Pekka Saarinen

Finnish racing driver

Pekka Saarinen

Nationality|  Finnish
Born|  (1983-07-27) 27 July 1983 (age 41)
(Finland)
Championship titles
2007
2006, 2007
2005
2010-11
2012
2012| China F. Renault Challenge
Asian F. Renault Challenge
F. Renault 2.0 Germany
HRH Roadsport V8
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Audi R8 LMS Cup China

Pekka Saarinen (born 27 July 1983) is a Finnish racing driver and head of PS Racing.

## Karts

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He has won the Nordic ICA Junior championship in 1997 and placed second in the Finish Junior A in 1997 and ICA Viking Trophy in 1998. He has also competed in various European Formula A and ICA championships with some success.

## Formula Racing

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He has competed for five years in Formula Renault 2.0 where he won the Formula Renault 2.0 Germany series in 2005 for SL Formula Racing and the Asian Formula Renault Challenge in both 2006 and 2007, accompanied by the China Challenge in 2007.

## Racing record

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### Career summary

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Season  | Series  | Team  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | F/Laps  | Podiums  | Points  | Position

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2003  | Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | Koiranen Brothers Motorsport | 14  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 58  | 19th
Formula Renault 2000 Masters | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 35th
2004  | Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | SL Formula Racing  | 14  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 151  | 8th
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 49  | 12th
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 44  | 13th
2005  | Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | SL Formula Racing  | 16  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 10  | 309  | 1st
2006  | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Shangsai FRD Team | 12  | 7  | 2  | 6  | 9  | 263  | 1st
Chinese Formula Renault Challenge | 12  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 145  | 3rd
2007  | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | PS Racing  | 14  | 9  | 2  | 10  | 10  | 307  | 1st
Chinese Formula Renault Challenge | 14  | 9  | 2  | 10  | 10  | 307  | 1st
2012  | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia  | PS Racing  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 21  | 16th
Audi R8 LMS Cup China  | J-Fly Racing Team  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 14th
2013  | Audi R8 LMS Cup China  | J-Fly Racing Team  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | NC
2016-17  | Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup - LMP3 | PS Racing  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 14th
2018  | 24H TCE Series - TCR | RWP Racing by Motorsport development  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | NC

## References

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## External links

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* Official website
* Pekka Saarinen career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Scott Speed

|  Formula Renault 2.0 Germany
Drivers' Champion
2005 | Succeeded by

Filipe Albuquerque
(NEC)

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