Henri Karjalainen

Henri Mikael Karjalainen 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 tenth 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 was keen to be the next Finn after Keke Rosberg to be promoted 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 Formula BMW ADAC results

Year

Entrant

Points

2004

Matson Motorsport

HOC1
1
19

HOC1
2
20

ADR
1
17

ADR
2
21

NÜR1
1
16

NÜR1
2
20

LAU
1
19

LAU
2
20

NOR
1
19

NOR
2
20

NÜR2
1
24

NÜR2
2
21

OSC
1
Ret

OSC
2
13

ZAN
1
21

ZAN
2
22

BRN
1
19

BRN
2
23

HOC2
1
16

HOC2
2
Ret

24th

2005

Team Rosberg

HOC1
1
Ret

HOC1
2
10

LAU
1
19

LAU
2
16

SPA
1
17

SPA
2
12

NÜR1
1
Ret

NÜR1
2
10

BRN
1
15

BRN
2
15

OSC
1
12

OSC
2
15

NOR
1
14

NOR
2
14

NÜR2
1
19

NÜR2
2
Ret

ZAN
1
15

ZAN
2
18

HOC2
1
8

HOC2
2
11

21st

Complete Asian Formula Renault Challenge results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2006	Asia Racing Team	SHA 1 7	SHA 2 3	ZHU 1 1	ZHU 2 2	ZHU 11	SEP 1 5	SEP 2 5	SHA 1 6	SHA 2 5	SHA 1 5	SHA 2 Ret	ZHU 6	4th	173

Complete GP2 Series results

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

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 Renault 2.0 NEC results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2009	Red Step Formula	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	ALA 1 7	ALA 2 4	OSC 1	OSC 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	MST 1	MST 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	23rd	31

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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