
† As Mardenborough was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport
|
 Michael Krumm Lucas Ordóñez
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Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 9th | 3rd |
| 2014 |  OAK Racing
|
Alex Brundle Mark Shulzhitskiy
|
Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 354 | 9th | 5th |
| 2015 |  Nissan Motorsports
|
Olivier Pla Max Chilton
|
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | 234 | DNF | DNF |
Complete GP3 Series results
edit(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 IMSA SportsCar Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing | P | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | DAY |
SEB 13 |
LBH | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ROA | COA | PET | 51st | 19 | [70] |
| Source:[71] | ||||||||||||||||||
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
edit| 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 |
| Source:[71] | ||||||||||||||
Complete GP2 Series results
edit(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Macau Grand Prix results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | B-Max Racing Team
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Dallara F312 | 25th | 20th | 20th |
Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | Volkswagen | SUZ 2 |
SUZ 3 |
FUJ 2 |
FUJ 4 |
OKA 8 |
OKA 1 |
SUZ 10 |
SUZ 3 |
FUJ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 1 |
OKA 4 |
OKA 8 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 2 |
2nd | 110 |
Complete Super GT results
edit(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NDDP Racing | 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 11 |
MOT 11 |
12th | 29 |
| 2019 | Kondō Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 5‡ |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ 8 |
CHA 4 |
FUJ Ret |
AUT 9 |
SUG 15 |
MOT 10 |
14th | 17 |
| 2020 | Kondō Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | FUJ 10 |
FUJ 12 |
SUZ 11 |
MOT 13 |
FUJ 14 |
SUZ 8 |
MOT 14 |
FUJ 13 |
19th | 4 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Super Formula Results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Itochu Enex Team Impul | Toyota | SUZ 18 |
OKA 6 |
OKA 17 |
FUJ 8 |
MOT 14 |
AUT 8 |
SUG 9 |
SUZ C |
SUZ C |
14th | 4.5 |
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External links
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- Jann Mardenborough on Twitter
- Jann Mardenborough career summary at DriverDB.com
