Aaro Vainio

Aaro Vainio
Nationality Finnish
Born October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02) (age 18)
Espoo (Finland)
2012 GP3 Series
Debut season 2011
Current team Tech 1 Racing
Car no. TBA
Starts 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
2010
2010
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 UK

Aaro Vainio (born October 2, 1993 in Espoo) is a Finnish racing driver.

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Career

Karting

Vainio has enjoyed a successful karting career. He won the Finnish championship in 2007,[1] and in 2008 he won the European KF3 Championship and the Junior Monaco Kart Cup.[1] In 2009 he was runner-up in the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship and won the European KF1 Champion.

Formula Renault

In 2010 Vainio will step up to single-seater racing, driving for Tech 1 Racing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[2] He had been expected to be part of the SG Formula team, but the team shut down. His manager is Nicolas Todt,[2] son of FIA president Jean Todt and manager of Formula One driver Felipe Massa who has set a goal to get Vainio to Formula One in 2014.[3] Vainio was also a candidate for the Ferrari Young Driver Academy, but was unsuccessful.[3]

For the 2011 racing season, Vainio will move into the GP3 series with Tech 1 Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Tech 1 Racing 16 0 2 2 5 101 4th
Formula Renault UK 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 12 18th

Complete GP3 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 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2011 Tech 1 Racing TUR
FEA

15
TUR
SPR

Ret
ESP
FEA

3
ESP
SPR

20
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

Ret
GBR
FEA

11
GBR
SPR

18
GER
FEA

7
GER
SPR

13
HUN
FEA

5
HUN
SPR

7
BEL
FEA

13
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

22†
ITA
SPR

8
15th 12

* Season in Progress

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