Former Grand Am and Star Mazda driver Adam Christodoulou is teaming up with CRS Racing for the European Le Mans Series, which kicks off Sunday with the Six Hours of Le Castellet at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet, France.
The Le Mans Series is composed of five endurance races run on historic European tracks: the Six Hours of Castellet, 1000 km. of Spa-Francorchamps, Six Hours of Imola, Six Hours of Silverstone, and Six Hours of Estoril.
Christodoulou is no stranger to endurance racing; in January he competed in—and completed—the Grand Am Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
The 21 year-old, who won the 2008 British Formula Renault title with CSR Racing, will co-drive with GT3 stars Klaas Hummel and Phil Quaife, who also has a season in GT Open and LMS.
Christodoulou drove a Mazda RX8 in the in Grand Am and two races for CRS in the GT Open series in 2010. He adapted easily to the CRS Ferrari 430 in testing at the Paul Ricard circuit, despite his track time being limited by weather.
The Le Mans Series is composed of five endurance races run on historic European tracks: the Six Hours of Castellet, 1000 km. of Spa-Francorchamps, Six Hours of Imola, Six Hours of Silverstone, and Six Hours of Estoril.
Christodoulou is no stranger to endurance racing; in January he competed in—and completed—the Grand Am Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
The 21 year-old, who won the 2008 British Formula Renault title with CSR Racing, will co-drive with GT3 stars Klaas Hummel and Phil Quaife, who also has a season in GT Open and LMS.
Christodoulou drove a Mazda RX8 in the in Grand Am and two races for CRS in the GT Open series in 2010. He adapted easily to the CRS Ferrari 430 in testing at the Paul Ricard circuit, despite his track time being limited by weather.
“It will be good to get the season started—I hope we can go out there and bag our first podium,” Christodoulou said in a press release. “The test all looked promising for us but you can never tell until you go into a race situation. I’m hoping we will have some consistent weather conditions so we can really work to get the maximum out of the car.”
Christodoulou’s more experienced teammate, Phil Quaife, is also upbeat. “The team’s good and the car’s good so I have every reason to be optimistic,” he said in the release. “I hope we will be up on the podium steps by the end of Sunday.
“It will be good to race with my new team-mates.”
CRS will be competing in the GTE-Am class, where it finished third in the Sebring 12 Hours in March with a different crew of drivers.
“I don’t see any reason why we can’t get some good results in the new LM GTE-Am class,” said CRS Team Principal Andrew Kirkaldy. “Klaas has come a very long way since 2009. He has learned a lot from his team-mates and I think this will be his best season yet.
Phil did a great job in the Le Mans Series last year and really developed as a sportscar driver. Adam is a natural racer with a few championships under his belt and I have every confidence that he will have a great season.”
The full race will be shown live on Motors TV on Sunday, with coverage starting at 10:45 in the UK. Live timing is available at www.lemans.series.com.
“It will be good to race with my new team-mates.”
CRS will be competing in the GTE-Am class, where it finished third in the Sebring 12 Hours in March with a different crew of drivers.
“I don’t see any reason why we can’t get some good results in the new LM GTE-Am class,” said CRS Team Principal Andrew Kirkaldy. “Klaas has come a very long way since 2009. He has learned a lot from his team-mates and I think this will be his best season yet.
Phil did a great job in the Le Mans Series last year and really developed as a sportscar driver. Adam is a natural racer with a few championships under his belt and I have every confidence that he will have a great season.”
The full race will be shown live on Motors TV on Sunday, with coverage starting at 10:45 in the UK. Live timing is available at www.lemans.series.com.
