Elias Seppänen

Elias Seppänen (born 31 October 2003) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in the ADAC GT Masters with Team Landgraf, for whom he won the 2023 and the 2024 ADAC GT Masters.

Early career

Karting Born in Tammela, Seppänen started his karting career in 2014. His best result was winning the Finnish Junior Championship in the Raket class in 2016.

Lower formulae In 2019, Seppänen made his single-seater racing debut in the F4 South East Asia Championship. He won eleven races, and with 617 points, he finished second in the standings to Irish driver Lucca Allen. He also made two guest appearances in the SMP F4 Championship and competed in the Formula Academy Finland, where he finished third in the championship.

The next year, Seppänen moved over to race in the ADAC F4 Championship with US Racing. He achieved a race victory at the Lausitzring, and with nine further podiums Seppänen finished third in the standings, only behind Red Bull juniors Jak Crawford and Jonny Edgar.

Formula Renault Eurocup Seppänen made his debut in the Formula Renault Eurocup as a guest driver for R-ace GP in the final round of the series' history at Paul Ricard. He finished the races in 14th and eighth.

Formula Regional European Championship In 2021, Seppänen progressed to the Formula Regional European Championship, partnering Nico Göhler and fellow Finn Patrik Pasma at KIC Motorsport. He scored his first point in the second race of the first round of the season in Imola. After seven events, Seppänen left the series, which landed him 24th overall by season's end.

Sportscar career The 2022 season saw Seppänen switch to GT machinery, as he would compete for Mann-Filter Team Landgraf in the ADAC GT Masters, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo alongside Frank Bird. With a best race finish of fourth, the duo finished 21st in the drivers' standings. Seppänen remained with Landgraf in 2023, this time partnering Salman Owega. In a series that had been significantly weakened following the introduction of a rule which mandated each lineup to contain at least one silver-ranked driver, Seppänen and Owega took four victories, including a weekend sweep at the Sachsenring, to win the title in the final round.

In 2024, Seppänen returned to defend his GT Masters crown, this time being joined by Tom Kalender at Landgraf.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

† As Seppänen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Pos Points 2019 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP14 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 BUR11 BUR12 BUR13 BUR14 BUR21 BUR22 BUR23 BUR24 MAD11 MAD12 MAD13 MAD14 MAD21 MAD22 MAD23 MAD24 SEP31 SEP32 SEP33 SEP34 SEP41 SEP42 SEP43 SEP44 SEP51 SEP52 SEP53 SEP54 SEP61 SEP62 SEP63 SEP64 2nd

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points 2020 US Racing LAU11 LAU12 LAU13 NÜR11 NÜR12 NÜR13 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NÜR21 NÜR22 NÜR23 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU21 LAU22 LAU23 OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 3rd 257

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2020 R-ace GP MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2 NC† 0

† As Seppänen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2021 KIC Motorsport IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 24th 1

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2022 Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 21st 52 2023 Landgraf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo HOC11 HOC12 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC21 HOC22 1st 181 2024 Landgraf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 253