Tanskanen Racing

For more information regarding the Tanskanen team in Formula Challenge, see Tanskanen Racing FC

Tanskanen Racing

Full name	Tanskanen Racing
Owner/s	Juha Tanskanen
Base	Kiiminki, Finland
Key staff	-
Year Joined	2008
Series Entered	SL, FC, MS, MT
Associated Teams	Vod:Bul Racing (2013-2014)
Website	-

Tanskanen Racing is a Finnish former racing team ran by, and named for, Juha Tanskanen. Tanskanen Racing has appeared in the Superleague, in 2008, the Masters Series and the Megane Trophy, both in 2009, and, more recently in Formula Challenge, from 2013-2014.

History

Tanskanen's entry into the 2008 Superleague season

Tanskanen's 2009 Masters Series entry

Mikko Jakonen (F) and Doug Hilliard (R) in action, 2013 Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix.

Tanskanen's early appearances were relatively brief; as, literally a vehicle purely for Juha Tanskanen himself, the team did not appear in races that Juha did not take part in. In 2008, Tanskanen officially took part in just the first two 2 races in Superleague, retiring from one and failing to start the other, while in the 2009 Masters Series, the team appeared for only the first round, although Tanskanen did score 5 points.

Tanskanen's later revival in Formula Challenge was by far its most successful and longest-lasting period. The circumstances surrounding its creation were unusual, however; Juha Tanskanen had joined Mike Pitman in a managerial position of the revived Vod:Bul Racing, which applied for a position in Formula Challenge for the 2013 season. Just days before the start of the season, Vod:Bul were granted a position in the Supercup, leaving a void where their entry in Formula Challenge would have been. Tanskanen Racing was reborn as the successor to Vod:Bul's original entry and in some regards acted as a junior team to Vod:Bul's new team in the Supercup.

For the 2013 season the team began with former double-Superleague champion Mikko Jakonen as its lead driver. After a series of relatively-low points finishes, Tanskanen's fortunes were transformed by the mid-season signing of rising Dutch star Douwe Tapper who would go on to win six wins and a further 5 podiums, taking the team to 4th in the final standings of the teams' championship.

For the 2014 season Tanskanen were one of the early favourites for the championship, having missed out on the chance for promotion to the Supercup the year before. An exciting, all-English line up of James Johnson and Jonathan Holmes came home to score an historic 1-2 at the very first race of the season; however, despite numerous wins and podiums apiece, the team waned and it became obvious that Juha Tanskanen's participation was beginning to lessen, due to illness. Some controversy arose over the extent of Tanskanen's running of his own team in regards to the involvement of Pitman, who by now had his own Superleague team and had also entered into a partnership with Streetfighter Racing Systems in Supercup. Despite rallying, somewhat, towards the end of the season, snatching 2nd in the championship in the very final race, Tanskanen's involvement with Vod:Bul Racing was subsequently ended and the team did not apply for the 2015 season.

Results

Complete Superleague results

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

Year	Engine	Tyres	Driver	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	Pos.
2008	J-Tech	B			AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	AUT	JPN	BRA	0	8th
			Juha Tanskanen	20	Ret	DNS	C		C

Complete Formula Challenge results

More information: Tanskanen Racing FC.

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

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Points	Pos
2013	FC-013	GPVWC	G			AUS		MYS		AUT		HUN		ESP		MON		CAN		KOR		TUR		GBR		ITA		BEL		FRA		GER		USA		UAE		JPN		BRA		392	4th
				Mikko Jakonen	34	13	15	23	26	Ret	14	23	13	14	6	31	24	Ret	Ret	13	17	4	Ret	20	10	18	15	5	Ret	13	18	8	11	17	Ret	23	17	21	18	15	9
				Doug Hilliard	35	30	16					27	19
				Ed Williams				Ret	23	Ret	25					19	Ret	31	Ret
				Douwe Tapper																8	5	1	1	1	6	2	Ret	1	Ret	17	17	4	4	8	1	5	3	2	3	1	3
2014	FC-014	GPVWC	G			AUS		MYS		BAH		CHN		ESP		MON		CAN		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		USA		UAE		JPN		BRA				607	2nd
				James Johnson	0	1	3	3	1	8	1	4	12	28	Ret	3	14	24	Ret	5	1	8	5	4	15			5	8	30	23			9	3	15	25	17	5
				Mikko Soukas																						9	Ret
				Jonathan Holmes	2	2	19	2	20	18	6	2	23	3	6	6	12	7	Ret	3	2	2	2	18	6	1	17	Ret	Ret					1	11	1	15	2	2
				Tobias Olsson																										20	Ret
				Paul McKenna																												15	18

Complete Masters Series results

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

Year	Car	Tyres	Driver	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	Pos.
2009	BMW E-90	Y			LAG		MON		SUR		BIR		CAN		CAD		SPA		BRN		BAT		5	12th
			Juha Tanskanen	20	Ret	8

See also

• List of GPVWC teams
• Tanskanen Racing FC