Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport, formerly also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport and Koiranen GP, is a Finnish

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team based in

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. The team currently fields a one car entry in the LMP3 class of

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and Prototype Cup Germany and also acts as a promoter of the

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. Formerly the team was a promoter of the

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from 2015 to 2018 and the

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from 2016 to 2017.

History

Finnish Junior Formulas

The team was founded in 1997 by brothers Marko and Jari Koiranen. They joined the Finnish Formula 4 championship the same year, and also competed in Nordic and Finnish Formula Three championships until 2005.

Formula Renault

2003 saw Koiranen Motorsport join the German Formula Renault Championship, before expanding their

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programme to include a

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campaign. They experienced their first real success when

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finished third in the

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in 2007. The team won their first title in 2010, when

Kevin Korjus Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993) is an Estonian racing driver. Career Karting Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax Max Euro ...

won the Eurocup title. In 2011,

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started collaboration with the Finnish team.

Daniil Kvyat Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat ( rus, Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят, p=dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014– ...

and

Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro (; born 1 September 1994), otherwise known as Carlos Sainz Jr. or simply Carlos Sainz, is a Formula One drivers from Spain, Spanish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He is th ...

joined the team for Eurocup and

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campaign. In Northern European Cup Sainz, Jr. achieved drivers' title and with help of Kvyat they both claimed teams' championship. They also claimed teams' trophy in Eurocup. Kvyat remained with the team for the next year and brought drivers' title in new Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series for the team. In 2012, Koiranen Motorsport was one of eighteen teams to make a bid for one of the vacant grid positions in the

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, the highest tier of the Formula Renault championships. The team was unsuccessful, losing out to

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and

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, but were placed on a reserve list, granting them automatic entry to the grid in the event that any of the existing thirteen teams failed to be ready in time. 2015 was the team's last season with Formula Renault. From 2016 onwards Koiranen will focus on GP3 and running two F4 series.

GP3 Series

Koiranen GP replaced

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in the

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, starting in

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. Their drivers at the start of the season were

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and

Aaro Vainio Aaro Vainio (born 2 October 1993 in Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, ...

from Finland and

from Estonia. Vainio was replaced by former FIA F2-champion

Dean Stoneman Dean Colin Stoneman (born July 24, 1990) is a British racing driver. Stoneman was the 2010 Formula Two champion. Career Like many drivers, Stoneman began his career in karting. He made his first steps in single-seaters in 2006 when he compete ...

for the last two races of the 2013 season. Koiranen GP finished their inaugural season with third place in the team's championship. For their second season in the

Koiranen changed their whole driver line-up. New drivers were Carmen Jordá from

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from

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and

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from

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was once again brought in mid-season after

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folded before the race weekend in

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. Stoneman replaced Jordá for the remaining four races of the season. Koiranen GP placed 4th in the team's championship. Koiranen retained Eriksson for the 2015 season and paired him with

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and

graduate

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. Koiranen brought in Russian

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driver

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to replace Fong for last four races of the season. Koiranen repeated last season's results finishing fourth in the teams championship. Koiranen retained Parry and Isaakyan for the 2016 season. They were teamed up with

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and

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. Boschung and Parry claimed victories for the team in the rounds at the

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and the

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respectively and the team finished fifth in the teams' championship. In 2017, the team withdrew from the sport.

Asian Le Mans Series

In 2022, Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport entered

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fielding a one car entry in the LMP3 class with a Duqueine M30-D08 car driven by Russian Nikita Alexandrov and Finns Jesse Salmenautio and Tomi Veijalainen. Team finished the season 8th overall in their class with 16 points.

Prototype Cup Germany

In 2022, team also entered the Prototype Cup Germany with a one-car entry driven by Swedish Sebastian Arenram and Finn Jesse Salmenautio.

Complete series results

GP3 Series

(

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

Asian Le Mans

Prototype Cup Germany

Timeline

References

External links

* {{s-end Finnish auto racing teams GP3 Series teams Formula Renault Eurocup teams Auto racing teams established in 1997 1997 establishments in Finland