Australian Matthew Simmons, a 26-year-old courier from Brisbane, managed to beat 29 competitors to be crowned 2015 GT Academy International winner. This year the International (Australia, Mexico, North Africa, Turkey, USA) and Asia (India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand) Race Camps took place at the beginning of August at Silverstone Circuit. A host of other NISMO Athletes, who won their opportunities through GT Academy, continue to impress around the world. Jann Mardenborough, the 2011 winner from the UK, competes in the GP3 series and took another step towards Formula 1 last weekend when he raced in the GP2 class in Monza, Italy. He now races for Nissan in the Super GT500 class in Japan and has two Le Mans 24 Hour podium finishes to his name. Lucas Ordoñez, an MBA student from Spain, spearheaded the programme in 2008. The results of GT Academy have been spectacular. The three winners then take part in Nissan's all-encompassing Driver Development Programme to ready them for a career as a racing driver. The fastest gamers on PlayStation's Gran Turismo®6 racing game take part in three ultra-competitive Race Camps where their skills and determination are put to the test behind the wheel of Nissan performance cars such as the 370Z and GT-R, under the tutelage of world class racing drivers.
In 2015, 24 countries across the world have participated in three virtual-to-reality competitions.
GT Academy is getting bigger and better each year. Its talented alumni continue to deliver race wins and podiums for Nissan in a variety of championships across the globe. Fast forward to 2015, and the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy has attracted over five million entrants and become an established route into top-level motorsport. In 2008, Nissan and PlayStation® joined forces in Europe to create an experiment to see if a Gran Turismo® gamer could transfer their skills to become a real racing driver.
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