Nicolas Armindo

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Nicolas Armindo
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1982-03-08) 8 March 1982 (age 41)
Colmar (France)
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season 2010
Current team Matech Competition
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
2010 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 race car driver born in Colmar, France. He is of Portuguese descent. [1]

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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)

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

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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References

  1. rédaction, La (2009-04-13). "Armindo fait débuter une Audi R8 GT3". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion
2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by FFSA GT Champion
2014 with:
(Raymond Narac)
Succeeded by
Incumbent