# Adam Christodoulou

Adam Robert Christodoulou (born 11 June 1989, in Lichfield) is a Greek-British racing driver, who won the 2008 British Formula Renault Championship and also won the 2009 Star Mazda Championship in the United States. His cousin Riki Christodoulou is also a racing driver, having competed in British Formula 3 Championship.

## Career
### Karting

Christodoulou began his racing career in karting 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.

### Formula Renault

Christodoulou began his career in single seater racing in the 2006 Formula Renault UK Winter Series and gained 4th place at Croft round 2, race 1 and managed a fastest lap at Croft round 2, race 2.
In the 2007 British Formula Renault Championship, 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 Duncan Tappy, Dean Smith and Will Bratt). 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 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, 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 FIA GT and the team principal, Chris Niarchos, of the Cobra Group also races in the FIA GT series alongside Tim Mullen and Rob Bell 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 Star Mazda 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 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. He will test an Indy Lights car for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in October 2009 after having previously tested for Bryan Herta Autosport in the same series.

### Sports cars

For 2010, he ran in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class for Newman Wachs Racing with co-driver John Edwards.

## Other information

Adam competed in the "race4charity" celebrity kart race organised by BP Ultimate at the Autosport International show in 2008. Adam broke the lap record and his team won the charity event where they raced against such drivers as Allan McNish, Paul di Resta, Sam Bird and Nathan Caratti amongst others.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series | AKA Lemac | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 10th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship | AKA Cobra Racing | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 384 | 4th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | AKA Cobra Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 8th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup | AKA Cobra | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 3rd |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship | CR Scuderia | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 472 | 1st |
| 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | JDC MotorSports | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 473 | 1st |
| 2009 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | MP Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th |
| 2010 | International GT Open | CRS Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 28th |
| 2010 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | SpeedSource Newman Wachs Racing | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 297 | 6th |
| 2011 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro | McLaren GT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33rd |
| 2011 | Le Mans Series - GTE Am | CRS Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4th |
| 2011 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | SpeedSource | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 49th |
| 2011 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 18 | 10th |
| 2012 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | Lapidus Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34th |
| 2012 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | GT3 Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34th |
| 2012 | International GT Open | Lapidus Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20th |
| 2012 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2013 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | Black Falcon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 6th |
| 2013 | British GT Championship - GT4 | PROsport Performance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 | 9th |
| 2013 | GT4 European Trophy | PROsport Performance | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 3rd |
| 2013 | HDI-Gerling Dutch GT | PROsport Performance | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? |
| 2014 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro | Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19th |
| 2014 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2015 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro | Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2015 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2015 | 24H Series - A6 | Ram Racing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 9th |
| 2016 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Black Falcon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39th |
| 2016 | 24H Series - A6 | Black Falcon | | | | | | | |
| 2016 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | AMG-Team Black Falcon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19th |
| 2017 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
| 2017 | British GT Championship - GT3 | Team ABBA with Rollcentre Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11th |
| 2017 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14th |
| 2017 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Riley Motorsports - Team AMG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 57th |
| 2017 | Touring Car Endurance Series - SP3-GT4 | Mercedes-AMG Testteam Black Falcon | | | | | | | |
| 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 14th |
| 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | AKKA ASP Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 20th |
| 2018 | British GT Championship - GT3 | Team ABBA Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2018 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 49th |
| 2018 | China GT Championship - GT3 | | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 | 25 | 17th |
| 2018 | V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 | Inter Europol Competition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
| 2018 | 24H GT Series - A6 | PROsport Performance | | | | | | | |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Goodsmile Racing & Type-Moon Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2019 | British GT Championship - GT3 | Team ABBA Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 17th |
| 2019 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Strakka Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37th |
| 2019 | China GT Championship - GT3 | Toro Racing x JCDCR | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 120 | 5th |
| 2019 | 24H GT Series - A6 | Black Falcon | | | | | | | |
| 2019 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2019 | The Hankook 25 Hours VW Fun Cup | DRM Family | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 20th |
| 2020 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team HRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Ram Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | DTM Trophy | PROsport Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | 24H GT Series - GT4 | Dragon Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2021 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2022 | International GT Open | Theeba Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 6th |
| 2022 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed BWT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am | Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 12th |
| 2023 | GT Cup Open Europe | Volcano Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 12th |
| 2023 | 24H GT Series - 992 | HRT Performance | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 5th* |
| 2023 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Boutsen VDS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Lone Star Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - Cup2 | Black Falcon | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 992 Endurance Cup | Toro Racing by HRT Performance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 15th |
† As Christodoulou was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | AKA Cobra Racing | ZAN 1 5 | ZAN 2 9 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | ASS 1 6 | ASS 2 3 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 1 | NUR 1 5 | NUR 2 4 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 3 | 8th | 137 |

### Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2009 | MP Motorsport | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | SPA 1 25 | SPA 2 18 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | 38th | 0 |

### Star Mazda Championship results

(key)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points |
| 2009 | JDC MotorSports | SEB 1 | VIR 7 | MMP 1 | NJ1 2 | NJ2 25 | WIS 2 | IOW 5 | ILL 2 | ILL 2 | QUE 5 | ONT 3 | ATL 3 | LAG 1 | 1st | 473 |

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2024 | Lone Star Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | | |