Adam Christodoulou

Infobox racing driver
name = Adam Christodoulou


nationality = flagicon|UK British
date of birth = Birth date and age|1989|6|11
place of birth = Lichfield (United Kingdom)
current series = British Formula Renault Championship
first year = 2007
current team = CR Scuderia
car number = 5

Adam Christodoulou (born June 11, 1989 in Lichfield) is a British racing driver, who won the 2008 British Formula Renault Championship.

Career

2006

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.

2007

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 [cite news |title=Latest News: Tappy Targets Hamilton After Storming To Title |url=http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/latestnews/story.asp?ArticleID=1795 |publisher=Renault Sport |date=October 14, 2007 |accessdate=2008-04-22 ] 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 NEC (Northern European Cup), and although he only took part in 5 races he still gained podium finishes and came 8th out of 44.

2008

Back in the British Formula Renault Championship for 2008, Adam's season got off to a very promising start with 4 wins out of the first 8 races, 4 new lap records and 5 podium finishes. On 21st September he secured the UK Formula Renault 2.0 Championship title.

Management & Team

Adam’s team, CR Scuderia, is managed by Andrew Kirkaldy who races the FIA GT and the team principle, Chris Niarchos, of the cobra group also races in the FIA GT series alongside Tim Mullen and Rob Bell of the CR Scuderia team.

The British GT team looking for success this season include Luke Hines, James Sutton, Michael Cullen, Jeremy Metcalfe and Michael Meadows, son of Ron Meadows, sporting director of Honda Racing F1, who’s line up includes Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button and Alex Wurz.

Adam’s teammates in the 2008 Championship include Scott Jenkins, Ryuji Yamamoto, Sten Pentus and Jesse Krohn.

Adam competed in the ‘race4charity’ celebrity kart race organised by BP Ultimate at the Autosport International show in 2008 [cite news |title=Report from the Karting Show at the Autosport International |url=http://kartlink.com/2008/report-from-the-karting-show-at-the-autosport-international/ |publisher=Renault Sport |date=January 14, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-22 ] . 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.

External links

* [http://www.adamchristodoulou.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/5088/ Christodoulou’s Profile on Driver Database]

References