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RJN Motorsport is a British sports car racing team. The team was founded by Bob Neville in 1999 who is still the team principal and has successfully competed internationally in Touring Cars, GT Racing, Dakar Rally Raid and Extreme E. Named after their founder's initials (Robert James Neville) RJN Motorsport are based in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The team was created after Nissan Motorsports Europe closed their Didcot facility and Bob who was Nissan's team principal decided to create his own motorsports outfit. RJN Motorsports have enjoyed a close and lengthy partnership with Nissan since their inception which lasted until the end of 2018 and have raced Nissans in Blancpain GT Series, FIA World Endurance Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dakar Rally and British GT Championship among other series.
Team RJN, a current McLaren Customer Racing team, are delighted to announce the expansion of its GT3 program, creating multiple opportunities in both the British GT Championship and GT World Challenge Europe.
Founded in 1999, Team RJN has excelled across various motorsport disciplines, serving as a premier platform for driver development with Nissan, McLaren, and the GT Academy whilst previously supporting Nissan NISMO’s factory efforts across the globe. The team’s stellar reputation saw Formula 1 champion, Jenson Button, join forces with Team RJN for a multi-year partnership, which continues to this day.
Under the continued leadership of Bob Neville, the team is actively seeking Bronze and Silver Drivers along with valued technical and commercial partners to join the team in its fifth year in partnership with McLaren.
Some of RJN's earliest success came in the 2001 European Super Touring Championship where the team achieved fourth place in the teams championship of the super production class. From 2002-2004 RJN Motorsports was incorporated into Nissan's rally raid team, competing in the Paris-Dakar Rally with drivers such as Colin McRae and Ari Vatanen. After Nissan decided to pull out of rallying ahead of the 2005 season RJN was tasked with developing the Nissan 350Z for racing in the GT2 category of the British GT Championship. RJN enjoyed some success with the 350Z in the 2005 season, with a 3rd place finish at Silverstone.
From 2008 RJN Motorsport was heavily involved with Nissan's GT Academy programme, provided skilled Gran Turismo players an opportunity to earn a real-life professional racing career with Nissan. This helped give rise to the career of notable racing drivers such as Lucas Ordóñez and Jann Mardenborough.
During the 2010s RJN Motorsport raced the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 on behalf on Nissan in various racing series across Europe including Blancpain GT Series, British GT Championship and FIA GT Championship.
During the 2010s RJN Motorsport raced the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 on behalf on Nissan in various racing series across Europe including Blancpain GT Series, British GT Championship and FIA GT Championship.
Ahead of the 2019 Season RJN Motorsport agreed a partnership with 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button to run a Honda NSX GT3 Evo in the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup under the team name Jenson Team Rocket RJN. In 2020 they returned to British GT for the first time since 2018 this time racing a McLaren 720S GT3. For the 2021 season a McLaren 570S GT4 was added to the team. In 2022 Jenson Team Rocket RJN continued in British GT with a Mclaren 720S GT3 entry.
In 2023 the team undertook no racing activities as they were involved with the production of the Gran Turismo feature film before they returned for another season of racing with McLaren in 2024 in British GT and at the Spa 24 Hours.
