Mika Mäki

Mika Mäki
Nationality	Finnish
Born	February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27) (age 23) Pirkkala (Finland)
2011 Formula Three Euroseries
Debut season	2008
Current team	Signature-Plus
Car no.	3
Former teams	Mücke Motorsport
Starts	40
Wins	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	5th in 2008
Previous series
2008–09 2007 2007 2005–06	GP2 Asia Series Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2007	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

Mika Mäki (born February 27, 1988 in Pirkkala, Finland) is a Finnish racing driver.

Career

Mäki during the opening round of the 2009 Formula Three Euroseries season at Hockenheim.

Mika started in karting, and competed for five years before heading to Germany and its Formula BMW ADAC series in 2005, finishing fourth in the Rookie Cup, and took his first victory at the Norisring. He moved to the Eifelland Racing Team for the 2006 season, finishing as runner-up with nine podiums.^[1]

In 2007 Mäki got a seat in the Red Bull Junior Team. He was one of eighteen drivers selected for the programme of developing young talented drivers towards Formula One. During the season he won five rounds and gained the title of Italian Formula Renault Champion.

For the 2008 season Mika signed with Mücke Motorsport to compete in the F3 Euroseries. He opened the season with a victory in Hockenheimring.^[2] He finished the season 5th in the results with two wins and 5 podiums.

On June 15, Mika had a serious accident at the city of Tampere, driving a Nissan 350Z he lost control of the car at the entrance of a tunnel, where the speed limit is 40 km/h (25 mph), according to local press a number of pedestrians are also thought to have been caught up in the incident and have suffered bruising due to flying debris. Reports quote local police as suggesting that Mäki may have been involved in a street race.^[3]

Mäki also made his GP2 Series début in 2008 by competing in the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the Arden team. However, he was then replaced by Renger van der Zande.^[4]

Mäki returned to the F3 Euroseries for the 2009 season, having signed a deal with the Signature-Plus team.^[5] Mäki finished on the podium four times, including a win at Brands Hatch, and finished sixth in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	KDF Motorsport	20	0	1	44	12th
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	18	4	2	182	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Koiranen Bros. Motorsport	2	0	0	12	32nd
	Formula BMW World Final	Eifelland Racing	1			N/A	2nd
2007	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	Epsilon Red Bull Team	14	0	0	46	9th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy	Epsilon Red Bull Team	14	2	5	274	1st
2008	Formula Three Euroseries	Mücke Motorsport	20	0	2	46	5th
	Formula Three Macau Grand Prix	Signature-Plus	1	0	0	N/A	4th
	Masters of Formula Three	Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	N/A	4th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Trust Team Arden	2	0	0	0	29th
2009	Formula Three Euroseries	Signature-Plus	20	0	1	43	6th
	Macau Grand Prix	Hitech Racing	1	0	0	N/A	8th

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2008–09	Trust Team Arden	CHN FEA Ret	CHN SPR 10	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	QAT FEA	QAT SPR	MAL FEA	MAL SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	29th	0

References

1. ^ Mika Mäki - Formula 3 Euroseries racing driver - Mikamaki.com
2. ^ "Mika Mäki wins Formula 3 Euro Series season opener". formula3.cc. 2008-04-13. http://www.formula3.cc/content/view/23742/40/. Retrieved 2008-04-13. 
3. ^ "Euro: Title contender facing jail after crash?". crash.net. 2008-06-17. http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f3/news/165044-0/euro:_title_contender_facing_jail_after_crash?.html. Retrieved 2008-06-17. 
4. ^ "Driver changes aplenty in Dubai". crash.net. 2008-12-04. http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/172365-0/driver_changes_aplenty_in_dubai.html. Retrieved 2008-12-04. 
5. ^ "Mika Mäki signs Signature deal". Formula Three Euroseries. 2009-02-03. http://www.f3euroseries.com/newsausgabe.php?id=2273. Retrieved 2009-02-04. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official website
• Mika Mäki career statistics at Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dani Clos	Italian Formula Renault 2.0 winner 2007	Succeeded by Pål Varhaug

Persondata
Name	Maki, Mika
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 27, 1988
Place of birth	Pirkkala (Finland)
Date of death
Place of death

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