Nick Leventis
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Image from the Strakka Racing Photograph Archive, February 2010
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| Born |
31 January 1980 London |
| Residence | Notting Hill |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Racing driver |
| Website | nickleventis |
Nick Leventis (born 31 January 1980) is a British racing driver and founder of Strakka Racing. In 2010, the Strakka team of Leventis, Danny Watts, and Jonny Kane won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category. In August Leventis and Strakka secured their first overall victory in the Le Mans Series, winning the 1000 km of Hungaroring.
In 2013, Nick will contest the FIA World Endurance Championship for a second time. The series features 6-hour races in Europe, USA, South America, the Middle East, the Far East and includes the famous Le Mans 24 Hour race in France. He'll race a 200 mph Strakka Racing Honda Performance Development ARX-03c LMP1 prototype.
In addition to his own racing career, Nick is dedicated to helping young and aspiring driving talent through Strakka Performance – a bespoke driver development programme he created in 2012.
He has also raised many thousands of pounds for charity by abseiling down The Shard in London (Western Europe's tallest skyscraper), raising money for the Commando Spirit Appeal on behalf of the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund, and has ski-dived from 30,000 ft above Mount Everest for the Global Angels charity
Nick Leventis was born in Kensington, London and educated at Harrow School. Leventis initially competed in downhill alpine skiing until a serious back injury in 2003 forced him to quit the sport at a professional level. From here he turned his focus to motorsports.
Having missed out on racing in junior formula, Nick began his racing career in 2004, driving a BMW M3 in the BMW LMA Euro Saloon Championship – dominating Class B and finishing runner-up in the overall standings. He also proved his merit in endurance racing, achieving a class win and 6th overall in the first-ever Britcar Silverstone 24 Hours, co-driving with Duller Motorsport.
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