Aaro Vainio
Introduction '''Aaro Vainio''' (born 2 October 1993 in Espoo) is a Finnish racing driver, currently contesting in ADAC GT Masters.
Career ===Karting===Vainio has enjoyed a successful karting career. He won the Finnish championship in 2007, and in 2008 he won the European KF3 Championship and the Junior Monaco Kart Cup. In 2009 he was runner-up in the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship and won the European KF1 Champion.===Formula Renault===In 2010 Vainio stepped up to single-seater racing, driving for Tech 1 Racing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.He had been expected to be part of the SG Formula team, but the team shut down. His manager was Nicolas Todt, son of FIA president Jean Todt and manager of Formula One driver Felipe Massa who had set a goal to get Vainio to Formula One in 2014.Vainio was also a candidate for the Ferrari Young Driver Academy, but was unsuccessful.===GP3 Series===For the 2011 racing season, Vainio moved into the GP3 series with Tech 1 Racing. He achieved a podium finish in his third race but only scored points twice during the remainder of the season, ultimately finishing 15th in the standings.He remained in GP3 for 2012, moving to the Lotus GP team, where he took his maiden series win in the first ever GP3 race in Monaco. He finished the season fourth in the standings, behind António Félix da Costa, teammate Daniel Abt and champion Mitch Evans.
Racing record ===Career summary=== Season Series Team Races Wins Poles  Podiums Points Position 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Tech 1 Racing 16 0 2 2 5 101 4th Formula Renault UK 2 0 0 0 0 12 18th 2011 GP3 Series Tech 1 Racing 16 0 0 0 1 12 15th 2012 GP3 Series Lotus GP 16 1 2 0 4 123 4th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Team RFR 6 0 0 0 1 27 18th 2013 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 14 2 1 1 3 75 9th 2017 Italian GT Championship - Super GT Cup Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 14 2 3 6 7 161 '''1st''' 2018 ADAC GT Masters Team Rosberg 13 0 0 0 0 6 37th 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe R-Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 11.5 15th Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Silver Cup 10 2 0 0 7 99 '''2nd''' Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC===Complete GP3 Series results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  Points 2011 Tech 1 RacingISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEA22†MNZSPR 15th 12 2012 Lotus GP CATFEA CATSPR '''MONFEA''' MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR '''HUNFEA''' HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 4th 123 2013 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR '''''HUNFEA''''' HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR22† MNZFEA MNZSPRYMCFEAYMCSPR 9th 75===Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2012 Team RFR ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 18th 27=== Complete ADAC GT Masters 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 DC Points 2018 Team Rosberg Lamborghini Huracán GT3 OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 37th 6===Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2019 R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Silver BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 2nd 99
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