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Finnish racing driver
Petri Suvanto
Petri Suvanto during the 2012 Road Atlanta Star Mazda round
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1992-11-13) November 13, 1992 (age 32)
Nurmo, Finland
Star Mazda Championship career
Years active2012–13
Starts21
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish5th in 2012
Previous series
2011
2010		U.S. F2000 National Championship
Formula BMW Europe
Championship titles
2011U.S. F2000 National Championship
Last updated on: December 11, 2016.

Petri Suvanto (born November 13, 1992) is a Finnish former racing driver from Seinäjoki.

After winning and placing highly in several Finnish karting championships and finishing 4th in 2008 CIK-FIA KF2 European Championships, Suvanto moved to car racing in 2010 in Formula BMW Europe for Josef Kaufmann Racing. He finished eleventh in points with a best finish of sixth at Zandvoort and Silverstone. Seeking a change of venue for 2011, Suvanto entered the American Road to Indy ladder in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. Suvanto captured four poles, five wins, and finished on the podium in all but one of the season's twelve races. He secured the championship in the first race of the final race weekend of the season over American Spencer Pigot by 47 points. By winning the championship he secured full funding to compete in the Star Mazda Championship in 2012. He signed to race with Team Pelfrey for the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season. Suvanto finished fifth in points with only a single podium finish but also only a single DNF on the season. He returned to the series, now called the Pro Mazda Championship, and Team Pelfrey for 2013, however, his season ended after four races due to lack of funding.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula BMW Europe Josef Kaufmann Racing 16 0 0 0 0 100 11th
2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing 12 5 5 6 11 328 1st
2012 Star Mazda Championship Team Pelfrey 17 0 0 0 1 271 5th
2013 Pro Mazda Championship Team Pelfrey 4 0 0 0 0 57 10th

U.S. F2000 National Championship results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2011 Cape Motorsports
Wayne Taylor Racing 		SEB
2 		SEB
3 		STP
2 		STP
1 		ORP
1 		MIL
5 		MDO
1 		MDO
1 		ROA
2 		ROA
1 		BAL
2 		BAL
2 		1st 328

Star Mazda Championship results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2012 Team Pelfrey STP
5 		STP
3 		BAR
6 		BAR
6 		IND
5 		IOW
4 		TOR
6 		TOR
8 		EDM
19 		EDM
4 		TRO
14 		TRO
4 		BAL
4 		BAL
4 		LAG
5 		LAG
5 		ATL
6 		5th 271
2013 Team Pelfrey COA
5 		COA
5 		STP
11 		STP
8 		IND
 IOW
 TOR
 TOR
 MOS
 MOS
 MOH
 MOH
 TRO
 TRO
 HOU
 HOU
 10th 57

References

  1. Cape Motorsports Adds Petri Suvanto for 2011, Open Paddock, February 7, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-05
  2. Suvanto clinches USF2000 Championship at Baltimore, Racer, September 4, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-05
  3. Petri Suvanto joins Team Pelfrey in Star Mazda Championship, AutoWeek, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-21

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