Henri Karjalainen


Henri Mikael Karjalainen 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.

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 Atlantic Championship Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
2008Jensen
Motorsport		LBH
14		LS
16		MON
Ret		EDM
14		EDM
11		ROA
Ret		ROA
14		TRR
10		NJ
15		UT
12		ATL
17th70

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

Year12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2009VAL
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		15th7