On 20 June (local time), the “Paul Ricard 1000 km” was held at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, Round 3 of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (#23/PRO Class) of the Nissan GT Academy Team RJN (Wolfgang Reip/Alex Buncombe/Katsumasa Chiyo) took the overall win, and this is actually the first time that a Nissan car has achieved an overall victory in this race. Furthermore, thanks to this victory the 3 drivers have also risen to the top of the leaderboard in the PRO class.

Car #23 started the race final in 7th position and after avoiding an accident that happened right after the start, steadily raised through the ranks. 3 hours later, they overtook the leading Lamborghini and drove a rock solid race for the remaining 6 hours. The next round will be the 24 Hours of Spa (21-26 July) and the team has gained great momentum towards the climax of the series.

The GT-R NISMO GT3 #22 car (Mark Schulzitsky/Gaëtan Paletou/Ricardo Sánchez) was 2nd in class until just 1 hour before the end of the race, but unfortunately dropped to 12th place in the end due to mechanical issues.