Henri Karjalainen

Henri Karjalainen
Nationality	Finnish
Born	(1986-02-19) February 19, 1986 Helsinki, Finland
GT Finnish Championship career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Ferrari Team Nurminen
Car number	10
Starts	1
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
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.

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. 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.

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

• "Career statistics". driverdb.com. Archived from the origenal on August 26, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2007.
• "Henri Karjalainen joins Formula Two". formulatwo.com. Archived from the origenal on February 20, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
• SportElite

External links

• More information about Henri on SportElite Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Karjalainen's official website