Antti Buri Explained

Antti Buri
Nationality: Finland
Birth Date:1988 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Turku, Finland
Racing Licence: FIA Silver
Current Series:TCR Italian Series
First Year:2021
Current Team:Target Competition
Car Number:13
Former Teams:Leopard Racing
Starts:12
Wins:2
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:2
Best Finish:1st
Year:2021
Prev Series:ADAC TCR Germany
Blancpain Endurance Series
Porsche Supercup
International GTSprint Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Porsche GT3 Cup Finland
Portuguese GT Championship
ADAC Formel Masters
Benelux Formula Ford
Finnish Formula Ford Junior
British Formula Ford
Formula Ford Festival
Formula Ford NEZ
Finnish Formula Ford Zetec
Prev Series Years:2016
2015
2014
2012-13
2013-14
2013, 15
2013
2012
2011
2010-11
2009-12
2008-12
2007, 09, 12
2007-09
Titles:Porsche GT3 Cup Finland
British Formula Ford
Finnish Formula Ford Junior
Formula Ford NEZ
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Title Years:2013
2012
2010-11
2007, 09, 12

Antti Buri (born 2 December 1988) is a Finnish racing driver currently TCR Italian Series champion, having previously competed in the ADAC TCR Germany Blancpain Endurance Series, Porsche Carrera Cup Germany & International GTSprint Series amongst others.

Racing career

Buri began his career in 2007 in Finnish Formula Ford Zetec, he raced there for many seasons up until 2009, also racing in the Formula Ford NEZ at the time. In 2009 he switched to the British Formula Ford Championship, he raced there up until 2012 and won the championship title that year. He switched to the Finnish Formula Ford Junior for 2010, taking the championship title in both 2010 & 2011. He made a couple of one-off appearances in the Benelux Formula Ford, ADAC Formel Masters & Portuguese GT Championship from 2011-13. For 2013 he switched to the Finnish Porsche GT3 Cup, ultimately winning the championship that year.[1] In 2013 he made a one-off appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series, ahead off a full entry in 2014, he finished 27th in the standings that year. From 2013-15 he made one-off appearances in the International GTSprint Series, Porsche Supercup & Blancpain Endurance Series.[2] [3] In 2016 he raced in the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, he took his first win in race 2 at the second round held at Sachsenring.[4] [5]

In May 2016 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Leopard Racing.[6] [7]

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

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

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2016Leopard RacingVolkswagen Golf GTI TCRBHR
1
BHR
2
POR
1
POR
2
BEL
1

10
BEL
2

3
ITA
1
ITA
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
15th30
LMS RacingSEAT León Cup RacerGER
1

5
GER
2

Ret
RUS
1
RUS
2
THA
1
THA
2
SIN
1
SIN
2
MYS
1
MYS
2
MAC
1

23†
MAC
2

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

TCR Spa 500 results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antti Buri career statistics . Driver Database . 12 May 2016.
  2. News: Jaap van Lagen competes in Spa. 21 August 2014. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 12 May 2016.
  3. News: 61 Entries for Blancpain Endurance at Silverstone. Dagys. John. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. 18 May 2015. 12 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Feld der ADAC TCR Germany ist komplett. German. ADAC TCR Germany's field is complete. www.adac-motorsport.de. 4 April 2016. 12 May 2016. 13 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513090445/http://www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-tcr-germany/de/artikel/feld-der-adac-tcr-germany-ist-komplett-die-spannung-steigt-225855. dead.
  5. News: TCR Germany: Buri first in eventful Sachsenring race 2. tcr-series.com. 1 May 2016. 12 May 2016.
  6. News: Corthals and Buri join the field at Spa-Francorchamps. tcr-series.com. 3 May 2016. 12 May 2016.
  7. News: Pierre-Yves Corthals and Antti Buri added to Spa field. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 3 May 2016. 12 May 2016.