The 32-year-old Briton will contest the blue riband spherical of the GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup on 29/30 June aboard a McLaren 720S GTE Evo run by RJN Motorsport, the workforce with which he took his first steps in racing after profitable Nissan’s gamer-to-racer academy scheme in 2011.
Mardenborough, whose story was informed in 2023 movie Gran Turismo, will share the Professional-Am class entry with the Buncombe brothers, Alex and Chris, and new RJN proprietor Simon Watts.
The centenary operating of the Spa traditional can be his first worldwide begin since he was launched from Nissan’s Tremendous GT roster after a five-year stint on the finish of 2020.
Mardenborough has raced solely twice since 2020, in final 12 months’s Fuji 24 Hours Tremendous Taikyu fixture aboard a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 after which final month’s three-hour British GT Championship race at Silverstone with RJN in preparation for the outing at Spa.
“We had been approached to see if we might match Jann into our Spa line-up and due to the assist of Simon we had been in a position to do it,” RJN founder Bob Neville, who continues to run the workforce for Watts, informed Autosport.
“We all know what Jann can do, so we had been blissful to place him the automobile.
“He did a few exams earlier than Silverstone and he was straight on the tempo, which didn’t come as an awesome shock.”
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Mardenborough stated: “I am grateful to be on the grid and to compete on this nice race in its centenary 12 months.
“It’s been a goal of mine for some time and I am happy to be engaging in it.
“I’ve obtained large ambitions, so it is time to get to work with the entire workforce.”
Mardenborough revealed within the wake of his class win and third total within the Silverstone 500 British GT spherical that he’s aiming to return to racing full-time in 2025.
“I’d like to race top-level sportscars in Europe and USA,” stated Mardenborough, who contested the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2013-15 in Nissan-engined LMP2 equipment after which its front-engined GT-R LM NISMO LMP1.
“Hypercar, I imagine, can be a golden period of sportscar racing so I would like to be part of that.”
He admitted that he wanted to show himself after his absence from the cockpit and that he took step one in that route at Silverstone with a race-leading efficiency within the RJN McLaren shared with Chris Buncombe.
“Persons are conscious of what I did up to now, however they nonetheless have to see me performing outdoors of Japan,” stated Mardenborough, who retained a Formulation E simulator position with Nissan into 2022.
“I proved that I can combine it with one of the best GT drivers on the planet in combined situations in a automobile I’ve by no means raced earlier than.”
