Luka Adolf Nurmi (born 26 April 2004) is a Finnish racing driver. He has won the title of Ferrari Challenge World Championship as well as the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Series and is known to be their youngest competitor. He has won medals in the Karting Finnish Championship series and won the Championship in Finland's most popular circuit racing series, Legends and is also known as the youngest driver in its history.
Transitioning from Kart Racing, Nurmi is currently racing the International GT-series.
Career
Karting 2009–2018
Born in Tampere, Finland, at age of five Nurmi started competing in karting as he became interested in the world of motorsport. He won a silver medal in the Rotax Max Finland series, bronze medal in BNL series and bronze medal in Rotax MAX Challenge World Championships.
In the 2017 season, Nurmi won a silver medal in the OKj-group of The Karting Finnish Championship series along with being awarded the title of Finnish Newcomer driver.
In the 2018 season, Nurmi continued in The Finnish Karting Championship series and won bronze medal in the OK-group.
RX Academy 2019
The RX Academy, which was run by Jussi and Kalle Pinomäki (SET Promotion), was driven by Renault Clio RS cars in the Nordic and the Baltic countries. In addition to driving, the academy included physics, mental as well as media coaching. For Nurmi the racing season, which ended in fifth place in the series.
Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ 2020–2021
Finnish Relaa Racing team chose Nurmi for its junior driver to Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Racing series for seasons 2020 and 2021. Nurmi thanked the team manager Raimo Niemi for the trust he had give as in his first GT year Nurmi won the bronze medal of the series. After fierceful driving in next year he improved two positions and won the Championship title as the youngest driver to win the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ racing series in its history.
Legends 2020–2021 Nurmi successfully competed in Legends, which has become the most popular circuit racing series in Finland. In season 2020 he won the Semi-PRO Championship series and in 2021 the PRO Championship series. In both classes, he collect the titles as the youngest driver in the series history.
Ferrari Challenge Europe 2021
Career highlights 2016: Karting Rotax MAX Challenge Finland Silver 2016: Karting BNL-series Bronze (Rotax) 2016: Rotax MAX Challenge World Finals Bronze 2017: Karting Finnish Championship series Silver (OKj) 2017: Finnish Rookie of the Year 2018: Karting Finnish Championship series Bronze (OK) 2019: RalliCross RX-Academy: 5th 2019: Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Bronze 2020: Legends Finland Champion (Semi-Pro) 2020: Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Champion 2021: Legends Finland Champion (Pro) 2021: Ferrari Challenge Europe Bronze Medal 2021: Ferrari Challenge World Finals Champion
Racing record Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2019 Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Relaa Racing1224610?3rd 2020 Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Relaa Racing12676113201st Legends Trophy Finland - Semi-Pro Iceboys Racing601005001st Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Leipert Motorsport??????? 2021 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Formula Racing1443481403rd Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro)11011N/A1st NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR Pro Iceboys2000011825th 2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Formula Racing1400091393rd 2023 Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 AF Corse80000328th Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro-Am2005952nd 2024 Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro AF Corse 8 0 1 1 3 38 8th
* Season still in progress.
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