| Nicolas Armindo | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  French |
| Born | 8 March 1982 Colmar (France) |
| FIA GT1 World Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Matech Competition |
| Car number | 6 |
| Former teams | Mad-Croc Racing |
| Starts | 8 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 33rd in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009 2002-03 2002-03 | FIA GT3 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup FFSA Formula Renault 2.0 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 2011, 2012, 2014 |
| Teams | IMSA Performance Matmut |
| Best finish | 17th |
| Class wins | 0 |
Nicolas Armindo (born 8 March 1982) is a race car driver born in Colmar, France. He is of Portuguese descent.[1]
As a child he enjoyed Karting and raced in many local races. Starting his career in French Formula Campus in 2001, Armindo moved on to drive in French Formula Renault (2002–2003), Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup (2002–2003) and more recently Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (2004).
In 2010 Nicolas became champion in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany with Attempto racing .
In 2009 he was third in the FIA GT3 European Championship with Rosberg team with an Audi R8 LMS.
In 2005 he competed in the FIA GT Championship at the race of Istanbul. With position five in his class he scored 4 points.
He currently holds the record for the fastest lap time in the 6th round of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, completing the 5.1-kilometre track in 1:51.692 minutes.
Nicolas Armindo's team is currently IMSA Performance in the Le-Mans Series and Hermes Attempto Racing in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. Together they were able to win the Drivers- and the Team-title in the Carrera Cup in 2010. He also did several guest-starts for Lechner Racing in the Supercup and was able to win in Hockenheim.
In 2011 he raced the Le Mans-Series in a 2010 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR together with Raymond Narac in the GTE-AM-Class and won the Title in the GTE-AM-Class. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans he changed to the GTE-Pro-Class and drove the new 2011 GT3 RSR. He also drove a Porsche 997 GT3 R of the Attempto Team in the ADAC GT-Masters and the 24 Hours of Dubai.
In 2012 he drove the Rolex 24 in Daytona together with Orbit Racing and James Sofronas.
Racing record
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Lechner Racing School Team | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 19 |
ITA | GER | ESP | MON | GBR | USA | USA | FRA | GER | HUN | ITA | NC | 0‡ |
| 2007 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR Ret |
BHR 8 |
ESP 8 |
MON 7 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 1 |
GER 11 |
HUN Ret |
TUR Ret |
ITA 19 |
BEL Ret |
9th | 72 | |
| 2008 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 18 |
BHR 6 |
ESP 4 |
TUR Ret |
MON 18 |
FRA 9 |
GBR 15 |
GER 6 |
HUN 16 |
ESP | BEL | ITA 1 |
11th | 73 |
| 2010 | Al Faisal Lechner Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | BHR | ESP | MON | ESP | GBR | GER 1 |
HUN | BEL 5 |
ITA 7 |
NC | 0‡ | ||
| 2015 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 | ESP | MON | AUT 17 |
GBR | HUN | BEL | BEL | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | NC | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
Complete GT1 World Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mad-Croc Racing | Corvette | ABU QR |
ABU CR |
SIL QR 12 |
SIL CR 11 |
BRN QR |
BRN CR |
PRI QR |
PRI CR |
33rd | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Matech Competition | Ford | SPA QR |
SPA CR |
NÜR QR |
NÜR CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
NAV QR 4 |
NAV CR 7 |
INT QR 7 |
INT CR 8 |
SAN QR 17 |
SAN CR 8 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | IMSA Performance Matmut |
Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro |
311 | 17th | 5th |
| 2012 | IMSA Performance Matmut |
Anthony Pons Raymond Narac |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am |
328 | 21st | 2nd |
| 2014 | IMSA Performance Matmut |
Raymond Narac David Hallyday |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am |
323 | 31st | 11th |
References
- ↑ rédaction, La (2009-04-13). "Armindo fait débuter une Audi R8 GT3". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-29.