Pekka Saarinen

Pekka Mikael Saarinen (born 27 July 1983) is a Finnish racing driver and head of PS Racing.

Karts

Saarinen has won the Nordic ICA Junior championship in 1997 and placed second in the Finish Junior A in 1997 and ICA Viking Trophy in 1998. He has also competed in various European Formula A and ICA championships with some success.

Formula Racing

Saarinen has competed for five years in Formula Renault 2.0 where he won the Formula Renault 2.0 Germany series in 2005 for SL Formula Racing and the Asian Formula Renault Challenge in both 2006 and 2007, accompanied by the China Challenge in 2007.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany Koiranen Brothers Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 58 19th Formula Renault 2000 Masters 2 0 0 0 0 0 35th 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany SL Formula Racing 14 1 1 0 3 151 8th Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands 4 0 0 0 0 49 12th Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 2 0 0 0 1 44 13th 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany SL Formula Racing 16 2 1 0 10 309 1st 2006 Asian Formula Renault Challenge Shangsai FRD Team 12 7 2 6 9 263 1st Chinese Formula Renault Challenge 12 ? ? ? ? 145 3rd 2007 Asian Formula Renault Challenge PS Racing 14 9 2 10 10 307 1st Chinese Formula Renault Challenge 14 9 2 10 10 307 1st 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia PS Racing 2 0 0 0 0 21 16th Audi R8 LMS Cup China J-Fly Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 12 14th 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup China J-Fly Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2016 Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup - LMP3 PS Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 14th 2018 24H TCE Series - TCR RWP Racing by Motorsport development 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC