While the GT Academy 2015 online qualifiers approaches its climax, the previous GT Academy graduates are continuing to produce outstanding results in the racing world.

On Sunday, May 10th in the 2nd race of the GP3 series opening round held in conjunction with the F1 Spain Grand Prix, 2011 European champion Jann Mardenborough (Carlin）stood 3rd on the podium. In the qualifiers of the previous day, he was held back in 15th place on the grid due to a red flag, but in the final event he shook off all that bad luck and placed 4th in the first race, then achieved this podium finish in the second race.

At the Nürburgring 24 hour race in Germany held from May 16th to May 17th, the first European GT Academy Champion Lucas Ordóñez, together with Alex Buncombe, Michael Krumm, and Kazuki Hoshino drove the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (Car #35) and achieved 9th overall. The private team Schulze Motorsports also participated with the same car (Car #21), with the Tobias/Michael Schulze brothers joined by 2010 European academy champion Jordan Tresson and 2013 German academy champion Florian Strauss. However, due to mechanical issues near the end of the race which disabled the car completely, they placed 19th overall in the end with 142 laps.

On the same day on May 17th, at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park of Ontario, Canada, the Pirelli World Challenge was held, and 2011 North American academy champion Bryan Heitkotter won the GTA class in a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3.

The All Nippon F3 Championships (Rounds 6/7) was held on 23rd-24th of May at the Okayama International Circuit of Japan. Lucas Ordóñez, who had just flown to Japan from Germany, drove the B-MAX NDDP F3 and showed solid performance. In the 6th race on the 23rd, he succeeded in placing 2nd for his first podium finish in the championship. He had shown good performance at Suzuka and Motegi already, but this podium result proved that his skills are just as effective in formula cars.

On May 24th at the 2nd round of the Blancpain Endurance series held at the Silverstone Circuit of the UK, 2014 European Champion Gaëtan Paletou, International Champion Ricardo Sanchez, and Jann Mardenborough drove the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (Car #22), with a 2nd place finish in the Pro-Am class. In the Professional class of the same race, 2012 European Champion Wolfgang Reip, Alex Buncombe, and Masakazu Chiyo also participated, but they were held back by strong rivals, placing in 13th place in the end.

Please note that the final round of the online qualifiers for GT Academy 2015 will be held from June 2nd through June 19th. Anyone can start from Round 1 during the entire hosted period, so we invite you to join in and take on the challenge! Please view the special GT Academy website from the related links below for eligible countries and other details.