Adam Robert Christodoulou (born 11 June 1989, in

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) is a

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-British racing driver, who won the 2008

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, also won the 2009 Star Mazda Championship in the United States. His less successful cousin Riki Christodoulou is also a racing driver, having competed in

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Career

Karting

Christodoulou began his racing career in

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in Britain. His first competitive success came in the 2001 Kartmasters British Grand Prix - comer cadet where he came 1st in class, the first of many accolades in his burgeoning career. However in 2006 an MSA court found that Christodoulou had competed in a meeting at Rowrah on 5 June 2005 using illegally-modified engines. These had been modified by Peter Christodoulou whose actions resulted in a fine of £30,000. In 2017, Christodoulou admitted to still suffering night terrors and regular involuntary bowel movements due to the events which he claimed to know ‘nothing about’.

Formula Renault

Christodoulou began his career in single seater racing in the 2006 Formula Renault UK Winter Series and gained 4th place at

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round 2, race 1 and managed a fastest lap at Croft round 2, race 2. In the 2007

, Adam had the most podium finishes in Europe and the UK out of any rookie driver, he came fourth overall and won the coveted graduate cup with a prize of £15,000. (He came behind

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and

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). During this year he was invited to become a BRDC young driver. During the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series 2007 he finished 3rd. In 2007 Christodoulou also competed in the

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, and although he only took part in 4 rounds he still gained podium finishes and came 8th out of 44. Back in the British Formula Renault Championship for 2008, Adam finished the season with 7 wins, 4 new lap records and 11 podium finishes. On 21 September he secured the UK Formula Renault 2.0 Championship title with 472 points. During this year Adam's team, CR Scuderia, was managed by Andrew Kirkaldy who races the

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and the team principal, Chris Niarchos, of the Cobra Group also races in the FIA GT series alongside Tim Mullen and

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of the CR Scuderia team. In December 2008 he was one of six finalists for the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, and won the Autosport Awards British Club Driver 2008.

Star Mazda

In 2009, Christodoulou competed in the

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series, a single seater class in the US, and won the championship, with 3 wins and 9 podium finishes. He has again been nominated for the

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. He will test an

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car for

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in October 2009 after having previously tested for

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in the same series.

Sports cars

For 2010, he ran in the

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GT class for

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with co-driver

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Other information

Adam competed in the "race4charity" celebrity kart race organised by BP Ultimate at the

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show in 2008. Adam broke the lap record and his team won the charity event where they raced against such drivers as

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and

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amongst others.

Racing record

Career summary

Star Mazda Championship results

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References

External links

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Report on Christodoulou's ban from Karting
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