Description Available in: GT Academy Winners are invited to take part in Nissan's Driver Development Programme. Headquartered at Silverstone Circuit, UK, the Driver Development Program consists of two-to-four months of training and racing at club and national level with the GT Academy Nissan RJN Motorsport Team in order for drivers to qualify for an International Racing License, a process that normally takes three years. This is a requirement to compete at an international endurance race – the final prize for the majority of the GT Academy Winners – which for most has been the Dubai 24 Hours.
RJN Motorsport have been the racing team for GT Academy Winners for the Driver Development Programme ever since the first GT Academy in 2008, where inaugural winner Lucas Ordoñez upgraded his National B racing license to an International C racing licence after six weekends of racing.
In addition to building fitness, racing experience and theory, the Driver Development Programme also includes training in the NISMO Lab, where technological equipment includes Nissan's In-Body machine, which analyses body composition; a brainwave monitor, which trains the mind to simultaneously focus and relax; a BATAK console to improve peripheral vision and reaction times; a racing simulator which allows simulated racing practice on any track in the world; a biometric harness and the JukeRide which measure biometric and telemetry data respectively.