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.http://www.sportelite.fi/index.php?node_id=14778 Henri's profile at SportElite's website
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 No. 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 competed in GT Finnish Championship with Ferrari F430 Challenge GT3 Cup. This was the first time Karjalainen competed in GT-racing.Vauhdin Maailma - Rata-SM 2010, page 8. Sanoma Magazines, 2010
Racing record Complete Formula BMW ADAC 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 DC Points 2004 Matson Motorsport HOC11 HOC12 ADR1 ADR2 NÜR11 NÜR12 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR21 NÜR22 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRN1 BRN2 HOC21 HOC22 24th 0 2005 Team Rosberg HOC11 HOC12 LAU1 LAU2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR11 NÜR12 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR21 NÜR22 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC21 HOC22 21st 5
Complete Asian Formula Renault Challenge 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 DC Points 2006 Asia Racing TeamSHA1SHA2ZHU1ZHU2ZHUSEP1SEP2SHA1SHA2SHA1SHA2ZHU 4th 173
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 BHRFEA BHRSPR ESPFEA ESPSPR MONFEA FRAFEA FRASPR GBRFEA GBRSPR EURFEA EURSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR TURFEA TURSPR ITAFEA ITASPR BELFEA BELSPR VALFEA VALSPR 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 LS MON EDM EDM ROA ROA TRR NJ UT 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 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 15th 7
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 DC Points 2009 Red Step FormulaZAN1ZAN2HOC1HOC2 ALA1 ALA2OSC1OSC2ASS1ASS2MST1MST2NÜR1NÜR2SPA1SPA2 23rd 31
References
SportElite
External links More information about Henri on SportElite Karjalainen's official website