enjoyed the experience so far: “Now it is going to get even better as it is finally my turn to race at Le Mans. This is what the winners of GT Academy dream about so I hope I can live up to the performance of the winners who have gone before me.”
Brundle raced with his father Martin and Lucas at Le Mans back in 2012 in the Nissan-powered Zytek with Greaves Motorsport, as well as coming second overall in the LMP2 class last season with Pla and David Heinemeier Hansson with OAK Racing. He is looking forward to teaming up with both Jann and Michael at the Circuit de la Sarthe: “Both are exceptional talents with prototype experience so a big thanks to Nissan for making them available to us for the 24. It is a pleasure to again represent Nissan in top class competition on what is a big day for Onroak Automotive, Ligier, Nissan, and all of the drivers.”
NISMO’s Global Head of Brand, Marketing and Sales, Darren Cox, started this unique project as a one-off project that has quite literally snowballed into a revolution that has gained acceptance in the motorsport
world, and is looking forward to the future: “GT Academy continues to grow and, as we spread the net wider into countries such as India, Australia, Mexico and Thailand, we are continuing to unearth real racing talent that would otherwise have stayed in the virtual world. Lucas, Wolfie, Jann and Mark are racing all over the world now, in series such as Super GT and GP3, so it is good to get them all back together to compete for Nissan at Le Mans.”
The success that GT Academy’s graduates have achieved is a feat that a lot of people may have thought was not possible. But with Mardenborough now part of the Infiniti Red Bull Racing driver program, it just goes to show that it works and can provide great talent that are paving the way forward when it comes to going from virtual to reality.