Niko Kari is a racing driver from Finland who last raced in Formula 3 for Jenzer Motorsport. Kari has recorded 2 wins and 6 podiums from 22 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,211 ranks Kari 202th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Formula 3 | Jenzer Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −213 | 5,344 |
| 2019 | Formula 3 | Trident | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +673 | 5,558 |
| 2018 | Formula 2 | MP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −115 | 4,885 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Liam Lawson | 6,703 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuki Tsunoda | 6,453 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 88% |
| 🇩🇰 Christian Lundgaard | 5,982 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🇳🇿 Marcus Armstrong | 5,525 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
| 🇪🇪 Jüri Vips | 5,354 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 Felipe Drugovich | 5,133 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 88% |
| 🇮🇱 Robert Shwartzman | 5,075 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Logan Sargeant | 5,037 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇮🇳 Jehan Daruvala | 4,956 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🇳🇱 Richard Verschoor | 4,856 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100% |
Niko Kari is a Finnish racing driver who came through the junior single-seater ranks after winning the 2015 SMP F4 Championship in his debut season, an achievement that helped bring him into the Red Bull Junior Team. He went on to compete in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport, closing out his career with 22 starts, 2 wins, 6 podiums, and no championship titles.[1]
Kari's status in Racer DB is now listed as retired, with his final season showing no wins or podiums from 2 rounds and a P18 finish in the standings. His Racer Rating stands at 5,211, placing him 202nd among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale, well below the 10,000 to 11,500 range associated with the sport's very best. Across his time in Formula 3 with Jenzer Motorsport, he built a modest but tangible record, marked by flashes of race-winning pace that never translated into a title, closing out a career that began with early promise as a Red Bull junior and SMP F4 champion.[2]