Luka Nurmi

Luka Nurmi
Luka Nurmi
Nationality	Finnish
Born	26 April 2004 (age 19); 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; Contents Career ; Karting 2009–2018 ; RX Academy 2019 ; Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ 2020–2021 ; Legends 2020–2021 ; Ferrari Challenge Europe 2021 ; Career highlights ; Racing record ; Career summary ; References ; External links ; Ferrari Challenge 2021
Championship titles
2020; 2021; 2021; 2022	Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ; Legends Finland; Legends Finland; Ferrari Challenge 2021

Last updated March 23, 2024

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.

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

Career

Karting 2009–2018

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

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. Lukanurmi-porschechallenge2020.jpg — 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. Lukanurmi-ferrarichallenge2021x.jpg — 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)	Formula Racing	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 Sprint Championship - GT3	AF Corse	8	0	0	0	0	32	8th
2023	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro-Am	AF Corse	8	2	0	0	5	95	2nd

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References

↑ 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.
↑ Taipale, Juuso (21 November 2021). "Luka Nurmi on maailmanmestari! 17-vuotias suomalainen voittoon Ferrari-sarjassa". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
↑ Uusitupa, Ismo (13 March 2021). "Mopoautosta Ferrarin rattiin". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
↑ Nurmi, Teemu (1 December 2021). "Mitä nyt, Luka Nurmi? – Tamperelainen, 17-vuotias maailmanmestari miettii seuraavan siirtonsa tarkasti". Tamperelainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.

External links

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Luka Nurmi career summary at DriverDB.com

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[hs-1-1] 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.

[il-1-2] Taipale, Juuso (21 November 2021). "Luka Nurmi on maailmanmestari! 17-vuotias suomalainen voittoon Ferrari-sarjassa". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[al-1-3] Uusitupa, Ismo (13 March 2021). "Mopoautosta Ferrarin rattiin". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[ta-1-4] 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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