| Nicolas Armindo | |
|---|---|
| Armindo in 2014 | |
| Nationality | |
| Born | 8 March 1982 |
| FIA GT1 World Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Matech Competition |
| Racing licence | |
| Car number | 6 |
| Former teams | Mad-Croc Racing |
| Starts | 8 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 33rd in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009 2002-03 2002-03 | FIA GT3 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup FFSA Formula Renault 2.0 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2014 2011–2012 2010 | FFSA GT Championship Le Mans Series – GTE Am Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 2011, 2012, 2014 |
| Teams | IMSA Performance Matmut |
| Best finish | 17th |
| Class wins | 0 |
Nicolas Armindo (born 8 March 1982) is a French race car driver of Portuguese descent. [2]
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]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Lechner Racing School Team | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 19 | ITA | GER | ESP | MON | GBR | USA | USA | FRA | GER | HUN | ITA | NC | 0‡ |
| 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 | 9th | 72 | |
| 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 | 11th | 73 |
| 2010 | Al Faisal Lechner Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | BHR | ESP | MON | ESP | GBR | GER 1 | HUN | BEL 5 | ITA 7 | NC | 0‡ | ||
| 2015 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 | ESP | MON | AUT 17 | GBR | HUN | BEL | BEL | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | NC | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mad-Croc Racing | Corvette | ABU QR | ABU CR | SIL QR 12 | SIL CR 11 | BRN QR | BRN CR | PRI QR | PRI CR | 33rd | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | IMSA Performance Matmut | LMGTE Am | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC 6 | SPA 1 | IMO 1 | SIL 1 | EST 1 | 1st | 75 |
| 2012 | IMSA Performance Matmut | LMGTE Am | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC 2 | DON 1 | PET 1 | 1st | 94 | ||
| 2014 | IMSA Performance Matmut | LMGTE | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 3 | IMO 6 | RBR Ret | LEC 8 | EST 9 | 10th | 29 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | | | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro | 311 | 17th | 5th |
| 2012 | | | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am | 328 | 21st | 2nd |
| 2014 | | | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am | 323 | 31st | 11th |