Aku Pellinen

Aku Pellinen (born 17 May 1993) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the European Touring Car Cup and Porsche Carrera Cup Italy amongst others.

Aku Pellinen
NationalityFinnish
Born (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993
Tampere, Finland
TCR International Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamWestCoast Racing
Car number14
Starts6
Wins1
Previous series
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2012-13
2011-12
2009-10
2008
Porsche Supercup
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
SEAT León Eurocup
European Touring Car Cup
Formula Abarth
Italian SEAT Ibiza Cup
Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe
Finnish V1600 Cup
Karting
Championship titles
2012
2010
Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe
Finnish V1600 Cup

Racing career

Pellinen began his career in 2000 in karting. He switched to the Finnish V1600 Cup for 2009, winning the championship in 2010. He then went on to compete in the Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe series in 2011, taking the title in 2012. He switched to the Italian SEAT Ibiza Cup for 2013 having raced a single weekend in the championship in 2012, he finished 3rd in the championship standings in 2013. He also raced a single weekend in Formula Abarth that year. In 2014 he took 4 victories, 4 podiums, 4 fastest laps and 1 pole position on his way to finishing 3rd in the European Touring Car Cup.[1] He also made a guest appearance in the SEAT León Eurocup series in 2014. He switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy series in 2015, finishing 7th in the championship standings. That year he also raced two weekends in the Porsche Supercup.[2]

In March 2016 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Honda Civic TCR for WestCoast Racing.[3][4]

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 WestCoast Racing Honda Civic TCR BHR
1

5
BHR
2

10
POR
1

7
POR
2

6
BEL
1

1
BEL
2

5
ITA
1
ITA
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
GER
1
GER
2
RUS
1
RUS
2
THA
1
THA
2
SIN
1
SIN
2
MYS
1
MYS
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
12th 63

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

  1. Hudson, Neil (23 March 2014). "Nikola Miljković and Aku Pellinen join Single-Make Trophy". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. "Aku Pellinen career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "WestCoast adds Pellinen to Morbidelli and Gleason". tcr-series.com. 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. Casillo, Pietro (30 March 2016). "WestCoast Racing ready to fight with revamped driver line-up". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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