Niko Kari

Niko Kari at the Formula 3 race in Spielberg 2019

Niko Kari (born October 6, 1999 in Hyvinkää ) is a Finnish racing driver . He won the Northern European Formula 4 Championship in 2015 . He has been driving in the GP3 series since 2016 .

Career

Niko Kari at the GP3 race in Spielberg 2018

Kari began his motorsport career in karting in 2009 , where he remained active until 2014. In 2014 he was fifth in the CIK-FIA European card championship and the WSK Super Master Series and 13th in the CIK-FIA world kart championship. 2015 Kari joined the single-seater racing and was a cockpit in the newly established North European Formula 4 Championship . In 21 races, Kari failed to make it into the top two only twice. He won twelve races. With 449 to 296 points he prevailed against Vladimir Atojew and was the first driver champion of the racing series. As this he received a title award of 350,000 euros .

In 2016 Kari moved to Motopark in the European Formula 3 Championship . In addition, he was accepted into the funding program of the beverage manufacturer Red Bull . After being on the podium four times, he won his first Formula 3 race in Imola . He finished the season on the tenth championship course. He also completed a race weekend in the GP3 series for Koiranen GP . In 2017 , Kari received a master cockpit for the GP3 series at Arden International . At the end of the season he finished 10th. In 2018 he started again in the GP3 series for MP Motorsport. In the ranking he finished 17th. During the year he switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship within the team . Here he finished 24th at the end of the year.

statistics

Career stations

2009–2014: karting
2015 : Northern European Formula 4 (champions)
2016 : European Formula 3 (10th place)

2016 : GP3 series (26th place)
2017 : GP3 series (10th place)
2018 : GP3 series (17th place)

2018 : Formula 2 (24th place)
2019 : Formula Regional European Championship (15th place)

Individual results in the Northern European Formula 4 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	Points	rank
2015	Koiranen GP	Finland AHV			Russia MSC			Russia SOC			Finland ALA			Estonia AUD			Russia MSC			Estonia AUD			449	1.
2015	Koiranen GP	2	DNF	2	2	1	2	1	1	4th	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	449	1.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	Points	rank
2016	Motopark	Volkswagen	France LEC			Hungary HUN			France PAU			Austria SPI			Germany NOR			Netherlands ZAN			Belgium SPA			Germany ONLY			Italy IMO			Germany HOC			129	10.
2016	Motopark	Volkswagen	8th	16	15th	2	DNF	8th	19th	11	8th	20th	3	8th	2	12	DNF	6th	11	11	11	10	7th	8th	10	3	1	9	DNF	14th	12	13	129	10.

Individual results in the Formula Regional European Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2019	KIC Motorsport	France LEC			Italy VLL		Hungary HUN			Austria RBR			Italy IMO				Spain CAT			Italy MUG			Italy MNZ			26th	15th
2019	KIC Motorsport																						8th	5	4th	26th	15th

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2016	Koiranen GP	Spain ESP		Austria AUT		United Kingdom GBR		Hungary HUN		Germany GER		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		Malaysia MAS		United Arab Emirates UAE	0	26th
2016	Koiranen GP											DNF	14th						0	26th
2017	Arden International	Spain ESP		Austria AUT		United Kingdom GBR		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		Spain ESP		United Arab Emirates UAE			63	10.
2017	Arden International	15th	14th	DNF	18th	5	3	9	6th	9	9	15 *	C.	6th	19th	1	13		63	10.
2018	MP Motorsport	Spain ESP		France FRA		Austria AUT		United Kingdom GBR		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		Russia RUS		United Arab Emirates UAE	6th	17th
2018	MP Motorsport	DNF	6th	DSQ	DNF	11	8th	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	12	10	10				6th	17th

Individual results in the FIA Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2018	MP Motorsport	Bahrain BRN		Azerbaijan AZE		Spain ESP		Monaco MON		France FRA		Austria AUT		United Kingdom GBR		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		Russia RUS		United Arab Emirates UAE		-	24.
2018	MP Motorsport																					DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	-	24.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

^ Niko Kari Racing. (No longer available online.) Nikokari.fi, archived from the original on January 10, 2016 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ ^A ^b Peter Allen: Top Finnish karter Kari is first driver for Koiranen's F4 series. paddockscout.com, January 10, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 .
↑ Peter Allen: Sette Camara, Kari and Leeds join Red Bull Junior Team for 2016. paddockscout.com, December 11, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .
↑ David Gruz: Arden completes GP3 line-up for 2017. motorsport.com, February 7, 2017, accessed on February 25, 2017 (English).
↑ Elliot Wood: Former Red Bull junior Niko Kari remains in GP3 with MP Motorsport drive. Formula Scout, January 15, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018 .
↑ Peter Allen: Niko Kari steps up to F2 for final two rounds of 2018 with MP Motorsport. Formula Scout, September 25, 2018, accessed on December 9, 2018 .

Web links

Commons : Niko Kari - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of Niko Kari
Career statistics from Niko Kari (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Kari, Niko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hyvinkää , Finland

[1] Niko Kari Racing. (No longer available online.) Nikokari.fi, archived from the original on January 10, 2016 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[F4-2] A ^b Peter Allen: Top Finnish karter Kari is first driver for Koiranen's F4 series. paddockscout.com, January 10, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 .

[3] Peter Allen: Sette Camara, Kari and Leeds join Red Bull Junior Team for 2016. paddockscout.com, December 11, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .

[4] David Gruz: Arden completes GP3 line-up for 2017. motorsport.com, February 7, 2017, accessed on February 25, 2017 (English).

[5] Elliot Wood: Former Red Bull junior Niko Kari remains in GP3 with MP Motorsport drive. Formula Scout, January 15, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018 .

[6] Peter Allen: Niko Kari steps up to F2 for final two rounds of 2018 with MP Motorsport. Formula Scout, September 25, 2018, accessed on December 9, 2018 .