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2011 GT Academy Champion Announced

Finally, the 2011 GT Academy Race Camp designated this year’s champion, with the title going to British 19-year-old driver, Jann Mardenborough, who took the checkered flag in a four-way, 20-minute race on Silverstone’s national circuit in the Nissan 370Z.

The next step for the 2011 champ is to start an intensive Driver Development Programme and compete in a number of UK national races to enable him to qualify for an International race license. Furthermore, in January 2012 he will line up on the grid of the Dubai 24 Hour race in a Nissan 370Z GT4 car.

The 2011 Race Camp held a variety of challenges that included karting, driving Nissan 370Zs, GT-Rs and single-seaters, high-pressure pursuits, a military-style assault course, driving a full race-spec GT4 car and even aerial dog-fights in stunt planes.

“I am really buzzing, ecstatic,” said Mardenborough. “This competition is going to change my life massively. I can’t imagine, but I’m looking forward to it. I’m not sure about the next Lewis Hamilton, but being the next Lucas Ordonez would be a pretty good start."

“This whole experience has been amazing and I would like to thank everyone involved, especially, PlayStation and Nissan. A massive thank you to my mentor this week, Johnny Herbert. He is amazing. Such a great guy and a great teacher,”
he added.

“Jann did a great job throughout and the final decision turned out to be fairly straight forward. He has been given an amazing opportunity by PlayStation and Nissan, but the hard work has only just begun for him. Even with this head start, making a career in racing is tough and he’ll have to have talent, determination and luck in pretty much equal measure if he is to make it,”
stated Four-time Formula One winner and Head Judge Eddie Irvine.
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