Racing
2004 - Start of racing career, driving a BMW M3 in the BMW LMA Euro Saloon Championship, dominating Class B and finishing runner-up in the overall standings. He proved his merit in endurance racing and achieved a class win and 6th overall in the first-ever Silverstone Britcar 24 Hour.
2005 - Nick competed in the Ferrari Historic Challenge and Le Mans Classic, driving a rare Ferrari Dino 246 and scoring encouraging results.
2006 and 2007 - Victories in the Roy Salvadori Trophy at the Silverstone Classic meeting with a 1957 Aston Martin DBR1. In 2007 he reached a personal landmark with a Le Mans podium in the Legends race driving a Ferrari P3.
Nick also competed in the Belgian and Italian Touring Car Series, gaining several podiums, two class victories at Spa and consecutive wins in the prestigious Vallelunga 6 Hour Silver Cup. Other successes included podium in the Epilogue of Brno 6 Hour race and a GT1 class win and 2nd overall in the highly competitive Vallelunga Gold Cup.
2007 - Created Strakka Racing, one of Britain's leading independent racing teams.
2008 - Strakka Racing and Nick progressed to the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours with an Aston Martin DBR9 GT1.
2009 - Nick and Strakka Racing stepped up to a Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S LMP1 sports prototype in the Le Mans Series. Partnered by Danny Watts and Peter Hardman, Nick and the team claimed an impressive pole in Barcelona and finished 14th in LMP1 in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
2010 - Raced an LMP2 twin-turbo V6 engined HPD ARX-01c in the Le Mans Series, recording one of the most remarkable seasons in sportscar racing, scoring an LMP2 victory at the Le Mans 24 Hour race, breaking five records. Memorably the team also achieved the first ever LMS outright win for an LMP2 chassis, with victory at the 1,000 km race at the Hungaroring.
2011 - Became the first LMP2 driver to achieve two overall victories in the Le Mans Series.
2012 and 2013 - Raced in the FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMP1 class HPD ARX-03a with Johnny Kane and Danny Watts. The team finished on the FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams' podium in all eight races – achieving the 100% record with an outstanding final stint in Shanghai by Nick when he took the car from 4th to 3rd in the closing stages of the race. The highlight of the season was a 3rd overall finish at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.
2012 - Nick was the brainchild behind the creation of Strakka Performance in 2012, a driver development programme designed to nurture young talent to the best they can.
2015 – Leventis spearheaded the design and production of Strakka's own car, the DOME S103 at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, claiming a third place on its debut.
2016 – Nick became a member of the prestigious BRDC (British Racing Drivers’ Club), home to the most successful racing drivers from Great Britain and the Commonwealth.
With the Gibson-Nissan, Strakka's team consisting of Leventis, Jonny Kane and Danny Watts came fourth in the LMP2 class (eight overall) at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Nick accepted the BRDC Woolf Barnato Trophy awarded to the highest placed British driver at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2017 – Nick and Strakka Racing started working with one of the most successful and prestigious GT3 manufacturers, McLaren. They entered the challenging Blancpain GT Series with an impressive four McLaren 650S GT3.
2018 - In 2018 Nick will expand Strakka Racing's GT activities beyond Europe, forming a new partnership with Mercedes-AMG which will see them carry Performance Team status for the German marque. The Silverstone-based team will run three new Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the Intercontinental GT Challenge alongside Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
2019 - On the 24th of July, it was revealed that Leventis had tested positive to banned substances. He was thus banned for four years. Following this incident he announced his retirement. [5]
Philanthropy
Leventis has been involved in charitable work connected to his family's long-standing philanthropic tradition through the A. G. Leventis Foundation, which supports education, culture and environmental projects in Europe and Africa and has funded thousands of scholarships worldwide. [10] [11] In 2010, Leventis took part in the Everest Skydive project in Nepal as an ambassador for the charity Global Angels, completing a tandem skydive from around 30,000 feet above Mount Everest to raise funds for vulnerable children and communities. [12] In 2012, Leventis abseiled down The Shard in London as part of a charity event supporting the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund, joining fellow World Endurance Championship drivers in the fundraiser. [13]
In 2018 Nick Leventis participated in a charity football match with Manchester United football player Dimitar Berbatov to raise money for charity in Bulgaria, supporting children's orphanages and the conservation of the Orthodox church. [14] Leventis has also participated in long-distance running events, including the New York City Marathon in 2011, finishing in 3:11:33, in support of charitable causes. [15]
Awards and honours
2010 LMP2 class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Strakka Racing, setting multiple category performance records, the Michelin Green X Challenge (Prototype category) at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Nigel Moores Trophy as a private entrant who has established the most meritorious performances in international motor racing. [16] [17]
2013, became the first privateer to achieve an overall podium in the World Endurance Championship. [18]
2016 BRDC Woolf Barnato Trophy (with Jonny Kane and Danny Watts) for being the highest-placed British drivers in a British car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and RMA Trophy of driver of the year for outstanding performance. [19]
British 
FIA Bronze
