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'''GT Academy''' (also known as '''Nissan PlayStation GT Academy''' and '''NISMO PlayStation GT Academy''' as part of the [[Nissan]] partnership) was a
==History==
In 2008, Darren Cox's concept materialized with the founding of Nissan GT Academy, a joint venture between Sony and Nissan, which took its name from the well-known ''Gran Turismo'' video game series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/sports/autoracing/15iht-srplaystation15.html|title=From the Virtual Track to the Real One|first=Brad|last=Spurgeon|date=14 June 2012|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> In the same year, inaugural GT Academy competition took place, with Spain's Lucas Ordóñez claiming victory.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/> Following a commendable performance at the 2009 Dubai 24 Hours, Nissan enlisted Ordóñez for its works racing team.<ref name="auto2"/> Cox is portrayed by [[Orlando Bloom]] in a [[Gran Turismo (film)|film named after the game ''Gran Turismo'']], released in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/orlando-bloom-gran-turismo-movie-darren-barnett-cast|title=Orlando Bloom Joins Gran Turismo Movie, Production Begins This Week|first=Ryan|last=Leston|date=20 September 2022|website=IGN}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/>
From 2010 to 2016, the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy program saw twenty-one additional winners, many of whom had success on track including Championship wins, Podiums and international races, such as the 2015 Bathurst 12 Hours in Australia.<ref name="auto2"/>
GT Academy continued in 2010, expanding to 17 countries, including [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]]. A GT Academy-oriented [[Downloadable content|DLC]] for ''Gran Turismo 5'' was released to the public, and was the prerequisite required for participants to qualify for the programme. The DLC was downloaded by participants more than 1.3 million times during its active period.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} In 2011, the competition expanded to the [[United States]], where Bryan Heitkotter became the first GT Academy Winner outside of Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bryan Heitkotter - GT Academy |url=https://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/academy/graduates/bryan/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=gran-turismo.com |language=en}}</ref> The European competition in 2011 began at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in [[Le Mans]], [[France]], as inaugural GT Academy Winner [[Lucas Ordoñez]] made his Le Mans race debut. 2012 saw the beginning of live events, offering a way into GT Academy for those without access to a PlayStation 3 console or [[Gran Turismo (series)|''Gran Turismo'']] game.
In 2013, GT Academy included competitions in [[Europe]], the United States, [[Germany]], [[Russia]], the [[Middle East]] and [[South Africa]], each entering the competition for the first time on ''[[Gran Turismo 6]]''. In 2014, a new International competition was introduced, broadening GT Academy again to Australia and the Middle East, and for the first time to [[India]], [[Mexico]], and [[Thailand]]. The sixth season in 2014 grew to include separate competitions for Europe (France, [[Italy]], United Kingdom, Spain, [[Portugal]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Luxembourg]], Russia, [[Sweden]], [[Poland]], and [[Czech Republic]]), Germany, North America (United States and [[Canada]]) and an International group (Australia, India, Middle East, Mexico and Thailand). In the [[2015 Dubai 24 Hour]] race, four new GT Academy winners finished second in the GT3 Pro-Am class and fifth overall out of 95 cars, just months after winning their respective GT Academy competitions. The round in [[Malaysia]] was planned in 2015, together with new countries such as [[Japan]] and [[Indonesia]].
==Format==
=== Entrance requirements ===
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== Competitions ==
For 2015, there were three GT Academy competitions based on region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/GTAcademy
* GT Academy Europe: ''France, Italy, Germany, UK, Iberia (Spain, Portugal), Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands) and CEE (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary)''
* GT Academy Asia: ''Japan, India, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia''
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GT Academy has turned video gamers to racing drivers over a period of months, and NISMO Athletes have competed at international car racing competitions since 2009.
At the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], Lucas Ordoñez finished second in the LM P2 category in 2011, and in 2013 he finished third alongside [[Jann Mardenborough]] (2011 European winner). In 2014, [[:fr:Wolfgang Reip|Wolfgang Reip]] recorded the first-ever all-electric lap of the Le Mans circuit, driving the Nissan ZEOD RC.
In the [[Blancpain Endurance Series]], Jordan Tresson was winner of the GT4 class in 2011. In 2013, the Pro-Am cup was won by Lucas Ordoñez, while the Pro-Am team cup was won by Nissan GT Academy Team RJN, which included Jann Mardenborough, [[:fr:Wolfgang Reip|Wolfgang Reip]] (2012 European winner), Mark Shulzhitskiy (2012 Russia winner), Peter Pyzera (2012 Germany winner) and Steve Doherty (2012 USA winner). In [[2015 Blancpain Endurance Series|2015]], [[:fr:Wolfgang Reip|Wolfgang Reip]] became a joint Drivers' Championship Pro Cup winner.
