Patrik Pasma (born 2 March 2000) is a Finnish racing driver who last competed for Evans Grand Prix in the

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for Evans Grand Prix.

Career

Formula Ford

Pasma started his single seater career in an array of different

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categories, mostly in the UK but some in his home country Finland. The Walter Hayes Trophy, Finnish Formula Ford Junior Championship, Champion of Brands and Marcel Albers Memorial Trophy were some of the categories he races in. Pasma's best result was a 2nd place finish in the Marcel Albers Memorial Trophy held at

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, he finished behind Irishman Stephen Daly.

British F4

Pasma signed up for his first season in British F4 in

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for Carlin alongside

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and Lucas Alecco Roy. 5 points finishes along with 2 podiums saw Pasma have a successful start to the season. However, an extremely serious car crash occurred with the Finn and

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driver

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on lap 4 of the 3rd race at the

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. Pasma slowed along the Schwantz Curve that left Monger unsighted and caused him to slam into the back of the Carlin. Monger almost died in the crash, but Pasma was not seriously injured. After a long extraction process to get both drivers out of the cars, it was announced the crash meant Monger had both of his legs amputated while Pasma stayed in the hospital overnight for examinations. He was released without serious injuries. Pasma returned for the next round at Thruxton where he finished 13th in the first race and 7th in the two following, a couple more podiums and a handful of points scoring races saw Pasma end the season in 8th place. He returned for the

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season but jumping ship to

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this year. The season got off to an okay start as he battled

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for the lead of the second race and crossed the line 2nd to get his first podium of the year however both himself and Brit jumped the start meaning they finished 5th and 6th respectively,

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took the victory. His first podium eventually came as he once again battled

who beat him off the line from pole in the final race at Donington, a safety car caused late pressure from Kiern Jewiss however the Finn crossed the line second. Pasma won the first race of his career at the first race Rockingham where he dominated the field getting Pole, the fastest lap and the race victory ahead of

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duo Hauger and Doohan. Pasma finished the season with 2 wins, 11 podiums and 315 which placed him in 6th position.

MRF Challenge

Pasma was the only Finn on the grid in 2018-19 for the

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. For the second time that weekend, Pasma took reverse grid pole at the 4th race in

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to which he converted into his first of 3 wins, Belgian

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put pressure on Pasma but fell short by half a second in the end. Pasma finished on the podium at least one in all 3 rounds, the most being 3 podiums in

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where he stepped on every step of the podium. Pasma fell short of the title by 94 points, three time W Series champion

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won the title, followed by Defourny.

Formula Renault Eurocup

For 2019 Pasma moved into the

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with

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. Partnering Frank Bird and

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, Pasma scored a sole podium at the

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and ended up eleventh in the standings.

Formula Regional

2020

The Finn switched to KIC Motorsport to race in the

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in 2020. After a relatively weak first half of the season in which he had only managed to achieve one podium finish, Pasma came alive in the second half and took four race wins, climbing to fourth in the standings and being the highest-placed driver to not have driven for the

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2021

At the beginning of 2021 Pasma took part in the F3 Asian winter series with Evans GP. Following another sub-par first half of the year the Finn experienced a streak of five podiums in the final five races, which included two victories, which promoted him up to fourth in the standings. Pasma remained with KIC in Formula Regional European for

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. However, after Thomas ten Brinke's surprise retirement from racing following the round at

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, Pasma replaced the Dutchman at

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. He finished twelfth in the standings, having experienced mixed fortunes with both teams.

2022

In the winter of 2022 Pasma returned to Evans GP to race in the final three rounds of Formula Regional Asia. He won the reversed-grid race at the

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in the penultimate round and ended the campaign in eleventh.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Pasma made his

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debut in March 2022, when he took part in the pre-season test with

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Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasma, Patrik 2000 births Living people Finnish racing drivers Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers F3 Asian Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers Arden International drivers ART Grand Prix drivers Sportspeople from Oulu British F4 Championship drivers Formula Ford drivers MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers KIC Motorsport drivers Karting World Championship drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers