Background
Mardenborough the son of English football player Steve Mardenborough.
Mardenborough the son of English football player Steve Mardenborough.
He was rewarded with a drive for Nissan at the Dubai 24 Hour race. Subsequently he has had a successful motorsport career in a variety of categories. Mardenborough hadn’t seriously raced prior to entering GT Academy.
Mardenborough"s rise is unusual because up until 2011 at the age of 19 he had never seriously competed in motorsport.
He scored third in his class. In 2012 Mardenborough competed in the British GT Championship.
Moreover, he took part in four rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series. In 2013 Mardenborough switched to formula racing.
At the beginning of the year Mardenborough started in the 2013 season of the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand.
He was the best placed rookie and finished the season in the tenth place in the championship. After that he returned to Europe and secured a seat with Carlin Motorsport in the 2013 campaign of the FIA European Formula Three Championship, as well as the British Formula 3 Championship. After one season in F3 Mardenborough joined Arden International to compete in the 2014 GP3 Series season, and was also signed by the Red Bulletin Junior Team driver development programme.
At the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mardenborough set the fastest ever Supercar time up the famous "Goodwood Hill" whilst piloting the Nismo Nissan GT-R with the optional ‘Time Attack’ package.
Mardenborough also continued racing in GP3, switching to Carlin for the 2015 season. On 28 March 2015, his GT3-class Nissan GT-R Nismo caught air at the Flugplatz section of the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
lieutenant cartwheeled over the fence into spectators. One person was killed, while Mardenborough wasn"t seriously injured.
Career summary
Complete British GT Championship results
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key)
24 Hours of Le Mans
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).