Antti Ilmari Buri (born 2 December 1988) is a Finnish racing driver currently TCR Italian Series champion, having previously competed in the ADAC TCR Germany Blancpain Endurance Series, Porsche Carrera Cup Germany & International GTSprint Series amongst others.
Racing career Buri began his career in 2007 in Finnish Formula Ford Zetec, he raced there for many seasons up until 2009, also racing in the Formula Ford NEZ at the time. In 2009 he switched to the British Formula Ford Championship, he raced there up until 2012 and won the championship title that year. He switched to the Finnish Formula Ford Junior for 2010, taking the championship title in both 2010 & 2011. He made a couple of one-off appearances in the Benelux Formula Ford, ADAC Formel Masters & Portuguese GT Championship from 2011-13. For 2013 he switched to the Finnish Porsche GT3 Cup, ultimately winning the championship that year. In 2013, he made a one-off appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series, ahead off a full entry in 2014, he finished 27th in the standings that year. From 2013-15, he made one-off appearances in the International GTSprint Series, Porsche Supercup & Blancpain Endurance Series. In 2016, he raced in the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, he took his first win in race 2 at the second round held at Sachsenring.
In May 2016, it was announced that Buri would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Leopard Racing.
Racing record
Complete TCR International Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2016 Leopard Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR BHR1 BHR2 POR1 POR2 BEL110 BEL23 ITA1 ITA2 AUT1 AUT2 15th 30 LMS Racing SEAT León Cup Racer GER15 GER2Ret RUS1 RUS2 THA1 THA2 SIN1 SIN2 MYS1 MYS2 MAC123† MAC2Ret † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2018 Bas Koeten Racing Olli Kangas Kari-Pekka Laaksonen Jordi Gene CUPRA León TCR TCR 121 32nd 1st
TCR Spa 500 results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2019 TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Kari-Pekka Laaksonen CUPRA León TCR P 444 3rd 3rd
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