- Henri Karjalainen
Infobox racing driver
name = Henri Karjalainen
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nationality = flagicon|Finland Finnish
date of birth = Birth date and age|1986|02|19
place of birth =
current series = Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda
first year = 2008
current team =Jensen Motorsport
car number = 2
former teams =
starts = 2
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps = 0
best finish =
year =
prev series =GP2 Series
Asian Formula Three
Asian Formula Renault Challenge
Formula BMW ADAC
prev series years = 2007
2006-2007
2006
2004-2005
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title years =
awards =
award years =Henri Mikael Karjalainen (born
February 19 1986 ) is a Finnish racing driver.Career
Karting
Karjalainen competed in karting from 2000 to 2003.
ingle-seaters
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.Asian-based series
Karjalainen moved to
Asia for 2006, competing in both the Formula Three andFormula Renault series based in the continent. He achieved greater success, and finished as runner-up in the 2007 Asian F3 standings.GP2 Series
Karjalainen has been given the opportunity to compete in the
GP2 Series in 2007 by theBCN Competicion team, following a shoulder injury to compatriotMarkus Niemelä which will prevent him from driving. [cite news| title =Asian F3 runner-up Karjalainen to replace injured Niemela in Turkey| publisher =flagworld.auto123.com| url =http://flagworld.auto123.com/en/racing/news/index,view.spy?artid=88276| date =2007-08-22 | accessdate =2007-08-23] He made his debut atIstanbul Park , but was replaced by the recovered Niemelä for the next race meeting.Atlantic Championship
Karjalainen has moved to North America for 2008 to compete in the
Atlantic Championship .Racing record
GP2 Series recordReferences
* [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver4377.html Career statistics] from "driverdb.com". Retrieved onAugust 23 2007 .External links
* [http://www.henrikarjalainen.com/henrikarjalainenindex2eng.htm Karjalainen's official website]
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