Nissan will once again field an all GT Academy alumni driver lineup in next year’s Hankook Dubai 24 Hours. This time the squad is headlined with recent race camp victor Johnny Guindi, who will be making his international race debut at the event.

Guindi will be joined by fellow GT Academy winners Jann Mardenborough, Romain Sarazin and fellow Mexican winner, Ricardo Sanchez in a four driver lineup, the first time Nissan will field an entry of all GT Academy alumni together in the same car in the United Arab Emirates endurance classic.

The quartet will drive a Nissan 370 GT4 in the first major international endurance event of 2017, the entry run by Nissan GT Academy Team RJN.

Guindi has been put through an intensive driver development program since being announced as the 2016 GT Academy International winner last month.

“I did a couple of “All Comers” races in the Nissan 370Z Group N car at Brands Hatch, Snetterton and Silverstone,” he said.

“After seven of those races I “graduated” into the much faster Nissan 370Z GT4 car for the Britcar “Into the Night” 50 minute night race at Brands Hatch.

“I also did my first two overseas races in a Radical SR3 at Dubai Autodrome for the Radical Middle East Cup series.

“It has been great preparation. Apart from the race programme, I’ll keep working very hard to prepare myself physically during the short winter break before the race in Dubai. We’re certainly keen to try to win. We have the car to do so and we definitely have the drivers to do so!”

The race will be held on January 13-14, 2017.