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GT Academy Winner Scores First Race Win
Despite spending the majority of his driving career in front of Gran Turismo, GT Academy winner Lucas Ordonez and teammate Alex Buncombe scored their first race victory at the Zolder circuit in Belgium last week, behind the wheel of the RJN Motorsport Nissan 350Z.
This is a huge step for the team (they’re running second GT4 European Cup championship) and a major landmark in Lucas’ career. It’s also a very proud moment for sim racers everywhere -- whether your game of choice is GT, Forza Motorsport, or something on the PC, we all have Lucas to thank for “legitimizing” our hobby. Here’s what RJN team boss Bob Neville had to say about the latest victory to gadget website T3:
“Whatever happens now in the rest of the season Lucas has proved a big point. His first season of GT racing has delivered a win in an international race series again top line drivers, in top line cars. [...] The main focus is maintaining our second place in the [rest of the] Championship. That would really show everyone that a Playstation gamer can go from bedroom to championship contender in one year.”