![]() Not everyone can win, but the experience is hugely rewarding at every stage of the competition." Anyone who thinks they have what it takes should give GT Academy a go. We are looking forward to discovering even more new stars in 2014. To highlight the global nature, our European winners have become NISMO Athletes and are racing across the globe in several top level championships. GT Academy started in Europe but is now expanding globally with new editions being launched in several emerging markets. Six years ago this innovative approach was seen as a risk, but it is now a firmly established route to professional motorsport. NISMO's Global Head of Brand Marketing and Sales, Darren Cox, commented, "Nissan and NISMO are proud to launch the sixth instalment of GT Academy with our friends at PlayStation and Polyphony Digital. After completing an intensive three-month Driver Development Programme, rated among the best in the world, the five global GT Academy 2014 champions will qualify for the ultimate prize - driving a Nissan in the gruelling Dubai 24 Hour race in January next year. Champions will be selected in 2014 from competitions in Europe, Germany, USA and a new International GT Academy comprising Australia, India, Middle East, Mexico and Thailand. Lucas and 2012 GT Academy champion Wolfgang Reip (Belgium) will also contest this summer's Le Mans 24 Hour race in Nissan's fascinating ZEOD RC ‘Garage 56' entry.įuelled by this success, GT Academy's global footprint continues to grow. Meanwhile, inaugural-winner, Spaniard Lucas Ordoñez takes his talents overseas in 2014 to race for NISMO in the competitive Japanese Super GT Championship. His meteoric rise since winning GT Academy in 2011 sees him racing for Arden International while also undertaking a Red Bull Racing Driver Development Programme. Briton Jann Mardenborough, a Le Mans 24-hour podium finisher, will compete in Formula One TM feeder series GP3 in 2014. Proof of the success of the virtual-to-reality competition can be seen in the stunning on-track results of its graduates. Manufacturing, Research and Development. ![]()
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