Aaro Vainio

Aaro Vainio
Aaro Vainio
	Vainio in 2012.
Nationality	Finnish
Born	2 October 1993 (age 31); Espoo, Finland
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Koiranen GP
Car number	27
Former teams	Lotus GP; Tech 1 Racing
Starts	46
Wins	3
Podiums	8
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 2 October 1993) is a Finnish racing driver, currently contesting in ADAC GT Masters.

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 was 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, teammate Daniel Abt and champion Mitch Evans.

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
2010	Formula Renault UK	Tech 1 Racing	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
2012	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
2017	Italian GT Championship - Super GT Cup	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	14	2	3	6	7	161	1st
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Team Rosberg	13	0	0	0	0	6	37th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	R-Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	11.5	15th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Silver Cup		10	2	0	0	7	99	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC

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	IST FEA 15	IST SPR Ret	CAT FEA 3	CAT SPR 20	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 18	NÜR FEA 7	NÜR SPR 13	HUN FEA 5	HUN SPR 7	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 22^†	MNZ SPR 8	15th	12
2012	Lotus GP	CAT FEA 3	CAT SPR 4	MON FEA 1	MON SPR 7	VAL FEA 2	VAL SPR 7	SIL FEA 3	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 5	HOC SPR 6	HUN FEA 5	HUN SPR 7	SPA FEA 6	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 11	MNZ SPR 14	4th	123
2013	Koiranen GP	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 1	VAL FEA 7	VAL SPR 2	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 8	NÜR FEA 14	NÜR SPR 11	HUN FEA 1	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA 20	SPA SPR 22†	MNZ FEA 16	MNZ SPR 13	YMC FEA	YMC 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

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2018	Team Rosberg	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	OSC 1 29	OSC 2 25	MST 1 22	MST 2 DNS	RBR 1 30	RBR 2 15	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 20	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 26	SAC 1 9	SAC 2 25	HOC 1 25	HOC 2 17	37th	6

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Silver	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 11	MIS 1 17	MIS 2 7	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 8	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 14	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 9	2nd	99

References

^ ^a ^b "Aaro Vainio". aarovainio.com. creapixel. Retrieved 2009-12-12. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b Kulta, Heikki (2010-04-02). "Todtin tavoitteena on tuoda Aaro Vainio F1-tasolle vuodeksi 2014". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2010-04-03.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Vainio moves to GP3 with Tech 1, Autosport.com.
^ Lotus GP confirm Aaro Vainio for 2012 season, GP3 Series.
^ Vainio flies to maiden victory in Monaco Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, GP3 Series.

External links

Aaro Vainio on Twitter
Aaro Vainio career summary at DriverDB.com

[Profile-1] "Aaro Vainio". aarovainio.com. creapixel. Retrieved 2009-12-12. ^{[dead link‍]}

[SGFormula-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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[goal-3] Kulta, Heikki (2010-04-02). "Todtin tavoitteena on tuoda Aaro Vainio F1-tasolle vuodeksi 2014". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2010-04-03.^{[dead link‍]}

[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 Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, GP3 Series.

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