Kriton Lendoudis

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Kriton Lendoudis
Nationality Flag of Greece.svg Greek
Born (1959-12-28) 28 December 1959 (age 64)
Greece
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2023
Current team Algarve Pro Racing
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Car number20
Former teams AF Corse
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins1
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish2nd (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]

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Lendoudis is the owner of Evalend Shipping. [2]

Career

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]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2014Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa ShellMotor Piacenza20000123rd
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell10000N/ANC
Group C Racing Championship Class 1300011918th
2015Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell AF Corse 1200001517th
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell10000N/A5th
Group C Racing Championship Class 140002523rd
Salvadori Cup10000N/A17th
2016 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Motor Service1100014411th
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell EU GTL Motor Service10000N/A13th
Group C Racing Series Class 1111113121st
24H Series - SP3 JR Motorsport100000NC†
24H Series - 991 Tsunami RT
2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Team Zakspeed 200000NC
Group C Racing - C114742113281st
Classic Endurance Racing - GT2100001119th
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Black Falcon50001515th
24H GT Series - Championship of the Continents - A6 100000NC
24H Proto Series - Championship of the Continents - P3 Spirit of Race 30003373rd
Group C Racing - C1211125615th
Masters Endurance Legends300020NC†
2019 Le Mans Cup - GT3 Spirit of Race 200000NC†
Blancpain GT Sports Club AF Corse 20000123rd
Endurance Racing Legends GT1B44204187th
Group C Racing - C142102936th
2021 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 AF Corse 50000625th
2022 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 AF Corse 400000NC
2023 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE AF Corse 60000358th
Gulf 12 Hours - Am 10000N/ADNF
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 61004962nd
2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing

† As Lendoudis was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassis1234567RankPoints
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		25th6
2022 AF Corse LMP3 Ligier JS P320 LEC
26		 IMO
Ret		 LMS
1 		LMS
2 		MNZ SPA
12		 ALG
24		NC0

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
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		8th35
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		2nd96

* Season still in progress.

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