Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport, formerly also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport and Koiranen GP, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Lahti, Finland. The team currently fields a one car entry in the LMP3 class of Asian Le Mans Series and Prototype Cup Germany and also acts as a promoter of the Formula Academy Finland. Formerly the team was a promoter of the SMP F4 Championship from 2015 to 2018 and the F4 Spanish Championship from 2016 to 2017.

History

Finnish Junior Formulas The team was founded in 1997 by brothers Marko and Jari Koiranen. They joined the Finnish Formula 4 championship the same year, and also competed in Nordic and Finnish Formula Three championships until 2005.

Formula Renault 2003 saw Koiranen Motorsport join the German Formula Renault Championship, before expanding their Formula Renault programme to include a Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 campaign. They experienced their first real success when Valtteri Bottas finished third in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2007. The team won their first title in 2010, when Kevin Korjus won the Eurocup title.

In 2011, Red Bull Junior Team started collaboration with the Finnish team. Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr. joined the team for Eurocup and NEC campaign. In Northern European Cup Sainz, Jr. achieved drivers' title and with help of Kvyat they both claimed teams' championship. They also claimed teams' trophy in Eurocup. Kvyat remained with the team for the next year and brought drivers' title in new Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series for the team.

In 2012, Koiranen Motorsport was one of eighteen teams to make a bid for one of the vacant grid positions in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the highest tier of the Formula Renault championships. The team was unsuccessful, losing out to DAMS and Arden Caterham, but were placed on a reserve list, granting them automatic entry to the grid in the event that any of the existing thirteen teams failed to be ready in time.

2015 was the team's last season with Formula Renault. From 2016 onwards Koiranen will focus on GP3 and running two F4 series.

GP3 Series Koiranen GP replaced Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 Series, starting in 2013. Their drivers at the start of the season were Patrick Kujala and Aaro Vainio from Finland and Kevin Korjus from Estonia. Vainio was replaced by former FIA F2-champion Dean Stoneman for the last two races of the 2013 season. Koiranen GP finished their inaugural season with third place in the team's championship.

For their second season in the GP3 Series Koiranen changed their whole driver line-up. New drivers were Carmen Jordá from Spain, Jimmy Eriksson from Sweden and Santiago Urrutia from Uruguay. Dean Stoneman was once again brought in mid-season after Marussia Manor Racing folded before the race weekend in Sochi. Stoneman replaced Jordá for the remaining four races of the season. Koiranen GP placed 4th in the team's championship.

Koiranen retained Eriksson for the 2015 season and paired him with Adderly Fong and Formula Renault graduate Matt Parry. Koiranen brought in Russian Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup driver Matevos Isaakyan to replace Fong for last four races of the season. Koiranen repeated last season's results finishing fourth in the teams championship.

Koiranen retained Parry and Isaakyan for the 2016 season. They were teamed up with Mahaveer Raghunathan and Ralph Boschung. Boschung and Parry claimed victories for the team in the rounds at the Red Bull Ring and the Hungaroring respectively and the team finished fifth in the teams' championship.

In 2017, the team withdrew from the sport.

Asian Le Mans Series In 2022, Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport entered the Asian Le Mans series fielding a one car entry in the LMP3 class with a Duqueine M30-D08 car driven by Russian Nikita Alexandrov and Finns Jesse Salmenautio and Tomi Veijalainen. Team finished the season 8th overall in their class with 16 points.

Prototype Cup Germany In 2022, team also entered the Prototype Cup Germany with a one-car entry driven by Swedish Sebastian Arenram and Finn Jesse Salmenautio.

Complete series results

GP3 Series Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.2013Dallara GP3/13 Kevin Korjus1401141077th3rd Aaro Vainio142113759th Dean Stoneman200012016th Patrick Kujala160000520th2014Dallara GP3/13 Dean Stoneman1851261632nd4th Jimmy Eriksson1822051344th Santiago Urrutia180000023rd Carmen Jordá140000029th2015Dallara GP3/13 Jimmy Eriksson1810031185th4th Matt Parry180003678th Matevos Isaakyan40000221st Adderly Fong140000022nd2016Dallara GP3/16 Matt Parry181002829th5th Ralph Boschung1210114811th Matevos Isaakyan1800001717th Niko Kari20000026th Mahaveer Raghunathan20000027th

In detail (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2013 GP3/13AER V6 CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 207 3rd Patrick Kujala Ret 16 21 15 Ret EX 13 13 14 11 13 20 10 12 8 19 5 20th Aaro Vainio 5 1 7 2 11 8 14 11 1 9 20 22 16 13 75 9th Dean Stoneman 6 2 20 16th Kevin Korjus 8 2 3 6 2 9 20 15 7 3 4 5 6 5 12 12 107 7th 2014 GP3/13AER V6 CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 200 4th Carmen Jordá Ret Ret 20 21 24 17 Ret 22 25 25 17 Ret 20 21029th Dean Stoneman 1 2 1 Ret 163 2nd Jimmy Eriksson 2 6 3 2 1 Ret 7 15 10 16 Ret 19 1 8 4 16 10 61325th Santiago Urrutia 21 13 16 12 Ret 14 22 18 12 Ret 13 18 Ret 15 14 12 11 12023rd 2015 GP3/13AER V6 CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 195 4th Adderly Fong 17 21 17 12 12 14 15 11 15 9 15 18 0 22nd Matevos Isaakyan Ret 14 9 14 2 21st Jimmy Eriksson 6 2 20 10 5 4 6 6 13 16 5 5 8 1 5 7 3 5 118 5th Matt Parry 13 9 13 7 3 5 5 3 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 7 Ret 11 3 6 24 67 8th 2016 GP3/16Mecachrome V6 CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 147 5th Matt Parry 12 20 6 7 4 16 1 5 3 7 Ret Ret 9 17 9 4 Ret 12829th Mahaveer Raghunathan 23 24027th Matevos Isaakyan 11 6 Ret Ret 21 18 12 8 Ret 13 8 4 Ret Ret 15 14 Ret 161717th Ralph Boschung 10 10 4 1 6 12 5 22 15 Ret 18 94811th Niko Kari Ret 14026th

SMP F4 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.2018Tatuus F4-T014 Tuomas Haapalainen91003749th Markus Laitala1200002314th Noah Watt300001716th Mi Maijala30000219th

Asian Le Mans Series

Year Entrant Class Car Drivers DUB ABU Points 2022 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport 72 LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nikita Alexandrov Jesse Salmenautio Tomi Veijalainen 6 8 8 Ret 16 8

Prototype Cup Germany

Year Entrant Class Car Drivers SPA NBR LAU HOC Points 2022 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport 72 LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Sebastian Arenram Jesse Salmenautio 36 12

Timeline Former series Finnish Formula 4 Championship 1997–1998 Finnish Formula 3 Championship 1999–2007 Nordic Formula Renault 2009–2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2004, 2006, 2010–2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2006–2011, 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2012–2015 GP3 Series 2013–2016 SMP F4 Championship 2015–2016, 2018 Formula Academy Finland 2018–2022Asian Le Mans Series2022Prototype Cup Germany2022–2023

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