Henri Karjalainen
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1986-02-19) February 19, 1986
Helsinki, Finland
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, in Helsinki) is a Finnish racing driver. He raced in the GT Finnish Championship in 2010. Karjalainen is managed by 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, failing to finish in the both races. He 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 GP2 Series results

(key) (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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2007 BCN Competición BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 MON
FEA		 FRA
FEA		 FRA
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GBR
SPR		 EUR
FEA		 EUR
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 TUR
FEA
Ret		 TUR
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA		 ITA
SPR		 BEL
FEA		 BEL
SPR		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 NC 0

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 FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2009 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 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 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. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
  3. ↑ Vauhdin Maailma - Rata-SM 2010, page 8. Sanoma Magazines, 2010
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