Valle Mäkelä is a racing driver from Finland who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Andersen Racing. Mäkelä has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,263 ranks Mäkelä 4680th of 17,494 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.
| 2008-10-01 | Road Atlanta | P21 | −139 |
| 2008-09-13 | New Jersey | P4 | +115 |
| 2008-09-13 | New Jersey | P7 | +66 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Andersen Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +43 | 3,276 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA BRONZE | 4,874 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇨🇦 Christopher Cumming | 4,564 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Rusty Mitchell | 4,378 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 John Michael Edwards | 4,336 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,323 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom GladdisFIA SILVER | 4,165 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,139 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Billy Goshen | 3,927 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Charles Hall | 3,905 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇧🇷 Rick Rosin | 3,763 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,670 | 🏳️ Bruce Hamilton III | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,268 |
| 4,671 | 🇺🇸 Grant West | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,268 |
| 4,672 | 🇳🇱 Sacha van't Pad Bosch | Spanish F4 | 3,268 |
| 4,673 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Dupe | Formula Regional European | 3,267 |
| 4,674 | 🇬🇧 Angus Fender | British GT Championship | 3,267 |
| 4,675 | 🇺🇸 Vinnie Miller | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,267 |
| 4,676 | 🇦🇺 Harrison Goodman | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,266 |
| 4,677 | 🇺🇸 Toby Grahovec | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,266 |
| 4,678 | 🇯🇵 Hideshi Matsuda | Super GT | 3,264 |
| 4,679 | 🇺🇸 Lonnie Pechnik | International GT | 3,264 |
| 4,680 | 🇫🇮 Valle Mäkelä | Star Mazda Championship | 3,263 |
| 4,681 | 🇦🇺 Winston Smith | S5000 | 3,263 |
| 4,682 | 🇫🇷 Andy Consani | French F4 | 3,262 |
| 4,683 | 🇺🇸 Nick Groat | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,261 |
| 4,684 | 🇨🇦 Ron Tomlinson | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,261 |
| 4,685 | 🇷🇺 Andres Latorre | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,260 |
| 4,686 | 🇯🇵 Shimo Zhang | Italian F4 | 3,260 |
| 4,687 | 🇺🇸 Thomas Merrill | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,260 |
| 4,688 | 🇬🇧 David Holloway | British GT Championship | 3,259 |
| 4,689 | 🇯🇵 Takashi Ito | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,259 |
| 4,690 | 🇭🇷 Dino Butorac | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,258 |
Valle Mäkelä is a Finnish driver who competed at the semi-professional level, with a Racer Rating of 3,263. This rating places him among competitive amateurs and entry-level professionals; he raced against drivers of professional standard but did not establish himself as a consistent winner in that company.[1]
Mäkelä's racing record consists of three starts in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship, all with Andersen Racing. He finished fifteenth overall in the series without taking a podium. His average finishing position of tenth across those three races reflects a consistent mid-field presence. He showed occasional competitiveness against stronger drivers, beating Christopher Cumming and Rusty Mitchell twice each, and Tom Gladdis, an FIA Silver graded professional, on two occasions. However, he was outpaced by the series' front-runners; he finished behind John Michael Edwards, the 2008 Star Mazda champion, in all three shared races, and behind Peter Dempsey, an FIA Bronze graded driver, in all three meetings. His career on record ended after that single season in 2008, and he has since retired from racing.[2]