Nicolas Armindo

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)

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

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