Luka Nurmi

Luka Nurmi (born 26 April 2004) is a Finnish racing driver. He has won the title of Ferrari Challenge World Championship[1][2] as well as the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Series. He won the both championship series as the youngest competitor. In addition, in early seasons of his career he won many medals in Karting Finnish Championship series and in other international series. He has also won the Championship in Finland's most popular circuit racing series, Legends - also as the youngest driver in its history.

Luka Nurmi
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004
Tampere, Finland
Previous series
2019

2019
2020
2020
2021

2021		RX Academy

Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ 2019
Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ 2020
Legends Finland 2020
Legends Finland 2021

Ferrari Challenge 2021
Championship titles
2020
2021
2021
2022		Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ

Legends Finland
Legends Finland

Ferrari Challenge 2021

Since karting he has determinately developed his career towards top speed in international GT-series.

Career

Karting 2009–2018
Nurmi started his motorsport career in karting. He competed in various series from 2009 to 2018.

Born in Tampere, Finland, at age of five Nurmi started competing in karting as he became interested in the thrilling and fast-paced world of motorsport. Determined work in the junior karting groups delivered silver medal in the Rotax Max Finland series, bronze medal in BNL series and bronze medal in Rotax MAX Challenge World Championships.

In season 2017 he won silver medal in OKj-group of Karting Finnish Championship series. He was also awarded with title of Finnish Newcomer driver.

In season 2018 he continued in Finnish Karting Championship series and won bronze medal[3] in OK-group before making a decision to continue his career in faster cars.

RX Academy 2019
In season 2019 Nurmi collect 5th position in RX Academy series.

The RX Academy, which was run by Jussi and Kalle Pinomäki (SET Promotion), was driven by Renault Clio RS cars in the Nordic and the Baltic countries. In addition to driving, the academy included physics, mental as well as media coaching. For Nurmi the racing season, which ended in fifth place in the series, was very developing in all those sectors and provided a good foundation for his motorsport career.

Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ 2020–2021
Nurmi won the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ series as the youngest driver in its history.

Finnish Relaa Racing team chose Nurmi for its junior driver to Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Racing series for seasons 2020 and 2021. Nurmi thanked the team manager Raimo Niemi for the trust he had give as in his first GT year Nurmi won the bronze medal of the series. After fierceful driving in next year he improved two positions and won the Championship title as the youngest driver to win the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ racing series in its history.

Legends 2020–2021

In order to maintain his skills behind the steering wheel of GT cars and to develop his versatile motorsport career, Nurmi successfully competed in Legends, which has become the most popular circuit racing series in Finland. In season 2020 he won the Semi-PRO Championship series and in 2021 the PRO Championship series. In both classes, he collect the titles as the youngest driver in the series history.

Ferrari Challenge Europe 2021
Nurmi won the Ferrari Challenge World Championship series as the youngest driver in its history.

Career highlights
  • 2016: Karting Rotax MAX Challenge Finland Silver
  • 2016: Karting BNL-series Bronze (Rotax)
  • 2016: Rotax MAX Challenge World Finals Bronze
  • 2017: Karting Finnish Championship series Silver (OKj)
  • 2017: Finnish Rookie of the Year
  • 2018: Karting Finnish Championship series Bronze (OK)
  • 2019: RalliCross RX-Academy: 5th
  • 2019: Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Bronze
  • 2020: Legends Finland Champion (Semi-Pro)
  • 2020: Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Champion
  • 2021: Legends Finland Champion (Pro)
  • 2021: Ferrari Challenge Europe Bronze Medal[4]
  • 2021: Ferrari Challenge World Finals Champion

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Relaa Racing 12 2 4 6 10 ? 3rd
2020 Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Relaa Racing 12 6 7 6 11 320 1st
Legends Trophy Finland - Semi-Pro Iceboys Racing 6 0 1 0 0 500 1st
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Leipert Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2021 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Formula Racing 14 4 3 4 8 140 3rd
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR Pro Iceboys 2 0 0 0 0 118 25th
2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Formula Racing 14 0 0 0 9 139 3rd
2023 Italian GT Championship - GT3 AF Corse

References
  1. Vilén, Jan (21 November 2021). "Luka Nurmi, 17, voitti Ferrari-sarjan maailmanmestaruuden, isä tuuletti villisti: "En voi uskoa, että tämä on totta"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. Taipale, Juuso (21 November 2021). "Luka Nurmi on maailmanmestari! 17-vuotias suomalainen voittoon Ferrari-sarjassa". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. Uusitupa, Ismo (13 March 2021). "Mopoautosta Ferrarin rattiin". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. Nurmi, Teemu (1 December 2021). "Mitä nyt, Luka Nurmi? – Tamperelainen, 17-vuotias maailmanmestari miettii seuraavan siirtonsa tarkasti". Tamperelainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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