GT Academy Winners have also competed in the [[Dubai 24 Hour]]s, [[FIA GT Series]], [[FIA World Endurance Championship]], [[British GT Championship]], [[FIA Formula 3 European Championship]]s, [[British Formula 3 International Series|British Formula Three Championship]], TRS Single-Seater Series, [[IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge]], SCCA Solo National Championship and the [[United SportsCar Championship]]. In 2012, Lucas Ordoñez competed at the [[Petit Le Mans]] in the Nissan [[DeltaWing]] race car, and in 2014 began racing in the [[Super GT]] Series, class GT300, with NDDP Racing. In the same year, Jann Mardenborough began racing in the [[GP3 Series]] with Arden International, and at Motorland Aragon raced for the first time in a [[Formula Renault 3.5]] test. In September 2014, Nissan announced that former US GT Academy Winners and finalists would be considered for Nissan's new LM P1 Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA World Endurance Championship Team.
On 8 February 2015, GT Academy graduates [[:fr:Wolfgang Reip|Wolfgang Reip]] (2012) and Florian Strauss (2013) teamed with Super GT driver [[Katsumasa Chiyo]] to compete in the [[2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour|Bathurst 12 Hour]] at the famous [[Mount Panorama Circuit]] in [[Australia]]. Driving a [[Nissan GT-R|Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3]] for the [[Nismo Global Driver Exchange|NISMO Athlete Global Team]] in the Class AA, they completed 269 laps to claim the overall race win.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 February 2015 |title=NISMO Godzilla claims tense Bathurst 12 Hour |work=Speedcafe |url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2015/02/08/nismo-godzilla-claims-tense-bathurst-12-hour/ |access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=9 February 2015 |title=GT Academy Graduates Win Bathurst 12 Hour |work=[[Gran Turismo (series)|Gran Turismo]] |publisher=Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |url=http://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/news/00_1378363.html |access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>
Mardenborough's achievements since winning GT Academy saw him named as one of the 50 most marketable athletes in the world by Sports Pro Media in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2017 |title=50 Most Marketable 2015 - Jann Mardenborough |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/jann_mardenborough_2015/}}</ref>
In 2016, [[:fr:Wolfgang Reip|Wolfgang Reip]] was the first and only graduate to sign a professional contract with another manufacter than Nissan as he signed a contract with Bentley Motorsport for the [[GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup|Blancpain Endurance Series Cup.]] [[Nicolas Hammann]] became the first GT Academy graduate to compete in [[stock car racing]] (both ''Gran Turismo 5'' and ''Gran Turismo 6'' had featured [[NASCAR Cup Series]] cars), where he made two starts (all on road courses) for [[Mike Harmon Racing]] in the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]]. Hammann made further road course starts in the Xfinity Series in 2017 and 2019.
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wolfgang Reip - GT Academy |url=https://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/academy/graduates/wolfgang/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=gran-turismo.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Doherty
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|<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=GT Academy |url=https://www.gran-turismo.com/gb/academy/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=gran-turismo.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|DEU}} Peter Pyzera
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|{{flagicon|PRT}} Miguel Faisca
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|{{flagicon|USA}} Nick McMillen
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|{{flagicon|KSA}} Ahmed Bin-Khanen
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIA WTCR - Ahmed Bin Khanen joins for home event - automobilsport.com |url=https://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,245523,FIA-WTCR---Ahmed-Bin-Khanen-joins-for-home-event,news.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212001520/https://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,245523,FIA-WTCR---Ahmed-Bin-Khanen-joins-for-home-event,news.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=www.automobilsport.com}}</ref>
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A fictionalized account of the GT Academy driving academy and gamer-driver Mardenborough was made into the 2023 dramatic biopic film ''[[Gran Turismo (film)|Gran Turismo]]''.<ref name=MT-GTmovie2023GTAcademy>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.motortrend.com/news/gran-turismo-movie-2023-details-gt-academy/ |title= The Gran Turismo Movie's First Trailer Turns Gamers Into Racers |author= Andrew Beckford |date= 2 May 2023 |magazine= MotorTrend }}</ref>
=== Recognition ===
* 2013 AUTOSPORT Awards, Pioneering and Innovation Award
* 2012 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Bronze Lion, Best Use of Branded Content
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==See also ==
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* [[Gran Turismo (film)|''Gran Turismo'' (film)]], 2023 drama film
* [[Gran Turismo (series)|''Gran Turismo'' (series)]], videogame series
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