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Jesse Krohn

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Jesse Krohn
NationalityFinland Finnish
Born (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 34)
Nurmijärvi (Finland)
Related toPertti Kurki-Suonio (Father)
Jenni Krohn (Sister)
Oskari Kurki-Suonio (Brother)
Italian Formula Three career
Debut season2010
Current teamRP Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number21
Previous series
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2009		Formula Ford Finland
Formula Ford UK
Finnish Formula Three
Formula Renault Finland
Formula Renault NEZ
Formula Renault Estonia
Formula Renault UK
Championship titles
2008
2008
2008		Formula Renault Finland
Formula Renault NEZ
Formula Renault Estonia

Jesse Kurki-Suonio (born 3 September 1990), more commonly known as Jesse Krohn, is a Finnish professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for BMW M Team RLL.

He is notable for winning the Finnish, Northern European Zone (NEZ) and Estonian Formula Renault championships. Krohn comes from a motorsport central family, with his father, Pertti, competing in the 1987 Finnish Formula Ford championship alongside 1998 and 1999 Formula One world champion Mika Häkkinen whilst his sister, Jenni, and brother, Oskari also compete in motorsport professionally in Finland.

Personal and early life

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Jesse Krohn was born in Nurmijärvi, located in the southern Uusimaa region of Finland, during September 1990. His father, Pertti Kurki-Suonio was a racing driver, who competed in the Finnish Formula Ford championship alongside future Formula One drivers Mika Häkkinen and Mika Salo. However, despite finishing behind Salo and Häkkinen in the championship, Pertti's career never went beyond Scandinavia, excluding a one-off appearance at Brands Hatch for the Formula Ford festival.

His elder sister, Jenni, and younger brother, Oskari, are also both racing drivers both currently racing in their native Finland.

Racing career

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Krohn began his career in karts when he was six, he spent nine years karting before moving up into car racing in 2005 as a test driver for saloon cars. In 2006, he competed in a number of Formula Ford events in his home country, finishing in eighth, and also competing in the Ford Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, finishing 10th, and also in the British Formula Ford Winter Series, finishing as runner up to Brit David Mayes. The Finn entered the full UK championship the following year as well as the Finnish Formula Three championship, "I was in a '97 Dallara with a H-pattern gearbox" Krohn recalls, "my shoulders were over the cockpit".[1] In the UK championship, Krohn finished the year in 17th with 82 points whilst he had a better time in Finnish Formula Three with six wins and finishing second overall in the championship. He also re-entered the Formula Ford festival as well, performing better than the previous year finishing eighth.

2008 was Krohn's best year yet, with three championship wins in the Finnish, Northern European Zone (NEZ) and Estonian Formula Renault championships, recording ten wins in total. He also competed in the British, Italian and Northern European championships as well, but experiencing little success by comparison. With a number of successes the previous year, Krohn entered the UK Formula Renault championship for the whole season where he has so far tallied 117 points, including a win at Thruxton.

Krohn gained some notoriety during the year as well after climbing up from twenty–fifth to seventh in the wet conditions at Donington Park but soon dropped out of the point after his suspension failed and so had to complete the final three laps on three wheels, "exactly what Jan Magnussen would have done" commented Mark Burdett Motorsport engineer Andy Miller, who ran the Danish driver during his 1994 British Formula 3 campaign.[1]

Krohn competing in an ESET Cup Series / FIA CEZ endurance race at the 2023 Grand Prix of Slovakia, where he finished first in the D4-GT3 class.

2014 saw Krohn admitted into the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme in which he trained in for three years, with established works drivers like Dirk Adorf and Jörg Müller. He won the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series GT Drivers title with Jun San Chen in the FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3, and was promoted to BMW works driver in 2018.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS 5 1 0 0 2 79 2nd
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 52 30th
2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 7 1 0 0 2 160 21st
2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series - GT FIST-Team AAI 4 3 0 0 4 95 1st
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 11 0 0 0 2 278 8th
2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 11 0 2 0 2 279 7th
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 1 0 0 0 0 12 23rd
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 11 1 0 0 6 319 2nd
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW M Team RLL 4 0 1 0 4 1336 6th
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro BMW M Team RLL 2 0 0 0 1 609 15th
2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP BMW M Team RLL 9 1 0 0 1 2537 7th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar BMW M Team WRT Reserve driver

European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2015 BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS BMW Z4 GTE BMW 4.4 L V8 LMGTE SIL
4 		IMO
4 		RBR
4 		LEC
2 		EST
1 		2nd 79
Source:[2]

IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2016 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
5 		SEB
7 		LGA
 BEL
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 AUS
 PET
 30th 52 [3]
2017 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
8 		SEB
20 		LBH
 AUS
 DET
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
14 		ELK
1 		VIR
2 		LGA
5 		ATL
15 		21st 160 [4]
2018 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
7 		SEB
7 		LBH
5 		MDO
7 		WGL
8 		MOS
8 		LIM
8 		ELK
8 		VIR
3 		LGA
4 		ATL
3 		8th 278 [5]
2019 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
9 		SEB
4 		LBH
8 		MDO
6 		WGL
5 		MOS
2 		LIM
8 		ELK
8 		VIR
8 		LGA
2 		ATL
9 		7th 279 [6]
2020 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
1 		DAY
6 		SEB
5 		ELK
3 		VIR
6 		ATL
3 		MDO
4 		CLT
2 		PET
3 		LGA
4 		SEB
3 		2nd 319 [7]
2021 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
3 		SEB
3 		DET WGL
2 		WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET
3 		6th 1336 [8]
2022 BMW M Team RLL GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
7 		SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET
2 		15th 609 [9]
2024 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
8 		SEB
6 		LBH
6 		LGA
9 		DET
7 		WGL
5 		ELK
7 		IMS
1 		PET
5 		7th 2537 [10]
Source:[2]

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Marsal
Finland Markus Palttala
Belgium Maxime Martin 		BMW M6 GT3 GTD 701 19th 5th
2017 United States Turner Motorsport United States Justin Marks
Germany Jens Klingmann
Belgium Maxime Martin 		BMW M6 GT3 GTD 628 25th 8th
2018 United States BMW Team RLL Netherlands Nick Catsburg
United States John Edwards
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M8 GTE GTLM 773 18th 7th
2019 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Australia Chaz Mostert
Italy Alex Zanardi 		BMW M8 GTE GTLM 553 31st 9th
2020 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Australia Chaz Mostert
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M8 GTE GTLM 786 13th 1st
2021 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Marco Wittmann 		BMW M8 GTE GTLM 769 13th 3rd
2022 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Brazil Augusto Farfus
United States Connor De Phillippi 		BMW M4 GT3 GTD Pro 698 30th 7th
2024 United States BMW Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Belgium Dries Vanthoor 		BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP 776 8th 8th
Source:[2]

Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2017-18 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT ZHU
1 		FUJ
2 		BUR
1 		SEP
1 		1st 95
Source:[2]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS
6 		23rd 12
Sources:[2][11]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019 Germany BMW Team MTEK Portugal António Félix da Costa
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro 		335 30th 10th
Sources:[2][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Introducing: Jesse Krohn". Autosport. Vol. 196, no. 11. June 2009. p. 59.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Jesse Krohn Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Jesse Krohn – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Jesse Krohn". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Jesse Krohn". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
GTLM Champion
2020
With: John Edwards 		Succeeded by
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