Niko Kari

Niko Kari (born 6 October 1999 in Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland) is a Finnish racing driver, who made his debut in the FIA Formula 2 Championship during the 2018 season. Making his debut with MP Motorsport towards the end of the 2018 campaign, Kari arrived in F2 from MP's GP3 Series team, replacing Ralph Boschung.

Kari is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team, backing which he claimed by taking the SMP F4 Championship, before making F2 debut at the end of the 2018 season. Unfortunately for Kari it would be a pointless four race experience in F2, resulting in the Finn dropping back to the FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019.

Background
Kari's career began in karting, racing until his sixteenth birthday prior to joining the SMP F4 Championship in 2015. An excellent debut season saw Kari claim the title with seven victories, resulting Red Bull taking an interest in his career, signing him to the Red Bull Junior Team. Regardless, Kari would move into the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for 2016, having missed out on a seat in the GP3 Series.

Red Bull Runner: 2016 - 2018
Kari's rookie campaign in European F3 would see him claim one win and tenth in the Championship, while also claiming second in the Masters of Formula 3 race at the end of the season. The Finn would also make his GP3 debut at the end of the season with his former F4 employers Koiranen GP, before signing with Arden International in GP3 for the 2017 season. The Finn would again claim one win in his rookie season, enough to leave him in tenth in the championship, although that was not enough for him to retain his Red Bull backing.

Despite losing his Red Bull backing, Kari would remain in GP3 for 2018, signing up to MP Motorsport for the campaign, although his form would desert him, leaving him down in seventeenth in the championship.

Formula 2 History
Kari was surprisingly called up to join MP Motorsport's Formula Two team during the 2018 season, signing up just before the 2018 Sochi Feature Race. The Finn replaced Ralph Boschung in the team after the Swiss racer's poor run of form, with Kari set to partner Dorian Boccolacci for the remainder of the season.

Post Formula 2 Career
After missing out on a F2 seat for the 2019 season, Kari signed up to the newly re-forged FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident Racing, finishing twelfth while also making several appearances in the FREC series. After that Kari appeared to have called time on his single seater career, for the Finn moved into the European Le Mans Series for 2020, finishing fourth in the LMP3 class.

Full Formula 2 Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Formula Two in statistical form.

Formula 2 Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their F2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Formula Two record.


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