SILVERSTONE is where it is all happening this week for Nissan’s motorsport activities.
At the weekend Martin Brundle makes his return to the Greaves Motorsport squad where he will race with his son Alex and Nissan’s first GT Academy winner, Lucas Ordonez, in the British round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The second GT Academy winner Jordan Tresson is back on track with Signatech Nissan and the third, Jann Mardenborough will have a special role to play too.
Race Camp, the final level of the 2012 European GT Academy competition, is now fully under way at Silverstone. The 830,000 people who entered the fourth season of GT Academy have been whittled down to 36.
Over the course of this week the 36 will be tested to the limits of their ability under the watchful eyes of the judges and mentors and the winner will be crowned on Saturday.
Jann Mardenborough knows what awaits the winner and as part of his own rapid learning curve the 2011 winner will be spending time with the Greaves team this weekend to experience life in a world-class sportscar team, just as soon as he has finished instructing the 2012 GT Academy finalists.
After making a successful comeback to sportscar racing at Le Mans, Martin Brundle can’t wait to get back behind the wheel of the Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan. Just as at Le Mans, the competition will be fierce as he will be up against at least 15 other LMP2 cars, 12 of which are powered by Nissan.
Extremely competitive
‘I’m very much looking forward to Silverstone,’ said Brundle. ‘I had some great races there in sportscars and I was twice a winner of the Silverstone 1000kms. The last sportscar race for me there in 1991 was one of my best ever races, driving solo, and finishing third having lost many minutes in the pits. That performance got me the Benetton F1 drive for 1992.
‘Just as at Le Mans the LMP2 class looks extremely competitive and we will have to be perfect with car set-up, reliability, strategy, and driving performance to win the class.’
Lucas Ordonez and Jordan Tresson are keen to get back into their respective racing cars at Silverstone. This is an extra race for Lucas as he has been competing in the European Le Mans Series this year.
One thing is for sure, seeing the past GT Academy winners competing at Silverstone this weekend is going to be an exciting prospect for the brand new GT Academy winner as he sets out on the journey of a lifetime.