Jesse Krohn

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Jesse Krohn
Jesse Krohn during endurance race at the 2023 Grand Prix of Slovakia.jpg
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Born (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34)
Nurmijärvi (Finland)
Related toPertti Kurki-Suonio (Father)
Jenni Krohn (Sister)
Oskari Kurki-Suonio (Brother)
Italian Formula Three career
Debut season 2010
Current team RP Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number21
Previous series
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2009
Formula Ford Finland
Formula Ford UK
Finnish Formula Three
Formula Renault Finland
Formula Renault NEZ
Formula Renault Estonia
Formula Renault UK
Championship titles
2008
2008
2008
Formula Renault Finland
Formula Renault NEZ
Formula Renault Estonia

Jesse Kurki-Suonio (born 3 September 1990), more commonly known as Jesse Krohn, is a Finnish professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for BMW M Team RLL.

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He is notable for winning the Finnish, Northern European Zone (NEZ) and Estonian Formula Renault championships. Krohn comes from a motorsport central family, with his father, Pertti, competing in the 1987 Finnish Formula Ford championship alongside 1998 and 1999 Formula One world champion Mika Häkkinen whilst his sister, Jenni, and brother, Oskari also compete in motorsport professionally in Finland.

Personal and early life

Jesse Krohn was born in Nurmijärvi, located in the southern Uusimaa region of Finland, during September 1990. His father, Pertti Kurki-Suonio was a racing driver, who competed in the Finnish Formula Ford championship alongside future Formula One drivers Mika Häkkinen and Mika Salo. However, despite finishing behind Salo and Häkkinen in the championship, Pertti's career never went beyond Scandinavia, excluding a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch for the Formula Ford festival.

His elder sister, Jenni, and younger brother, Oskari, are also both racing drivers both currently racing in their native Finland.

Racing career

Krohn began his career in karts when he was six, he spent nine years karting before moving up into car racing in 2005 as a test driver for saloon cars. In 2006, he competed in a number of Formula Ford events in his home country, finishing in eighth, and also competing in the Ford Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, finishing 10th, and also in the British Formula Ford Winter Series, finishing as runner up to Brit David Mayes. The Finn entered the full UK championship the following year as well as the Finnish Formula Three championship, "I was in a '97 Dallara with a H-pattern gearbox" Krohn recalls, "my shoulders were over the cockpit". [1] In the UK championship, Krohn finished the year in 17th with 82 points whilst he had a better time in Finnish Formula Three with six wins and finishing second overall in the championship. He also re-entered the Formula Ford festival as well, performing better than the previous year finishing eighth.

2008 was Krohn's best year yet, with three championship wins in the Finnish, Northern European Zone (NEZ) and Estonian Formula Renault championships, recording ten wins in total. He also competed in the British, Italian and Northern European championships as well, but experiencing little success by comparison. With a number of successes the previous year, Krohn entered the UK Formula Renault championship for the whole season where he has so far tallied 117 points, including a win at Thruxton.

Krohn gained some notoriety during the year as well after climbing up from twentyfifth to seventh in the wet conditions at Donington Park but soon dropped out of the point after his suspension failed and so had to complete the final three laps on three wheels, "exactly what Jan Magnussen would have done" commented Mark Burdett Motorsport engineer Andy Miller, who ran the Danish driver during his 1994 British Formula 3 campaign. [1]

Krohn competing in an ESET Cup Series / FIA CEZ endurance race at the 2023 Grand Prix of Slovakia, where he finished first in the D4-GT3 class. Jesse Krohn during endurance race at the 2023 Grand Prix of Slovakia.jpg
Krohn competing in an ESET Cup Series / FIA CEZ endurance race at the 2023 Grand Prix of Slovakia, where he finished first in the D4-GT3 class.

2014 saw Krohn admitted into the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme in which he trained in for three years, with established works drivers like Dirk Adorf and Jörg Müller. He won the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series GT Drivers title with Jun San Chen in the FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3, and was promoted to BMW works driver in 2018.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS 51002792nd
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 200005230th
2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 7100216021st
2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series - GT FIST-Team AAI43004951st
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 1100022788th
2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 1102022797th
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 100001223rd
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 1110063192nd
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 4010413366th
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro BMW M Team RLL 2000160915th
2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP BMW M Team RLL 9100125377th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar BMW M Team WRT Reserve driver
2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Paul Miller Racing 1000022011th*

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2008 P1 Motorsport HOC
1
HOC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ALA
1

10
ALA
2

Ret
OSC
1
OSC
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
ZOL
1
ZOL
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
30th11

European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamMakeEngineClass12345RankPoints
2015 BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS BMW Z4 GTE BMW 4.4 L V8 LMGTE SIL
4
IMO
4
RBR
4
LEC
2
EST
1
2nd79
Source: [2]

IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamMakeEngineClass123456789101112RankPointsRef
2016 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
5
SEB
7
LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 30th52 [3]
2017 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
8
SEB
20
LBH AUS DET WGL MOS LIM
14
ELK
1
VIR
2
LGA
5
ATL
15
21st160 [4]
2018 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
7
SEB
7
LBH
5
MDO
7
WGL
8
MOS
8
LIM
8
ELK
8
VIR
3
LGA
4
ATL
3
8th278 [5]
2019 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
9
SEB
4
LBH
8
MDO
6
WGL
5
MOS
2
LIM
8
ELK
8
VIR
8
LGA
2
ATL
9
7th279 [6]
2020 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
1
DAY
6
SEB
5
ELK
3
VIR
6
ATL
3
MDO
4
CLT
2
PET
3
LGA
4
SEB
3
2nd319 [7]
2021 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
3
SEB
3
DET WGL
2
WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET
3
6th1336 [8]
2022 BMW M Team RLL GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
7
SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET
2
15th609 [9]
2024 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
8
SEB
6
LBH
6
LGA
9
DET
7
WGL
5
ELK
7
IMS
1
PET
5
7th2537 [10]
2025 Paul Miller Racing GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
12
SEB
LGA
DET
WGL
MOS
ELK
VIR
IMS
PET
11th*220*
Source: [2]

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marsal
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Palttala
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin
BMW M6 GT3 GTD70119th5th
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Justin Marks
Flag of Germany.svg Jens Klingmann
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin
BMW M6 GT3 GTD62825th8th
2018 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg
Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE GTLM77318th7th
2019 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi
BMW M8 GTE GTLM55331st9th
2020 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE GTLM78613th1st
2021 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann
BMW M8 GTE GTLM76913th3rd
2022 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of the United States.svg Connor De Phillippi
BMW M4 GT3 GTD Pro69830th7th
2024 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Eng
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP7768th8th
Source: [2]

Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamMakeEngineClass1234RankPoints
2017-18 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8GT ZHU
1
FUJ
2
BUR
1
SEP
1
1st95
Source: [2]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS
6
23rd12
Sources: [2] [11]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2019 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Team MTEK Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro
33530th10th
Sources: [2] [12]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
GTLM Champion

2020
With: John Edwards
Succeeded by