Nicolas Armindo

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Nicolas Armindo
IMSA Performance Matmut 76.jpg
Armindo in 2014
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1982-03-08) 8 March 1982 (age 44)
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season 2010
Current team Matech Competition
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold (until 2018)
FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver (2019–) [1]
Car number6
Former teams Mad-Croc Racing
Starts8
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish33rd in 2010
Previous series
2009
2002-03
2002-03
FIA GT3
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
FFSA Formula Renault 2.0
Championship titles
2014
20112012
2010
FFSA GT Championship
Le Mans Series – GTE Am
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2011, 2012, 2014
TeamsIMSA Performance Matmut
Best finish17th
Class wins0

Nicolas Armindo (born 8 March 1982) is a French race car driver of Portuguese descent. [2]

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Having raced locally in karting, Armindo started his career in French Formula Campus in 2001, before moving on to Formula Renault and Porsche one-make competition. [3] [4] He amassed three wins in Porsche Supercup and eventually became Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion in 2010 for Hermes Attempto Racing, beating Nick Tandy and Uwe Alzen. [5] [6] [7]

Armindo had already made a one-off FIA GT debut at Istanbul in 2005, and later came third in the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship and sixth in ADAC GT Masters with Audi regulars Team Rosberg. [8] [9]

In 2011, Armindo graduated to LM GTE and began a prolific relationship with IMSA Performance, as he and Raymond Narac dominated the European Le Mans Series back-to-back. [10] [11] They were joined by Porsche factory driver Patrick Pilet at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished fifth in GTE Pro, before Armindo then led the team to a GTE Am–class podium at the 2012 edition and a win at Spa-Francorchamps. [12] [13]

After a year away in ADAC GT Masters in 2013, Armindo reunited with Narac to win the 2014 FFSA GT Championship, a programme he dovetailed with the Blancpain Endurance Series. [14] [15] [16] He would spend the latter stages of his career in the SRO flagship series, ranging from BMW to McLaren, Lamborghini and Porsche machinery. [17] [18] In 2017 and 2018, he won the 500 Nocturnes night race at Anneau du Rhin for AB Sport Auto. [19] [20]

Armindo now works as a property developer in his home city of Colmar. [21]

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)

YearTeamCar123456789101112Pos.Pts
2006 Lechner Racing School Team Porsche 997 GT3 BHR
19
ITA GER ESP MON GBR USA USA FRA GER HUN ITA NC0‡
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
9th72
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
11th73
2010 Al Faisal Lechner Racing Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON ESP GBR GER
1
HUN BEL
5
ITA
7
NC0‡
2015 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 ESP MON AUT
17
GBR HUN BEL BEL ITA ITA USA USA NC0‡

 — 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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2010 Mad-Croc Racing Corvette ABU
QR
ABU
CR
SIL
QR

12
SIL
CR

11
BRN
QR
BRN
CR
PRI
QR
PRI
CR
33rd14
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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345RankPoints
2011 IMSA Performance MatmutLMGTE Am Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
6
SPA
1
IMO
1
SIL
1
EST
1
1st75
2012 IMSA Performance MatmutLMGTE Am Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
2
DON
1
PET
1
1st94
2014 IMSA Performance MatmutLMGTE Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
3
IMO
6
RBR
Ret
LEC
8
EST
9
10th29

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2011 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE
Pro
31117th5th
2012 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Flag of France.svg Anthony Pons
Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE
Am
32821st2nd
2014 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Flag of France.svg David Hallyday
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE
Am
32331st11th

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