Niko Kari

Niko Kari
Nationality Finland Finnish
Born (1999-10-06) 6 October 1999
Hyvinkää, Finland
FIA European Formula 3 career
Debut season 2016
Current team Motopark
Car no. 10
Starts 30
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 10th in 2016
Previous series
2015 SMP F4 Championship
Championship titles
2015 SMP F4 Championship

Niko Kari (born 6 October 1999) is a Finnish racing driver. He is currently competing in SMP F4 Championship, where he won his first single-seater championship in his debut year.[1]

Career

Karting

Kari started karting in 2009 and took part in his first race in 2010. He raced in several national karting series in Finland from 2010 to 2013. In 2014, Kari moved to KF European where he finished fifth overall.[2]

Junior Formulae

Kari moved to single-seaters in 2015, starting in the new SMP F4 Championship. He won seven races and took the title with three races to spare. Kari moved to European Formula 3 Championship in 2016 with Motopark.[3] He took victory at the first race at Imola after a late lunge on Lance Stroll and finished fifth in the rookie standings and tenth overall.

GP3 Series

In August 2016, Kari was also announced to take part in the GP3 rounds at Spa-Francorchamps with Koiranen GP, in place of Ralph Boschung.[4] In November 2016, Helmut Marko confirmed Kari would move to the series full-time in 2017.[5]

Formula One

In December 2015, Kari, along with his Motopark teammate Sérgio Sette Câmara, became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and thus becoming a test driver of Scuderia Toro Rosso. In November 2016, it was confirmed Kari would remain a part of the Junior team.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 SMP F4 Championship Koiranen GP 21 7 4 9 19 449 1st
2016 European Formula 3 Championship Motopark 30 1 0 0 5 129 10th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
GP3 Series Koiranen GP 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2016 Motopark Volkswagen LEC
1
8		 LEC
2
16		 LEC
3
15		 HUN
1
2		 HUN
2
Ret		 HUN
3
8		 PAU
1
19		 PAU
2
11		 PAU
3
8		 RBR
1
20		 RBR
2
3		 RBR
3
8		 NOR
1
2		 NOR
2
12		 NOR
3
Ret		 ZAN
1
6		 ZAN
2
11		 ZAN
3
11		 SPA
1
11		 SPA
2
10		 SPA
3
7		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
10		 NÜR
3
3		 IMO
1
1		 IMO
2
9		 IMO
3
Ret		 HOC
1
14		 HOC
2
12		 HOC
3
13		 10th 129

Complete GP3 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 Pos Points
2016 Koiranen GP CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HOC
FEA		 HOC
SPR		 SPA
FEA
Ret		 SPA
SPR
14		 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 SEP
FEA
 SEP
SPR
 YMC
FEA
 YMC
SPR
 26th 0

References

  1. ↑ "NIKO KARI CLAIMS THE FIRST SMP F4 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE". SMP F4 Championship. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014 CIK-FIA European KF Championship Standings". CIK-FIA. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "SMP F4 champion Niko Kari nearing European F3 graduation for 2016". Autosport. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Red Bull junior Kari handed GP3 debut at Spa". August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Onko tässä Suomen seuraava F1-kuljettaja? (Is this the next Finnish F1 driver?)". November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Formula 3:n eurosarjassa Kari oli tällä kaudella vasta kymmenes voitettuaan 30 startista vain yhden, mutta ensi kaudella Kari saa paikan GP3-sarjasta. Asian vahvisti MTV Sportille Red Bullin moottoriurheilupomo Helmut Marko (Formula 3 Euro Series Kari was only tenth in this season after winning just one of 30 start-up, but the next season Kari gets a seat in the GP3 series. This interest was confirmed by MTV Intersport in Red Bull's motorsport boss Helmut Marko).
  6. ↑ "Niko Kari (17) ook volgend jaar in Red Bull Junior Team (Niko Kari (17) next year at Red Bull Junior Team)". November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural		 SMP F4
Champion
2015 		Succeeded by
Richard Verschoor


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