Koiranen GP

Koiranen GP
Founded	1997
Founder(s)	Marko Koiranen, Jari Koiranen
Base	Barcelona, Spain
Team principal(s)	Afa Heikkinen
Current series	Formula Academy Finland ; Prototype Cup Germany ; Asian Le Mans Series
Former series	GP3 Series ; Formula Renault 2.0 Italia ; Nordic Formula Three Masters ; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps ; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 ; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC ; SMP F4 Championship
Teams'; Championships	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 :; 2011, 2014 ; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC :; 2011 ; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps :; 2014, 2015
Drivers'; Championships	Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series :; 2005: Atte Mustonen ; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 :; 2010: Kevin Korjus ; 2014: Nyck de Vries ; 2015: Jack Aitken ; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC :; 2011: Carlos Sainz Jr. ; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps :; 2012: Daniil Kvyat ; 2014: Nyck de Vries ; 2015: Jack Aitken ; SMP F4 Championship :; 2015: Niko Kari
Website	koiranengp.com/

Last updated July 30, 2022

Koiranen GP, also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Barcelona, Spain. The team currently acts as a promoter of the Formula Academy Finland, and formerly as a promoter of the SMP F4 Championship from 2015 to 2018 and the F4 Spanish Championship from 2016 to 2017.

History

Finnish Junior Formulas

The team was founded in 1997 by brothers Marko and Jari Koiranen. They joined the Finnish Formula 4 championship the same year, and also competed in Nordic and Finnish Formula Three championships until 2005.^[1]

Formula Renault

2003 saw Koiranen Motorsport join the German Formula Renault Championship, before expanding their Formula Renault programme to include a Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 campaign.^[1] They experienced their first real success when Valtteri Bottas finished third in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2007.^[2] The team won their first title in 2010, when Kevin Korjus won the Eurocup title.^[3]

In 2011, Red Bull Junior Team started collaboration with the Finnish team. Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr. joined the team for Eurocup and NEC campaign. In Northern European Cup Sainz, Jr. achieved drivers' title and with help of Kvyat they both claimed teams' championship. They also claimed teams' trophy in Eurocup. Kvyat remained with the team for the next year and brought drivers' title in new Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series for the team.

In 2012, Koiranen Motorsport was one of eighteen teams to make a bid for one of the vacant grid positions in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the highest tier of the Formula Renault championships.^[4] The team was unsuccessful, losing out to DAMS and Arden Caterham, but were placed on a reserve list, granting them automatic entry to the grid in the event that any of the existing thirteen teams failed to be ready in time.^[5]

2015 was the team's last season with Formula Renault. From 2016 onwards Koiranen will focus on GP3 and running two F4 series.^[6]

GP3 Series

Koiranen GP replaced Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 Series, starting in 2013.^[7] Their drivers at the start of the season were Patrick Kujala and Aaro Vainio from Finland and Kevin Korjus from Estonia.^[8] Vainio was replaced by former FIA F2-champion Dean Stoneman for the last two races of the 2013 season.^[9] Koiranen GP finished their inaugural season with third place in the team's championship.

For their second season in the GP3 Series Koiranen changed their whole driver line-up. New drivers were Carmen Jordá from Spain, Jimmy Eriksson from Sweden and Santiago Urrutia from Uruguay.^[10] Dean Stoneman was once again brought in mid-season after Marussia Manor Racing folded before the race weekend in Sochi. Stoneman replaced Jordá for the remaining four races of the season.^[11] Koiranen GP placed 4th in the team's championship.

Koiranen retained Eriksson for the 2015 season and paired him with Adderly Fong and Formula Renault graduate Matt Parry. Koiranen brought in Russian Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup driver Matevos Isaakyan to replace Fong for last four races of the season.^[12] Koiranen repeated last season's results finishing fourth in the teams championship.

Koiranen retained Parry^[13] and Isaakyan ^[6] for the 2016 season. They were teamed up with Mahaveer Raghunathan ^[14] and Ralph Boschung.^[15] Boschung and Parry claimed victories for the team in the rounds at the Red Bull Ring and the Hungaroring respectively and the team finished fifth in the teams' championship.

In 2017, the team withdrew from the sport.

