Elias Seppänen (born 31 October 2003) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in the

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with MANN-FILTER Team Landgraf. He previously competed in the

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Career

Karting

Born in Tammela, Seppänen started his karting career in 2014. His best result was winning the Finnish Junior Championship in the Raket class in 2016.

Lower formulae

In 2019 Seppänen made his single-seater racing debut in the F4 South East Asia Championship. The Finnish driver won eleven races and with 617 points he finished second in the standings to Irish driver

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. He also made two guest appearances in the SMP F4 Championship and competed in the Formula Academy Finland, where he finished third in the championship. The next year the Finn moved over to race in the ADAC F4 Championship with US Racing. He achieved a race victory at the

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, and with nine further podiums Seppänen finished third in the standings, only behind

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Jak Crawford and

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Formula Renault Eurocup

Seppänen made his debut in the

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as a guest driver for

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in the final round of the series' history at

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. He finished the races in 14th and eighth.

Formula Regional European Championship

In 2021 Seppänen progressed to the

, partnering

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and fellow Finn Patrik Pasma at KIC Motorsport. He scored his first point in the second race of the first round of the season in Imola.

Racing record

Karting career summary

Racing career summary

^† As Seppänen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 SEA Championship results

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Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seppänen, Elias 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Helsinki Finnish racing drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers SMP F4 Championship drivers SMP Racing drivers US Racing drivers KIC Motorsport drivers R-ace GP drivers Team Meritus drivers Karting World Championship drivers People from Tammela, Finland South East Asian F4 Championship drivers