Adam Robert Christodoulou (born 11 June 1989) is a British and Greek racing driver who competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Team GetSpeed as a factory driver for Mercedes.
Christodoulou is known for his successes at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, which include an overall win in 2016. In his junior career, he won the 2008 British Formula Renault Championship and the 2009 Star Mazda Championship. His cousin Riki Christodoulou is also a racing driver, having competed in British Formula 3 Championship.
Early life Christodoulou was born in Lichfield to a British mother and a half-Greek, half-German father.
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 first 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.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-2017/67/scandal-winning-all-matters/
Formula Renault
Christodoulou began his career in single seater racing in the 2006 Formula Renault UK Winter Series and gained fourth 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, Christodoulou 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, Christodoulou finished third.
In 2007, Christodoulou also competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, and although he only took part in four rounds, he still gained podium finishes and came eighth out of 44.
Back in the British Formula Renault Championship for 2008, Christodoulou finished the season with seven wins, four 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, Christodoulou'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, Christodoulou 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 three wins and nine podium finishes. He has again been nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. He would test an Indy Lights car for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in October 2009 after having previously tested for Bryan Herta Autosport in the same series.IndyCar News and Notes , IndyCar PR via motorsport.com, 16 October 2009, Retrieved 16 October 2009
Sports cars For 2010, Christodoulou ran in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class for Newman Wachs Racing with co-driver John Edwards.
Endurance racing
2011–2021: Blancpain Endurance Series Christodoulou competed in the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series driving for Black Falcon. He finished sixth in the Pro-Am class, with a class podium coming in the opening race at Monza. Alongside his Blancpain drive, Christodoulou competed in the 2013 VLN Series, where his results included a stream of three podiums in a row.
2014 was Christodoulou's first year participating in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the top class, SP9. However, he retired from the race after 14 hours as a wheel fell off the car. He attempted to make repairs himself but was unable to do so.
In 2016, Christodoulou took his first win in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving for Black Falcon with Maro Engel, Manuel Metzger and Bernd Schneider. The team started from the ninth row, but they drove a clean race during wet conditions, and an overtake from Engel on the final lap saw them stand on the top step of the podium.
Christodoulou entered the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup with the Black Falcon team. He finished nineteenth overall in the standings, including an eighth-place finish at the 24 Hours of Spa. He also returned to the British GT Championship, joining Team ABBA for the second half of the season, where he took a best result of fifth at Silverstone.
After the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the majority of motorsports events from taking place in early 2020, Christodoulou returned to a racecar for the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, taking two wins in the shortened campaign.
2022: International GT Open For the 2022 season, Christodoulou partnered with Reema Juffali in the International GT Open, driving for Juffali's Theeba Motorsport team. The pair took four class wins and three overall podiums during the campaign, finishing as runners-up in the Pro-Am class.
2023–2024: GT World Challenge After winning the opening race of the prelude, Christodoulou finished fourth in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, having led the race at some points in the first twelve hours. He then competed in the second half of the 2023 GT World Challenge America for Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime, partnering Anthony Bartone. Together, the pair finished 12th in the Pro/Am class, with their best result being a class podium (and sixth overall) in the second race at Road America. He ended the year in the Greater Bay Area GT4 Cup, held as part of the Macau Grand Prix events, claiming second place in the international debut for the Lotus Emira GT4 after qualifying on pole.
Christodoulou entered the opening round of the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Boutsen VDS, which he finished in 16th. He then returned to the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, performing double duty in the two Team Getspeed SP9 cars. However, he would suffer misfortune in both, with the No. 130 retiring due to suspension damage and the #8 following soon after when Christodoulou left the track and damaged the air filter.
2025: Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie In 2025, Christodoulou moved to the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, driving for Mercedes-AMG Team Getspeed in the SP9 class. He was also named as an 'expert driver' for the Mercedes factory team. He began the season with an appearance at the Bathurst 12 Hour, driving in the GT4 category for Team Nineteen, and finished the race in 16th overall. In the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, his team ran near the front of the pack for much of the race, but ultimately finished forty laps behind the leaders after making multiple long stops for repairs.
Other information Christodoulou competed in the "race4charity" celebrity kart race organised by BP Ultimate at the Autosport International show in 2008. He 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 SeasonSeriesTeam NameRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series AKA Lemac 4 0 010 43 10th 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship AKA Cobra Racing 20 0 306 384 4th Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 8 0 003 137 8th Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup AKA Cobra 4 1 002 82 3rd 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship CR Scuderia 20 7 6411 472 1st 2009 Star Mazda Championship JDC MotorSports 13 3 259 473 1st Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 MP Motorsport20000038th 2010 International GT Open CRS Racing400024028th Rolex Sports Car Series - GT SpeedSource Newman Wachs Racing1110042976th 2011 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro McLaren GT10000133rd Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am200000NC Le Mans Series - GTE Am CRS Racing50001364th Rolex Sports Car Series - GT SpeedSource100002549th Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli?????1810th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10 Sponsorcard: Bonk Motorsport10000N/ADNF 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Lapidus Racing10000634th GT3 Racing10000 International GT Open Lapidus Racing600003020th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP1010001N/A3rd 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Black Falcon40112506th British GT Championship - GT4 PROsport Performance1100137.59th GT4 European Trophy81002973rd HDI-Gerling Dutch GT60001?? 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Black Falcon10000919th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Black Falcon100000NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF 24H Series - A6 Ram Racing31103759th 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Black Falcon50000639th 24H Series - A6 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 AMG - Team Black Falcon11001N/A1st 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon501001919th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A5th British GT Championship - GT3 Team ABBA with Rollcentre Racing500004211th Intercontinental GT Challenge Black Falcon10000414th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Riley Motorsports - Team AMG100013057th Touring Car Endurance Series - SP3-GT4 Mercedes-AMG Testteam Black Falcon 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP200013314th Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup AKKA ASP Team200007.520th British GT Championship - GT3 Team ABBA Racing200000NC† IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports100002849th China GT Championship - GT321?112517th V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 Inter Europol Competition10000?? 24H GT Series - A6 PROsport Performance 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon10001N/A2nd 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Goodsmile Racing & Type-Moon Racing100000NC British GT Championship - GT3 Team ABBA Racing700014217th Intercontinental GT Challenge Strakka Racing10000137th China GT Championship - GT3 Toro Racing x JCDCR731161205th 24H GT Series - A6 Black Falcon 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon10000N/ADNF The Hankook 25 Hours VW Fun Cup DRM Family10000N/A20th 2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT10000N/ADNF 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Ram Racing200000NC DTM Trophy PROsport Racing000000NC 24H GT Series - GT4 Dragon Racing 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein10000N/ADNF 2022 International GT Open Theeba Motorsport100103516th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed BWT10001N/A2nd 2023 GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am Bartone Bros Racing with RealTime600115312th GT Cup Open Europe Volcano Motorsport110013012th 24H GT Series - 992 HRT Performance21101645th* 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed10000N/A4th2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Boutsen VDS100000NC IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Lone Star Racing1000024157th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 PROsport-Racing1 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed2 Intercontinental GT Challenge100000NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - Cup2 Black Falcon 992 Endurance Cup Toro Racing by HRT Performance10000N/A15th2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed300006NC24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A70thGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupNordique Racing200000NC2026European Le Mans Series - LMGT3Team Qatar by Iron LynxNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Era Motorsport * *PROsport Racing Team Bilstein 3 PROsport Racing 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 PROsport Racing Team Bilstein10000N/ADNFGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupGrupo Prom Racing Team † 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)