Complete series results

GP3 Series

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

Year	Chassis Engine Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DP	DC	TP	TC
2013	GP3/13 AER V6 P		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR					207	3rd
		Patrick Kujala	Ret	16	21	15	Ret	EX	13	13	14	11	13	20	10	12	8	19			5	20th
		Aaro Vainio	5	1	7	2	11	8	14	11	1	9	20	22	16	13					75	9th
		Dean Stoneman															6	2			20	16th
		Kevin Korjus	8	2	3	6	2	9	20	15	7	3	4	5	6	5	12	12			107	7th
2014	GP3/13 AER V6 P		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR			200	4th
		Carmen Jordá	Ret	Ret	20	21	24	17	Ret	22	25	25	17	Ret	20	21					0	29th
		Dean Stoneman ^{[nb 1]}															1	2	1	Ret	163	2nd
		Jimmy Eriksson	2	6	3	2	1	Ret	7	15	10	16	Ret	19	1	8	4	16	10	6	132	5th
		Santiago Urrutia	21	13	16	12	Ret	14	22	18	12	Ret	13	18	Ret	15	14	12	11	12	0	23rd
2015	GP3/13 AER V6 P		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR			195	4th
		Adderly Fong	17	21	17	12	12	14	15	11	15	9			15	18					0	22nd
		Matevos Isaakyan															Ret	14	9	14	2	21st
		Jimmy Eriksson	6	2	20	10	5	4	6	6	13	16	5	5	8	1	5	7	3	5	118	5th
		Matt Parry	13	9	13	7	3	5	5	3	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	7	Ret	11	3	6	24	67	8th
2016	GP3/16 Mecachrome V6 P		CAT FEA	CAT SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR			147	5th
		Matt Parry	12	20	6	7	4	16	1	5	3	7	Ret	Ret	9	17	9	4	Ret	12	82	9th
		Mahaveer Raghunathan	23	24																	0	27th
		Matevos Isaakyan	11	6	Ret	Ret	21	18	12	8	Ret	13	8	4	Ret	Ret	15	14	Ret	16	17	17th
		Ralph Boschung	10	10	4	1	6	12	5	22	15	Ret			18	9					48	11th
		Niko Kari											Ret	14							0	26th

*Season still in progress.

↑ Dean Stoneman joined Koiranen GP for the last two weekends of 2014 season. At that point he had collected 95 points with Marussia Manor Racing which were not added to Koiranen's team's championship points.

Timeline

Current series
Formula Academy Finland	2017–present
Prototype Cup Germany	2022–present
Asian Le Mans Series	2022–present
Former series
Finnish Formula 4 Championship	1997–1998
Finnish Formula 3 Championship	1999–2007
Nordic Formula Renault	2009–2010
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	2004, 2006, 2010–2015
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup	2006–2011, 2015
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	2012–2015
GP3 Series	2013–2016
SMP F4 Championship	2015–2018

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References

1 2 "RECENT RESULTS". Koiranen Motorsport. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "18 teams apply for 2012 season". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Thirteen teams selected for 2012". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "GP3 Series announce line up for 2013-15". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Limited. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "Vainio, Korjus and Kujala complete Koiranen GP line-up". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
↑ "Dean Stoneman to reconquer single-seaters with Koiranen GP". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
↑ "Spaniard Carmen Jorda signs with Koiranen GP". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ "Marussia Manor salta Sochi Stoneman da Koiranen, Kujala con Trident" [Marussia to miss Sochi, Stoneman in Koiranen, Kujala for Trident]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
↑ "2015 GP3 Series Round 8: Sakhir, Bahrain". gp3series.com. 17 November 2015.
↑ "Matt Parry sticks with Koiranen for 2016 GP3 season". 17 December 2015.
↑ "Koiranen GP sign Mahaveer Raghunathan". gp3series.com. 16 March 2016.
↑ "Boschung completes Koiranen GP line-up". gp3series.com. 22 March 2016.

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Achievements
Preceded by none	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Teams' Champion 2011	Succeeded by Fortec Motorsports
Preceded by Tech 1 Racing	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2011	Succeeded by Josef Kaufmann Racing
Preceded by Tech 1 Racing	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Teams' Champion 2014	Succeeded by Josef Kaufmann Racing
Preceded by Prema Powerteam	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Teams' Champion 2014-2015	Succeeded by none

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[16] Dean Stoneman joined Koiranen GP for the last two weekends of 2014 season. At that point he had collected 95 points with Marussia Manor Racing which were not added to Koiranen's team's championship points.

[Koiranen-1] 1 2 "RECENT RESULTS". Koiranen Motorsport. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

[2] "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

[3] "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

[4] "18 teams apply for 2012 season". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Entry-5] "Thirteen teams selected for 2012". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Koiranen_2016-6] 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[GP3-7] "GP3 Series announce line up for 2013-15". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Limited. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

[8] "Vainio, Korjus and Kujala complete Koiranen GP line-up". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

[9] "Dean Stoneman to reconquer single-seaters with Koiranen GP". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[Jorda-10] "Spaniard Carmen Jorda signs with Koiranen GP". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

[11] "Marussia Manor salta Sochi Stoneman da Koiranen, Kujala con Trident" [Marussia to miss Sochi, Stoneman in Koiranen, Kujala for Trident]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

[12] "2015 GP3 Series Round 8: Sakhir, Bahrain". gp3series.com. 17 November 2015.

[13] "Matt Parry sticks with Koiranen for 2016 GP3 season". 17 December 2015.

[14] "Koiranen GP sign Mahaveer Raghunathan". gp3series.com. 16 March 2016.

[15] "Boschung completes Koiranen GP line-up". gp3series.com. 22 March 2016.

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Koiranen GP

Contents

History

Finnish Junior Formulas

Formula Renault

GP3 Series

Complete series results

GP3 Series

Timeline

Related Research Articles

References

External links