Koiranen GP

Koiranen GP

Founded	1997
Founder(s)	Marko Koiranen
Base	Barcelona, Spain
Team principal(s)	Afa Heikkinen
Current series	GP3 Series
Former 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
Current drivers	Matevos Isaakyan Matt Parry Mahaveer Raghunathan Ralph Boschung Niko Kari
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
Website	http://koiranengp.com/

Koiranen GP, also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Barcelona, Spain. The team currently competes in the GP3 Series.^[1] It is also a promoter of the SMP F4 Championship and Spanish Formula 4 Championship.

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.^[2]

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.^[2] They experienced their first real success when Valtteri Bottas finished third in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2007.^[3] The team won their first title in 2010, when Kevin Korjus won the Eurocup title.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

2015 was the team's last season with Formula Renault. From 2016 onwards Koiranen will focus on GP3 and running two F4 series.^[7]

GP3 Series

Koiranen GP replaced Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 Series, starting in 2013.^[1] 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 borught 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 will retain Parry^[13] and Isaakyan ^[7] for the 2016 season. They will be teamed up with Mahaveer Raghunathan ^[14] and Ralph Boschung.^[15]

Complete series results

GP3 Series

(Key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DP	DC	TP	TC
2013	Dallara GP3/13	AER 3.4L			ESP FEA	ESP SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR					207	3rd
			26	Patrick Kujala	Ret	16	21	15	Ret	EX	13	13	14	11	13	20	10	12	8	19			5	20th
			27	Aaro Vainio	5	1	7	2	11	8	14	11	1	9	20	22	16	13					75	9th
				Dean Stoneman															6	2			20	16th
			28	Kevin Korjus	8	2	3	6	2	9	20	15	7	3	4	5	6	5	12	12			107	7th
2014	Dallara GP3/13	AER 3.4L			ESP FEA	ESP SPR	AUT FEA	AUT SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	RUS FEA	RUS SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR			200	4th
			7	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
			8	Jimmy Eriksson	2	6	3	2	1	Ret	7	15	10	16	Ret	19	1	8	4	16	10	6	132	5th
			9	Santiago Urrutia	21	13	16	12	Ret	14	22	18	12	Ret	13	18	Ret	15	14	12	11	12	0	23rd
2015	Dallara GP3/13	AER 3.4L			ESP FEA	ESP SPR	AUT FEA	AUT SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	RUS FEA	RUS SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR			195	4th
			10	Adderly Fong	17	21	17	12	12	14	15	11	15	9			15	18					0	22nd
				Matevos Isaakyan															Ret	14	9	14	2	21st
			11	Jimmy Eriksson	6	2	20	10	5	4	6	6	13	16	5	5	8	1	5	7	3	5	118	5th
			12	Matt Parry	13	9	13	7	3	5	5	3	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	7	Ret	11	3	6	24	67	8th
2016	Dallara GP3/16	AER 3.4L			ESP FEA	ESP SPR	AUT FEA	AUT SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	MAL FEA	MAL SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR			147	5th
			14	Matt Parry	12	20	6	7	4	16	1	5	3	7	Ret	Ret	9	17	9	4	Ret	12	82	9th
			15	Mahaveer Raghunathan	23	24																	0	27th
			16	Matevos Isaakyan	11	6	Ret	Ret	21	18	12	8	Ret	13	8	4	Ret	Ret	15	14	Ret	16	17	17th
			17	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.

Timeline

References

External links

• Official website
• Koiranen GP on Twitter