Kriton Lendoudis | |
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Nationality | Greek |
Born | Greece | 28 December 1959
European Le Mans Series career | |
Debut season | 2023 |
Current team | Algarve Pro Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Bronze |
Car number | 20 |
Former teams | AF Corse |
Starts | 12 (12 entries) |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 4 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 2nd (LMP2 Pro-Am) in 2024 |
Kriton Lendoudis (born 28 December 1959), sometimes spelled Kriton Lentoudis, is a Greek businessman and racing driver. He currently competes in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing, having driven for AF Corse in 2023. [1]
Lendoudis is the owner of Evalend Shipping. [2]
Lendoudis made his known racing debut in 2014, driving in a round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe as well as the end-of-year Finali Mondiali race. He embarked on a full-time campaign in the series with AF Corse in 2015, finishing 17th in the Coppa Shell class. The Greek driver scored his first podium in the series in 2016 and ended up 11th overall. After winning the Group C Racing competition — a series for historic cars — in the C1 class during the 2017 season, Lendoudis made a switch to GT3 machinery the following year by competing for Black Falcon in the Pro-Am category of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. [3] He, Rui Águas, and Saud Al Faisal took a subclass podium at Le Castellet and finished fifth in the Pro-Am championship. Lendoudis continued to race and win in historic competitions during 2018 and 2019 and made his debut in the Le Mans Cup during the latter year, driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans support race called Road to Le Mans. [4]
After a year of absence during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lendoudis entered into the LMP3 prototype class of the Le Mans Cup in 2021, partnering Águas at AF Corse. [5] They scored a best finish of eighth and finished 19th in the teams' standings. The pair returned in 2022 but failed to score any points during their four races. [6]
Lendoudis and Águas moved to the European Le Mans Series in 2023, entering the final year of the LMGTE class at AF Corse alongside Ulysse de Pauw. [7] Though the trio finished all but one race in the points, their efforts were only enough for eighth place in the teams' championship. For the 2024 ELMS season, Lendoudis moved up to the LMP2 class with Algarve Pro Racing, racing in the Pro-Am category together with former Le Mans class winner Richard Bradley and young pro Alex Quinn. [8] [9] After two races where they finished off the podium, the #20 APR trio benefited from good strategy at Imola to take victory. [10] With Lendoudis remaining clean throughout the next few races, the team extended their podium streak by finishing third at Spa and second at Mugello to set up a final-round title decider. [11] The team decided to gamble during the final stint, leaving Quinn out of the pits and forcing him to stretch his fuel all the way to the end. They led the race until the final lap, when a slowing Quinn was eventually caught by Bent Viscaal, demoting the #20 APR crew to second in the race and the Pro-Am championship. [12] [13]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2014 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell | Motor Piacenza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd |
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
Group C Racing Championship Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18th | ||
2015 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell | AF Corse | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17th |
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | ||
Group C Racing Championship Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 3rd | ||
Salvadori Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 17th | ||
2016 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell | Motor Service | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 11th |
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell | EU GTL Motor Service | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 13th | |
Group C Racing Series Class 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 21st | ||
24H Series - SP3 | JR Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
24H Series - 991 | Tsunami RT | ||||||||
2017 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am | Team Zakspeed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Group C Racing - C1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 328 | 1st | ||
Classic Endurance Racing - GT2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19th | ||
2018 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am | Black Falcon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 5th |
24H GT Series - Championship of the Continents - A6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
24H Proto Series - Championship of the Continents - P3 | Spirit of Race | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 3rd | |
Group C Racing - C1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 15th | ||
Masters Endurance Legends | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† | ||
2019 | Le Mans Cup - GT3 | Spirit of Race | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
Blancpain GT Sports Club | AF Corse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd | |
Endurance Racing Legends GT1B | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 7th | ||
Group C Racing - C1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 6th | ||
2021 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | AF Corse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25th |
2022 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | AF Corse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2023 | European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | AF Corse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8th |
Gulf 12 Hours - Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
2024 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Algarve Pro Racing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 2nd |
† As Lendoudis was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
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2019 | Spirit of Race | GT3 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | LEC | MNZ | LMS 1 6 | LMS 2 10 | CAT | SPA | ALG | NC† | 0 |
2021 | AF Corse | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | CAT 20 | LEC 17 | MNZ 9 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | SPA 16 | ALG 20 | 25th | 6 |
2022 | AF Corse | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | LEC 26 | IMO Ret | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | MNZ | SPA 12 | ALG 24 | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2023 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 6 | IMO 11 | MNZ 10 | CAT 4 | SPA 6 | ALG 7 | 8th | 35 |
2024 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 4 | LEC 6 | IMO 1 | SPA 3 | MUG 2 | ALG 2 | 2nd | 96 |
* Season still in progress.
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