20 Facts About Jody Fannin

Jody Fannin was born on 4 September 1993 and is a British auto racing driver.

Jody Fannin competed in the European Le Mans Series in 2017, winning the GTE Championship with Rob Smith driving for JMW Motorsport in a Ferrari 488 GTE.

Jody Fannin was the 2012 British GT GT4-class champion, along with Warren Hughes, driving for Team WFR in a Ginetta G50.

Jody Fannin finished ninth in the Super One Minimax in 2009, in addition to a 19th-place finish in the Mini Max class of the MSA Kartmasters Grand Prix.

Jody Fannin entered the final round of the Blancpain Endurance Series, held at the Spanish Circuito de Navarra, driving a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 entered by Scuderia Vittoria.

Jody Fannin finished twelfth in race one, and eleventh in race two, both positions being outside of the points.

Jody Fannin returned to JRM Racing again for the 24 Hours of Spa, this time alongside Charles Bateman, Matt Bell and Humaid Al-Masaood, but brake issues dogged their race, and they were eventually forced to retire with a driveline problem, as the car stopped on track.

Jody Fannin then partnered Steven Kane for JRM Racing in the Hockenheimring round of the ADAC GT Masters series, taking 18th in the first race, and 14th in the second.

Jody Fannin finished the season partnering Jean-Philippe Dayraut in the Paul Ricard round of the GT Tour, and, after narrowly missing out on pole, he was not classified in the first race after contact in the first corner, they took fourth in the second race.

Jody Fannin followed this up with a win and a second place in the Silverstone round of the International GT Open alongside Darren Turner in a TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.

Jody Fannin joined Pete Littler for a part season of British GT in 2016, again in an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 and rounded off the year with a podium alongside Francesco Sini in the Barcelona round of the International GT Open with Italian Aston Martin Racing team, Solaris Motorsport.

Jody Fannin was selected as a full member of the BRDC and joined JMW Racing for a full season of the European Le Mans Series, starting the season in the team's venerable Ferrari 458 Italia GTE alongside Rob Smith and Rory Butcher, achieving an emotional win in the seven year old car's final appearance at Monza against the newer spec 2017 GTE cars joined by Jonny Cocker who replaced Butcher for the round.

In 2018, Jody Fannin got his permit for racing on the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

Jody Fannin debuted in the GT3 class at the end of 2018 in a Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 with a Pro Am podium.

Jody Fannin followed this up with a Pro Am GT3 win in the opening round of the VLN series at the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

Jody Fannin rejoined the team for the full European Le Mans Series in 2022 alongside Rodrigo Sales and Andrea Fontana which resulted in a 6th place finish in the GTE championship.

Jody Fannin joined up with Racing One and their Ferrari 488 GT3 for a return to the Nordschleife and VLN.

Jody Fannin returned to debut Racing One's new Ferrari 296 GT3 after a pre season test programme at the beginning of 2023.

Jody Fannin was named after Jody Scheckter, and has a South African father, and an English mother.

Jody Fannin's family moved to South Africa when he was one, moving back to the UK seven years later.