Henrik Furuseth Explained

Henrik Furuseth
Nationality: Norwegian
Birth Date:26 April 1996
Birth Place:Eidsvoll, Akershus
Current Series:U.S. F2000 National Championship
First Year:2012
Current Team:JAY Motorsports
Car Number:96
Starts:42
Former Teams:PRL Motorsports
Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
Wins:0
Podiums:3
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:1
Prev Series:Formula Basic Norway
U.S. F2000 National Championship National Class
Prev Series Years:2010-11
2012
Titles:Formula Basic Norway
U.S. F2000 National Championship National Class
Title Years:2011
2012

Henrik Furuseth (Eidsvoll April 24, 1996) is a Norwegian racing driver. He won the U.S. F2000 National Championship in the National Class in 2012.

Racing career

Henrik started karting when he was 6 years old.[1] He raced his way through the ranks until 2010. In 2010 he made his formula racing debut in the Norwegian Formula Basic. He was ranked third in the championship in his Ford powered Van Diemen. In his second season in Formula Basic he not only won the Norwegian championship but also the Norwegian cup.[2]

In 2012 he made his debut in American autosport in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. Henrik raced for Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing in a Mazda powered Van Diemen DP06 Formula Enterprises.[3] He took his first win in the second race of the season at Sebring.[4] During his debut season he took another six wins and a total of nine podium finishes. But it took until the last round of the season to secure the championship over Mark Eaton.

For 2013 Henrik made the switch to the Championship class in the U.S. F2000 National Championship[5] racing for PRL Motorsports which also made its debut in the Championship class after having competed in the National class. He finished fourth in Championship class points with a pair of second-place finishes in Houston as his best finish. In 2014 he moved to JAY Motorsports and slid to tenth in points with only a single podium finish, a third place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Personal

His older brother Sindre Furuseth is a Norwegian rally driver. Their father Vidar Furuseth is the owner of Furuseth Motorsport which runs Sindre's rally car. Anders Krohn manages and coaches Henrik Furuseth as of 2012.

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2013PRL MotorsportsSEB
10
SEB
8
STP
11
STP
10
LOR
6
TOR
4
TOR
21
MDO
7
MDO
6
MDO
4
LAG
DNS
LAG
11
HOU
2
HOU
2
4th189
2014JAY MotorsportsSTP
8
STP
13
BAR
8
BAR
9
IMS
21
IMS
5
LOR
13
TOR
18
TOR
20
MDO
5
MDO
3
MDO
10
SNM
8
SNM
5
10th149

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Om oss. furusethmotorsport.no. 15 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Henrik Furuseth career statistics at Driver Database. Driver Database. 15 March 2013.
  3. Web site: USF2000: Cape Motorsports Signs Norwegian Furuseth. eFormulaCarNews.com. 15 March 2013.
  4. Web site: USF2000: Bold Re-Start Pass Propels Pigot to Sebring Win. eFormulaCarNews.com. 15 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Henrik Furuseth joins PRL Motorsports for 2013 USF2000 Campaign . https://archive.today/20130412042407/http://usf2000.com/News/13-03-12/Henrik_Furuseth_joins_PRL_Motorsports_for_2013_USF2000_Campaign.aspx . dead . 12 April 2013 . usf2000.com . 15 March 2013 .