Petri Suvanto

Petri Suvanto
Nationality Finland Finnish
Born November 13, 1992
Seinajoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Star Mazda Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Team Pelfrey
Car no. 81
Starts 17
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 5th in 2012
Previous series
2011
2010
U.S. F2000 National Championship
Formula BMW Europe
Championship titles
2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship
Last updated on: October 21, 2012.

Petri Suvanto (born November 13, 1992) is a Finnish racing driver from Seinäjoki.

After winning and placing highly in several Finnish karting championships, Suvanto moved to car racing in 2010 in Formula BMW Europe for Josef Kaufmann Racing. He finished eleventh in points with a best finish of sixth at Zandvoort and Silverstone. Seeking a change of venue for 2011, Suvanto entered the American Road to Indy ladder in the U.S. F2000 National Championship.[1] Suvanto captured four poles, five wins, and finished on the podium in all but one of the season's twelve races. He secured the championship in the first race of the final race weekend of the season over American Spencer Pigot by 47 points. By winning the championship he secured full funding to compete in the Star Mazda Championship in 2012.[2] He signed to race with Team Pelfrey for the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season.[3] Suvanto finished fifth in points with only a single podium finish but also only a single DNF on the season. He returns to the series, now called the Pro Mazda Championship, and Team Pelfrey for 2013.

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2011 Cape Motorsports
Wayne Taylor Racing
SEB
2
SEB
3
STP
2
STP
1
ORP
1
MIL
5
MDO
1
MDO
1
ROA
2
ROA
1
BAL
2
BAL
2
1st 328

Star Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2012 Team Pelfrey STP
5
STP
3
BAR
6
BAR
6
IND
5
IOW
4
TOR
6
TOR
8
EDM
19
EDM
4
TRO
14
TRO
4
BAL
4
BAL
4
LAG
5
LAG
5
ATL
6
5th 271
2013 Team Pelfrey AUS
5
AUS
5
STP
11
STP
8
IND
IOW
TOR
TOR
MOS
MOS
MOH
MOH
TRO
TRO
HOU
HOU
10th 57

References

  1. Cape Motorsports Adds Petri Suvanto for 2011, Open Paddock, February 7, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-05
  2. Suvanto clinches USF2000 Championship at Baltimore, Racer, September 4, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-05
  3. Petri Suvanto joins Team Pelfrey in Star Mazda Championship, AutoWeek, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-21

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