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Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
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25 years
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Biography

Niko Kari (born 6 October 1999) is a Finnish racing driver. He won his first single-seater championship in his debut year in SMP F4 Championship. He is currently competing in GP3 Series.

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.

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. 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. In November 2016, Helmut Marko confirmed Kari would move to the series full-time in 2017. In January, Kari was signed to Arden International.

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.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015SMP F4 ChampionshipKoiranen GP21749194491st
2016European Formula 3 ChampionshipMotopark30100512910th
Masters of Formula 310001N/A2nd
GP3 SeriesKoiranen GP20000026th
2017GP3 SeriesArden International20000017th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

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

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2016MotoparkVolkswagenLEC
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
10th129

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2016Koiranen GPCAT
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
26th0
2017Arden InternationalCAT
FEA
15
CAT
SPR
14
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
JER
FEA
JER
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
17th*0*

* Season still in progress.

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