Aaro Vainio

Aaro Vainio

Vainio in 2012.
Nationality  Finnish
Born (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993
Espoo (Finland)
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2011
Current team Koiranen GP
Car no. 27
Former teams Lotus GP
Tech 1 Racing
Starts 46
Wins 3
Poles 3
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 4th in 2012
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, currently contesting in the GP3 series.

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 stepped 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 was Nicolas Todt,[2] son of FIA president Jean Todt and manager of Formula One driver Felipe Massa who had 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]

GP3 Series

For the 2011 racing season, Vainio moved into the GP3 series with Tech 1 Racing.[4] He achieved a podium finish in his third race but only scored points twice during the remainder of the season, ultimately finishing 15th in the standings.

He remained in GP3 for 2012, moving to the Lotus GP team,[5] where he took his maiden series win in the first ever GP3 race in Monaco.[6] He finished the season fourth in the standings, behind António Félix da Costa, team-mate Daniel Abt and champion Mitch Evans.

He is currently driving for the new team Koiranen GP.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.L. 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
2011 GP3 Series Tech 1 Racing 16 0 0 0 1 12 15th
2012 GP3 Series Lotus GP 16 1 2 0 4 123 4th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Team RFR 6 0 0 0 1 27 18th
2013 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 14 2 1 1 3 75 9th

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 D.C. 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
2012 Lotus GP ESP
FEA
3		 ESP
SPR
4		 MON
FEA
1		 MON
SPR
7		 VAL
FEA
2		 VAL
SPR
7		 GBR
FEA
3		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GER
FEA
5		 GER
SPR
6		 HUN
FEA
5		 HUN
SPR
7		 BEL
FEA
6		 BEL
SPR
14		 ITA
FEA
11		 ITA
SPR
14		 4th 123
2013 Koiranen GP ESP
FEA
5		 ESP
SPR
1		 VAL
FEA
7		 VAL
SPR
2		 GBR
FEA
11		 GBR
SPR
8		 GER
FEA
14		 GER
SPR
11		 HUN
FEA
1		 HUN
SPR
9		 BEL
FEA
20		 BEL
SPR
22†		 ITA
FEA
16		 ITA
SPR
13		 ABU
FEA
 ABU
SPR
 9th 75

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2012 Team RFR ALC
1		 ALC
2		 MON
1		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 MSC
1		 MSC
2		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
18		 LEC
1
16		 LEC
2
6		 CAT
1
8		 CAT
2
3		 18th 27

References

  1. 1 2 "Aaro Vainio". aarovainio.com (creapixel). Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  2. 1 2 "World kart vice-champion Aaro Vainio joins SG Formula for next season's Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup". sgformula.fr (SG Formula). 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  3. 1 2 Kulta, Heikki (2010-04-02). "Todtin tavoitteena on tuoda Aaro Vainio F1-tasolle vuodeksi 2014". ts.fi (in Finnish) (Turun Sanomat). Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  4. ↑ Vainio moves to GP3 with Tech 1, Autosport.com.
  5. ↑ Lotus GP confirm Aaro Vainio for 2012 season, GP3 Series.
  6. ↑ Vainio flies to maiden victory in Monaco, GP3 Series.

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