Skis before tyres, a family workshop before a race team — the road to the front of European GT didn't run in a straight line.
On his father's side: the air-cooled Porsches Michael Karavasili restored and built at RSK Engineering (Renn Sport Karavasili) — the family's specialist workshop, and the surname now on the car.
On his mother's side, the racing runs just as deep: his grandmother was a racing driver herself, and Breakell Racing — the team Leonidas would later debut with — is family, through his mum's cousin. Cars and competition, from every direction.
Before four wheels, Leonidas was a serious alpine ski racer. He came up with Team Evolution and raced for Team GB through the British system — the GB FIS squad, then the Europa Cup — and in 2024 topped the men's overall standings to take the Fedden Trophy.
The discipline, the nerve, the fine margins between winning and not — all of it transferred.
No karting, no junior single-seater ladder — Leonidas came to motorsport late and went in at the sharp end. What he brought instead: an elite athlete's discipline, a racer's instinct, and a lifetime spent around cars.
In 2022 Leonidas stepped into motorsport with Ginetta, racing the red Breakell Racing car — the family team. He announced himself immediately, taking pole position in his very first race. A rookie year of ups, downs and hard lessons followed, capped with a P4 overall — a successful first season that proved the talent was real.
Stepping up to the McLaren Trophy in the McLaren Artura Trophy Evo, Leonidas delivered: a 100% podium rate, pole and Driver of the Weekend at the Paul Ricard finale, podiums at Spa, Monza and the Nürburgring — and runner-up in the championship.
Having earned his NLS permit in 2025 (in a Hyundai), 2026 sees Leonidas racing the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie — NLS 3 in a Porsche Cup car, with results to match.
He's also testing an Audi GT3, with an Audi GT3 Nürburgring campaign teased for the back end of the year — and big plans to attack 2027. The story's only just getting interesting.
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