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Henri Karjalainen
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1986-02-19) February 19, 1986 (age 38)
GT Finnish Championship career
Debut season2010
Current teamFerrari Team Nurminen
Car number10
Starts1
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2009
2008
2007
2006-07
2006
2004-05		FIA Formula Two Championship
Atlantic Championship
GP2 Series
Asian Formula Three
Asian Formula Renault
Formula BMW ADAC

Henri Mikael Karjalainen (born February 19, 1986) is a Finnish racing driver. He will race in GT Finnish Championship in the year 2010. Henri's manager is Finnish Sport Management Agency SportElite.[1]

Career

Karting

Karjalainen competed in karting from 2000 to 2003.

Single-seaters

Formula BMW

Karjalainen moved up to German Formula BMW for 2004, and stayed in the same series for 2005. He scored a total of five points from his two years in the series.

Asian-based series

Karjalainen moved to Asia for 2006, competing in both the Formula Three and Formula Renault series based in the continent. He achieved greater success, and finished as runner-up in the 2007 Asian F3 standings.

GP2 Series

Karjalainen was given the opportunity to compete in the GP2 Series in 2007 by the BCN Competicion team, following a shoulder injury to compatriot Markus Niemelä which prevented him from driving.[2] He made his debut at Istanbul Park, but was replaced by the recovered Niemelä for the next race meeting.

Atlantic Championship

Karjalainen moved to North America in 2008 to compete in the Atlantic Championship. He raced for Jensen MotorSport finishing 17th in overall standings with 10th position in Grand Prix de Trois-Rivière being his best individual finish.

Formula Two

In 2009, Karjalainen participated in the reformed Formula Two series. He is keen to be the next Finn after Keke Rosberg that promotes from Formula Two to Formula One. He drove the #23 car, finishing fifteenth in the championship.

GT Racing

Back to Finland

In 2010, after failing to collect budget large enough to compete in F2, Karjalainen returned to Finland to drive for Ferrari Team Nurminen, which competes in GT Finnish Championship with Ferrari F430 Challenge GT3 Cup. This is the first time Karjalainen has competed in GT-racing.[3]

Racing record

Complete Atlantic Championship Series results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
2008 Jensen
Motorsport 		LBH
14 		LS
16 		MON
Ret 		EDM
14 		EDM
11 		ROA
Ret 		ROA
14 		TRR
10 		NJ
15 		UT
12 		ATL
 17th 70

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2009 23 VAL
1
17 		VAL
2
15 		BRN
1
4 		BRN
2
16 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
15 		BRH
1
11 		BRH
2
18 		DON
1
15 		DON
2
13 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
15 		IMO
1
11 		IMO
2
15 		CAT
1
16 		CAT
2
17 		15th 7

References

  1. ^ http://www.sportelite.fi/index.php?node_id=14778 Henri's profile at SportElite's website
  2. ^ "Asian F3 runner-up Karjalainen to replace injured Niemela in Turkey". flagworld.auto123.com. 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
  3. ^ Vauhdin Maailma - Rata-SM 2010, page 8. Sanoma Magazines, 2010
  • Career statistics from driverdb.com. Retrieved on August 23, 2007.
  • Henri Karjalainen joins Formula Two. [1] from formulatwo.com. Retrieved on February 16, 2009.
  • SportElite
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