Hannu Karesola is a racing driver from Finland who last raced in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport. Karesola has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,519 ranks Karesola 21459th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2021-07-10 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 | P11 | +36 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +37 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2021 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | +187 | 1,537 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Tobias JungHigher-rated, 1× champion | 2,581 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Alesia KreutzpointnerFIA Silver | 2,265 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Daniel MertensHigher-rated, 2× champion | 2,156 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21,449 | 🇺🇸 Stan Taylor | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,520 |
| 21,450 | 🏳️ Udo Schauland | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,520 |
| 21,451 | 🏳️ Vivek Govindapillai | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,520 |
| 21,452 | 🏳️ Von Danwitz Herbert | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,520 |
| 21,453 | 🏳️ William Graham | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,520 |
| 21,454 | 🏳️ Adam Ricardel | American Endurance Racing | 1,519 |
| 21,455 | 🏳️ Americo Lanzoni | Turismo Nacional | 1,519 |
| 21,456 | 🏳️ Daniel Gehringer | NASA | 1,519 |
| 21,457 | 🏳️ David Moore | NASA | 1,519 |
| 21,458 | 🏳️ Gregory Dalgarn | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,519 |
| 21,459 | 🇫🇮 Hannu Karesola | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,519 |
| 21,460 | 🏳️ Henry Banks | SCCA Regionals | 1,519 |
| 21,461 | 🏳️ John Babot | NASA | 1,519 |
| 21,462 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Roush | PCA Club Racing | 1,519 |
| 21,463 | 🏳️ Klaus-Dieter Müller | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,519 |
| 21,464 | 🏳️ Mark Brannon | SVRA | 1,519 |
| 21,465 | 🏳️ Melissa Mauk | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,519 |
| 21,466 | 🏳️ Scott Brown | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,519 |
| 21,467 | 🏳️ Serghei Levlev | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,519 |
| 21,468 | 🏳️ Alex Ratcliffe | SCCA Regionals | 1,518 |
| 21,469 | 🏳️ Christian Puth | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,518 |
Hannu Karesola raced in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a multiclass endurance championship run in Germany where amateur and professional drivers share cars across the season. He drove a turbocharged production car in the VT2 class for Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport, a prolific operation that fields multiple classes and drivers across a full calendar.[1]
Karesola's indexed racing record consists of a single start in 2021, finishing 34th in the VT2 championship standings that year. He has since retired from racing.[2]
In his one season he finished ahead of Tobias Jung, who would go on to win the VT2 class championship in 2025 and has made 68 starts in the series across a career in national endurance racing.