Henri Karjalainen

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Henri Karjalainen
Nationality	Finnish
Date of Birth	February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 22)
2008 Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
Debut season	2008
Current team	Jensen Motorsport
Car No.	2
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2007 2006-2007 2006 2004-2005	GP2 Series Asian Formula Three Asian Formula Renault Challenge Formula BMW ADAC

Henri Mikael Karjalainen (born February 19, 1986) is a Finnish racing driver.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Karting 1.2 Single-seaters 1.2.1 Formula BMW 1.2.2 Asian-based series 1.2.3 GP2 Series 1.2.4 Atlantic Championship 2 Racing record 2.1 GP2 Series record 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Karting

Karjalainen competed in karting from 2000 to 2003.

[edit] Single-seaters

[edit] Formula BMW

Karjalainen moved up to German Formula BMW for 2004, and stayed in the same series for 2005. He scored a total of five points from his two years in the series.

[edit] Asian-based series

Karjalainen moved to Asia for 2006, competing in both the Formula Three and Formula Renault series based in the continent. He achieved greater success, and finished as runner-up in the 2007 Asian F3 standings.

[edit] GP2 Series

Karjalainen has been given the opportunity to compete in the GP2 Series in 2007 by the BCN Competicion team, following a shoulder injury to compatriot Markus Niemelä which will prevent him from driving.^[1] He made his debut at Istanbul Park, but was replaced by the recovered Niemelä for the next race meeting.

[edit] Atlantic Championship

Karjalainen has moved to North America for 2008 to compete in the Atlantic Championship.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] GP2 Series record

Season	Team Name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2007	BCN Competicion	18	2	0	0	0	NC

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Karjalainen's official website