The world-famous Silverstone racetrack is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2023 and all three days are packed with non-stop historic racing action as well as live music from an amazing list of artists. 'Significantly, the car finished ninth in the Nurburgring 24 hours in 2015 Nissan's best result in recent history.' The Silverstone Festival 2023, from August 25 to 27, will provide 'the best historic motorsport, incredible music, family entertainment and amazing food all in one weekend'. To add to the interest, Jann was the stunt driver in the film and drove the GT3 several times as he did in real life when the car was active as a Nissan Europe works car.

Silverstone Auctions add: 'As well as being prominent in all of the pre-promotion material, the car features heavily in the film as central to Jann’s journey. READ MORE: Brad Pitt puts the brakes on filming F1 blockbuster in support of actors’ strike

The Nissan for sale has recently been owned by the creator of GT Academy, Darren Cox, who is played by Orlando Bloom in the Gran Turismo film. GT Academy provided skilled Gran Turismo players with an opportunity to earn a real-life professional racing career with Nissan. 'This car is not only central to the film and can be seen in all of the promotional material but also is an important part of the real GT Academy story.' Silverstone Auctions said: 'This outstanding Nissan GT-R race car is not only one of the star cars of the motion picture Gran Turismo, but is the most successful GT-R R35 GT3 still in private hands. The estimate for the sale of the car at the Silverstone Festival on August 25th is £225,000 - £275,000. The Nissan GT-R GT3 features in the movie inspired by the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage gamer aspiring to be a racing driver. A race car from the hotly anticipated Gran Turismo film is set to be auctioned in Northamptonshire.

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