Despite being only a decade into his racing career, Kari-Pekka Laaksonen’s motorsport CV makes for interesting reading. Having made his debut aboard a Volkswagen Polo in the 2010 Finnish V1600 Cup, the Pirkanmaa native spent two years in the Xtreme BMW Cup before making the jump to Porsche GT3 Cup Finland for 2013. In the three seasons that followed, he picked up five podiums in his maiden campaign, his first two wins the next season, and even a victory in 2015, despite only entering four rounds.
TCR though is where Kari-Pekka Laaksonen has made his mark. After explorative stints in TCR International and ADAC TCR in Germany, ‘KP’ made an astonishing debut in the 24H SERIES at the Hankook 12H SPA in 2017, winning the TCR class with LMS Racing first time out. One year later, the Finn was crowned the Overall TCE Drivers’ champion in the 24H Series Continents and was that year’s TCR class winner at the Nürburgring 24 Hours as well.
Kari-Pekka Laaksonen also has plans for when his countryman, Kimi Raikkonen, calls it a day in Formula 1…
