Nicolas Armindo (born 8 March 1982) is a

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driver born in

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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),

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(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 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship season, FIA GT3 European Championship with Rosberg team with an

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. In 2005 he competed in the

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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 Supercup, Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, completing the 5.1-kilometre track in 1:51.692 minute

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

( :Template:Motorsport driver results legend, 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.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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