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From press release
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing will be adding Nissan Playstation GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough to its driver lineup for the 12 Hours of Sebring, the second round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
The 22-year old Brit will be making his North American race debut at Sebring International Raceway thanks to the Nismo Global Driver Exchange which places members of Nissan's international driving squad into different championships and teams to gain experience on the world stage.
Mardenborough won the 2011 Nissan GT Academy and has quickly made his way up the ranks with his top sports car moment coming at last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans where he placed third in class with fellow GT Academy winner Lucas Ordóñez and Nissan veteran Michael Krumm.
Just this week it was announced that he would be competing full-time this season in the Formula One feeder series - GP3 - while also joining an intensive driver development program with Red Bull Racing.
The 22-year old took his first laps aboard the #6 Muscle Milk Nissan ORECA yesterday during the first day of testing for the TUDOR Championship at Sebring International Raceway.
After turning some more laps on Friday, the Brit will return to the team next month for the 60th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida, which takes place March 15, 2014.
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing will be adding Nissan Playstation GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough to its driver lineup for the 12 Hours of Sebring, the second round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
The 22-year old Brit will be making his North American race debut at Sebring International Raceway thanks to the Nismo Global Driver Exchange which places members of Nissan's international driving squad into different championships and teams to gain experience on the world stage.
Mardenborough won the 2011 Nissan GT Academy and has quickly made his way up the ranks with his top sports car moment coming at last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans where he placed third in class with fellow GT Academy winner Lucas Ordóñez and Nissan veteran Michael Krumm.
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| Jann Mardenborough, Oreca-Nissan No. 6 (Photo: IMSA.com) |
Just this week it was announced that he would be competing full-time this season in the Formula One feeder series - GP3 - while also joining an intensive driver development program with Red Bull Racing.
The 22-year old took his first laps aboard the #6 Muscle Milk Nissan ORECA yesterday during the first day of testing for the TUDOR Championship at Sebring International Raceway.
After turning some more laps on Friday, the Brit will return to the team next month for the 60th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida, which takes place March 15, 2014.