Konsta Lappalainen is a racing driver from Finland who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for Emil Frey Racing. Lappalainen has recorded 2 wins and 5 podiums from 74 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,610 ranks Lappalainen 516th of 38,983 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.
| 2026-05-02 | Brands Hatch | P5 | +52 |
| 2026-05-02 | Brands Hatch | P9 | +13 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +182 | Zandvoort 2022 | ADAC GT Masters | P1 |
| +172 | Zandvoort 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe | P4 |
| +151 | Nürburgring 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe | P5 |
| +145 | Misano 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe | P5 |
| +141 | Misano 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Emil Frey Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +65 | 5,610 |
| 2025 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Emil Frey Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P17 | +68 | 5,545 |
| 2024 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Emil Frey Racing | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P3 | +550 | 5,477 |
| 2023 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Emil Frey Racing | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +738 | 4,927 |
| ▸Formula Regional European | KIC Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −237 | ||
| ▸British GT Championship | 7TSix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −19 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schnitzelalm Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −191 | ||
| 2022 | ▸ADAC GT Masters | Emil Frey Racing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P14 | ↑200+203 | 4,636 |
| ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Emil Frey Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P39 | +205 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schnitzelalm Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −261 | ||
| 2021 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Emil Frey Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +1,041 | 4,289 |
| ▸Formula Regional European | Kic Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −171 | ||
| 2018 | ▸ADAC Formula 4 | KIC Driving Academy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +2,068 | 3,418 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇪 Charles WeertsFIA Platinum | 6,430 | 51 | 9 | 42 | 18% |
| 🇨🇭 Ricardo FellerFIA Platinum | 4,867 | 45 | 21 | 24 | 47% |
| 🇦🇷 Ezequiel Perez CompancFIA Silver | 4,590 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 80% |
| 🇨🇭 Patric NiederhauserFIA Platinum | 5,257 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 51% |
| 🇲🇨 Thierry VermeulenFIA Gold | 4,885 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 54% |
| 🇩🇪 Dennis MarschallFIA Platinum | 4,215 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 71% |
| 🇩🇪 Benjamin GoetheFIA Gold | 5,334 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 60% |
| 🇮🇹 Mattia DrudiFIA Platinum | 5,127 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 54% |
| 🇬🇧 Christopher HaaseFIA Platinum | 5,050 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 62% |
| 🇱🇺 Alex Arkin Aka | 4,539 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 69% |
| 🇳🇿 Liam LawsonFIA Platinum | 7,300 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| 🇨🇭 Nico MüllerFIA Platinum | 6,399 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,385 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 22% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 506 | 🇨🇭 Alain Menu | BTCC | 5,619 |
| 507 | 🇺🇸 Chuck Daigh | Formula 1 | 5,619 |
| 508 | 🇧🇷 Felipe Fraga | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,617 |
| 509 | 🇨🇭 Peter Hirt | Formula 1 | 5,617 |
| 510 | 🇬🇧 Mike Beuttler | Formula 1 | 5,616 |
| 511 | 🇷🇺 Nikita Mazepin | 24H Series | 5,615 |
| 512 | 🇦🇹 Andreas Zuber | GP2 Series | 5,614 |
| 513 | 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | Formula 1 | 5,614 |
| 514 | 🇳🇴 Dennis Hauger | IndyCar | 5,613 |
| 515 | 🇵🇱 Roman Bilinski | Formula 2 | 5,611 |
| 516 | 🇫🇮 Konsta Lappalainen | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,610 |
| 517 | 🇪🇸 Oriol Servia | IndyCar | 5,610 |
| 518 | 🇧🇷 Vitor Meira | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,610 |
| 519 | 🇨🇦 John Jones | International Formula 3000 | 5,609 |
| 520 | 🏳️ Rikky von Opel | Formula 1 | 5,609 |
| 521 | 🇬🇧 Jackie Oliver | Formula 1 | 5,607 |
| 522 | 🇲🇽 Moisés Solana | Formula 1 | 5,607 |
| 523 | 🇺🇸 George Kurtz | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,604 |
| 524 | 🇦🇺 Frank Gardner | Formula 1 | 5,603 |
| 525 | 🇨🇴 Carlos Munoz | IndyCar | 5,601 |
| 526 | 🇪🇸 Albert Costa | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,598 |
Konsta Lappalainen is an established professional sportscar driver with a Racer Rating of 5,759, placing him among the upper-middle tier of active competitors. His FIA Gold categorisation confirms his standing as a full professional in GT and endurance racing. Across seven seasons from 2018 to 2026, Lappalainen has accumulated 71 starts, two wins and five podiums, competing primarily in GT World Challenge Europe for Emil Frey Racing, where he has contested 45 races. His early career included brief campaigns in single-seaters, with ten starts in ADAC Formula 4 in 2018 and three in Formula Regional European from 2021 to 2023, neither yielding points. He also raced in ADAC GT Masters in 2022, taking one win and one podium from twelve starts.[1]
Lappalainen's record in GT World Challenge Europe demonstrates the typical pattern of a mid-field professional against a competitive international field. He averages a P10.5 finish across all his races, and his most frequent rivals span a range of accomplishment. He holds a losing record against multiple top-tier drivers: he finished behind Charles Weerts, a four-time GT World Challenge Europe champion and FIA Platinum professional, in 42 of 51 shared races, though he did defeat Weerts nine times. He has also raced competitively against Platinum-graded drivers such as Patric Niederhauser and Ricardo Feller, the 2021 ADAC GT Masters champion, posting near-even head-to-head records against both. Against semi-professional fields, notably Ezequiel Perez Companc, Lappalainen shows clear dominance, winning 36 of 45 meetings.[2]
Notable results against elite professionals appear occasional rather than systematic: Lappalainen has finished ahead of Maro Engel, the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion, eight times across their shared races, and has beaten Liam Lawson, a generational talent rated 8,136, three times. These results underline his place as a capable professional who can trouble the strongest fields but does not consistently outpace them. He remains active in GT World Challenge Europe in 2026 with Emil Frey Racing, competing in the Ferrari 296 GT3.