Erik Martin Johansson (born 16 October 1996) is a Swedish racing driver who last competed in the China GT Championship for Fist Team AAI.
Career Johansson made his single-seater debut in 2012, racing in Formula Monza. In his maiden season in single-seaters, he won every race he contested to take the Formula Monza title in the series' first season. Stepping up to Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic for the following year and joining Team TIDÖ, Johansson took four wins to take the series title by three points over Martin Rump.
After sitting on the sidelines in 2014 whilst being part of the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy, Johansson joined Team Kia to race in the 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. In his only season in the series, Johansson scored a best result of fourth at Skövde and Falkenbergs Motorbana, to finish eighth in points despite missing the final two rounds due to economical reasons.
Johansson then spent the following three seasons mainly racing at the Nürburgring, including two appearances at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, before winning the BMW Junior Driver Selection Program, earning him a drive in the 2019 Italian GT Championship for BMW Team Italia. Driving alongside Stefano Comandini in the Sprint championship, the pair won at Imola and Mugello as they ended the year runner-up in the GT3 standings. The pair were joined by Jesse Krohn in the Endurance championship, with whom they won at Monza and Vallelunga to secure runner-up honors in the overall standings.
The following year, Johansson switched to ADAC GT Masters, originally set to join Schubert Motorsport, but later joining MRS GT-Racing from the second round onwards alongside Jens Klingmann. Racing in the last six rounds of the season, Johansson scored a lone win at the Red Bull Ring in the series' 200th race en route to a 19th-place points finish.
Johansson remained with MRS GT-Racing for 2021, as it began fielding Porsche machinery, mainly competing in the inaugural season of Porsche Carrera Cup North America, in which he took a best result of fifth at Virginia International Raceway. During the year, Johansson also made a one-off return to ADAC GT Masters for the same team at the Sachsenring round.
Returning to the BMW stable for 2022, Johansson drove for Paul Miller Racing in the Endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD class, and also competed part-time in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for BMW M Motorsport. The following year, Johansson joined the BMW factory driver roster, but only competed in the qualifying races for that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside Connor De Phillippi.
After not racing in 2024, Johansson joined Team AAI to race in the China GT Championship, winning half of the season's races en route to the series title at the end of the year. At the end of the year, Johansson competed in the Shanghai 8 Hours with ParkingPark Racing by Z.SPEED in the GT3 Pro-Am class.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2009 Rotax Max Challenge Sweden – Junior 11th 2010 Rotax Max Challenge Sweden – Junior 4th2011 Rotax Max Wintercup – Junior Max Evolution Racing 6th Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Junior Max 23rd BNL Karting Series – Rotax Junior 10th Super One Series – Rotax Junior 25th Kartmasters British GP – Rotax Junior 21stSources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2012 Formula Monza 8 8 9 0 8 1751st Formula LO Mirage Motor Company 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup KEO Racing 5 0 0 0 0 26 33rd Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic Team TIDÖ 15 4 0 0 11 2311st Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ Championship 2 0 0 0 2 332nd 2015 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Team Kia 10 0 0 0 0 94 8th 2016 VLN Series – BMW M235i 98 5th2017 VLN Series – SP9 Team ZakspeedBlack Falcon 4 1 0 0 1 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP10 Team Mathol Racing e.V. 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 4th2019 Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 BMW Team Italia 4 2 0 0 2 412nd Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 8 2 0 0 5 952nd VLN Series – SP10 Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport 8 3 0 0 7 58.05 4th 2020 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 10 1 0 0 2 54 19th2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America MRS GT-Racing 10 0 0 0 0 50 14th ADAC GT Masters 2 0 0 0 0 3 40th2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Paul Miller Racing 3 0 0 0 0 681 33rd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP8T BMW M Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC2025 China GT Championship – GT3 FIST Team AAI 8 4 0 0 7 1661st Shanghai 8 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am ParkingPark Racing by Z.SPEED 1 0 0 0 0 DNFSources:
Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 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 DC Points 2015 Team Kia KIA Optima BDE VRS1 VRS2 AND1 AND2 MAN1 MAN2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 SOL1 SOL2 KNU1 KNU2 8th 94
Complete ADAC GT Masters 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 DC Points 2020 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 LAU11 LAU12 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU21 LAU22 OSC1 OSC2 19th 54 2021 MRS GT-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 40th 3
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2022 Paul Miller Racing GTD BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 DAY SEB LBH LGA MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 40th 681
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