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Red Bull takes on video gamer in GP3
Jann Mardenborough started his racing career playing Gran Turismo Getty Images Enlarge Video game player turned racing driver Jann Mardenborough has been taken on by Red Bull's driver development programme and will race in the GP3 series this year for Arden. Mardenborough won the Playstation GT Academy in 2011 - a competition based around the computer game Gran Turismo - and has been working his way through the motorsport ranks ever since. Last season he competed in Formula 3, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and took part in tests in both GP3 and Formula Renault 3.5. His assault on the GP3 championship this year will see him drive in support races at grands prix and he is looking forward to...
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