Jari Lappalainen

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Jari Lappalainen
Nationality Flag of Finland svg.png Finnish
Born 24th May 1997 (age 21)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Current Team ICE-3 Racing (AR3.5)
Car Number 37
Former Teams Definitely Maybe Racing, Donkervoort Automobielen
Races 31 (31 starts)
Championships 0
Victories 0
Podiums 0
Points 0
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
First Race 2015 F1RDS Suzuka Winter Cup Race
First Victory 2015 F1RDS British Grand Prix Race Two
Last Victory 2015 F1RDS British Grand Prix Race Two
Last Race N/A
Best Finish 22nd (AR3.5)


Jari Lappalainen (born 24th May 1997 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a Finnish racing driver currently racing for ICE-3 Racing in AR3.5.


Personal and early life

Lappalainen was born in Jyväskylä in southern Finland. His mother was a primary school teacher, and his father worked in insurance. He was named after Finnish football player Jari Litmanen. His older brother Joonas manages Jari's racing career.


Early racing history

Jari began karting aged 8, and won various championships in Scandinavia. He then moved to Towcester in England to take part in the British Formula Ford Championship. Whilst living here, he was in close proximity to Silverstone and spent a vast period of time testing on the circuit. He impressed many former racers with his tenacity and technical feedback, and joined a tight championship battle. This brought him to the attention of Fusion Motorsports.


F1RDS

Jari joined Fusion in 2015, who had just set up their fledgling RoLFS operation with Diego Álvarez Torrente as their first driver. Lappalainen became the tester, but team manager Jake Legge wished to put him in the car halfway through the season. However, Donkervoort were looking for a driver for their F1RDS operation, and so a deal was agreed to loan Lappalainen to them. He lined up alongside Brazilian Jalmerson da Cunha.

After a tough season where the Donkervoort could not make the best of the Toyota's advantage in race trim, Lappalainen finished 16th in the championship, albeit managing one win. He moved to Definitely Maybe Racing for 2016, in hope of further race victories. Lappalainen ended up carrying the team due to Angel Jose Castañeda's poor performances, but the Finn was unable to win again.

AR3.5

Instead of staying in the newly renamed AutoReject 2.0 series for a third year, Lappalainen moved up to De Friis Motorsport's AR3.5 team for 2017. After some mid-table results, Jari joined ICE-3 Racing for 2018.

Complete Results

F1RDS Winter Cup Results

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Pts
2015 Donkervoort Automobielen Toyota 2.0L L4DOHC SUZ
20
MOT
2
FUJ
12
6th 14
2016 Definitely Maybe Racing Ford-Cosworth 2.0L V6 SN1
14
SN2
16
LS1
10
LS2
4
LB1
8
LB2
17
14th 14

F1RDS Results

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2015 Donkervoort Automobielen Toyota 2.0L L4DOHC AUS
19
SM1
21
SM2
14
MON
Ret
FR1
11
FR2
25
CZ1
14
CZ2
3
GB1
20
GB2
1
GER
7
BEL
14
ITA
10
ND1
13
ND1
19
16th 36
2016 Definitely Maybe Racing Ford-Cosworth 2.0L V6 SP1
6
SP2
10
UK1
6
UK2
20
ITA
17
AUT
18
TU1
20
TU2
9
FR1
12
FR2
20
GER
3
NED
22
EN1
3
EN2
23
BE1
17
BE2
2
CZ1
15
CZ2
10
JP1
9
JP1
Ret
12th 56

IFRC/AR3.5

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2017 De Friis Motorsport AUS
HEA
6
AUS
FEA
16
FRA
HEA
14
FRA
FEA
17
AUT
HEA
7
AUT
FEA
15
ITA
HEA
17
ITA
FEA
DNQ
GBR
HEA
8
GBR
FEA
13
USA
HEA
8
USA
FEA
Ret
NED
HEA
7
NED
FEA
8
GER
HEA
10
GER
FEA
13
BEL
HEA
10
BEL
FEA
18
JPN
HEA
11
JPN
FEA
10
22nd 13
2018 ICE-3 Racing AUS
HEA
Ret
AUS
FEA
DNQ
ITA
HEA
5
ITA
FEA
23
FRA
HEA
5
FRA
FEA
5
USA
HEA
15
USA
FEA
C
GBR
HEA
7
GBR
FEA
18
AUT
HEA
11
AUT
FEA
17
NED
HEA
14
NED
FEA
10
GER
HEA
GER
FEA
BEL
HEA
BEL
FEA
JPN
HEA
JPN
FEA
19th* 17*