Nicolas Armindo (born 8 March 1982) is a French race car driver of Portuguese descent.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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 edition and a win at Spa-Francorchamps.
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. He would spend the latter stages of his career in the SRO flagship series, ranging from BMW to McLaren, Lamborghini and Porsche machinery. In 2017 and 2018, he won the 500 Nocturnes night race at Anneau du Rhin for AB Sport Auto.
Armindo now works as a property developer in his home city of Colmar.
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)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
!
! Pts
|-
| 2006
! Lechner Racing School Team
! Porsche 997 GT3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR<br>
| ITA
| GER
| ESP
| MON
| GBR
| USA
| USA
| FRA
| GER
| HUN
| ITA
! NC
! 0‡
|-
| 2007
! Tolimit Motorsport
! Porsche 997 GT3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA<br>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUR<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL<br>
|
! 9th
! 72
|-
| 2008
! Tolimit Motorsport
! Porsche 997 GT3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR<br>
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUR<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN<br>
| ESP
| BEL
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA<br>
! 11th
! 73
|-
| 2010
! Al Faisal Lechner Racing
! Porsche 997 GT3
| BHR
| BHR
| ESP
| MON
| ESP
| GBR
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER<br>
| HUN
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br>
|
|
! NC
! 0‡
|-
| 2015
! Konrad Motorsport
! Porsche 991 GT3
| ESP
| MON
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT<br>
| 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.
Complete GT1 World Championship results
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
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! 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
|-
|rowspan=2| 2010
! Mad-Croc Racing
! Corvette
| ABU<br>QR
|ABU<br>CR
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br>QR<br><small>12<br></small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br>CR<br><small>11<br></small>
| BRN<br>QR
| BRN<br>CR
| PRI<br>QR
| PRI<br>CR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=2| 33rd
!rowspan=2| 14
|-
! Matech Competition
! Ford
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SPA<br>QR
| SPA<br>CR
| NÜR<br>QR
| NÜR<br>CR
| ALG<br>QR
| ALG<br>CR
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAV<br>QR<br><small>4<br></small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV<br>CR<br><small>7<br></small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT<br>QR<br><small>7<br></small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INT<br>CR<br><small>8<br></small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAN<br>QR<br><small>17<br></small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAN<br>CR<br><small>8<br></small>
|}
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Class
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! Rank
! Points
|-
| 2011
! nowrap| IMSA Performance Matmut
! LMGTE Am
! nowrap| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
! nowrap| Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC<br>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA<br>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| IMO<br>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL<br>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EST<br>
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"|75
|-
| 2012
! nowrap| IMSA Performance Matmut
! LMGTE Am
! nowrap| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
! nowrap| Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LEC<br/>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON<br/>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PET<br/>
|colspan=2|
! style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st
! style="background:#FFFFBF;"|94
|-
| 2014
! nowrap| IMSA Performance Matmut
! LMGTE
! nowrap| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
! nowrap| Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SIL<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST<br>
! 10th
! 29
|}
24 Hours of Le Mans results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
! 2011
|align="left"| IMSA Performance Matmut
|align="left"| Raymond Narac<br> Patrick Pilet
|align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
| GTE<br>Pro
| 311
| 17th
| 5th
|-
! 2012
|align="left"| IMSA Performance Matmut
|align="left"| Anthony Pons<br> Raymond Narac
|align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
| GTE<br>Am
| 328
| 21st
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
|-
! 2014
|align="left"| IMSA Performance Matmut
|align="left"| Raymond Narac<br> David Hallyday
|align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
| GTE<br>Am
| 323
| 31st
| 11th
|}