Jann Mardenborough
Jann Mardenborough is a British professional racing driver competing in the Japanese Super GT series. In 2011 he became the third winner of the GT Academy competition, beating 90,000 entrants. He was rewarded with a drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour race. Subsequently, he competed in the F3 European Championship and the GP3 Series, winning a race in Hockenheim. He also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in the LMP2 class on his debut in 2013. He competed for Nissan Motorsports in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, but the team withdrew from the series after one race due to a very uncompetitive car.
Since then, he has raced in Japan in the Super GT and Super Formula championships. In 2016, he won a race and was in championship contention in the GT300 class of Super GT. Then in 2017, he joined the GT500 class where he still competes in 2019, and has scored a podium. 2017 was his only season in Super Formula, where he scored a pole position.
Personal life
Mardenborough, born in Darlington, is the son of English footballer Steve Mardenborough. He spent most of his childhood growing up in Cardiff.Career
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.
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.
Mardenborough also continued racing in GP3, switching to Carlin for the 2015 season.
On 28 March 2015, 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.
Mardenborough's achievements and growing global profile led to Sports Pro Media naming him on their list of the 50 most marketable athletes in the world.
From 2017, Mardenborough raced in the Super Formula Series in Japan with Toyota. From 2017 to 2018, Mardenborough competed for Team Impul in Super GT. In 2019, he raced for Kondō Racing.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete British GT Championship results
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
| 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
Complete GP3 Series results
| 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 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | |
| 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 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Complete GP2 Series results
| 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 Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2016 | NDDP Racing with B-MAX | 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 | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | 10th* | 1* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Super Formula Results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2017 | Itochu Enex Team Impul | SUZ 18 | OKA 6 | OKA 17 | FUJ 8 | MOT 14 | AUT 8 | SUG 9 | SUZ C | SUZ C | 14th | 4.5 |