# Konsta Lappalainen

Konsta Lappalainen (born 11 August 2001) is a Finnish racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup for Emil Frey Racing.
He is the 2018 SMP F4 champion and an ADAC GT Masters race winner.

## Early career
### Karting

Born and raised in Espoo, Lappalainen started his karting career in 2012. His best result was winning the Finnish Karting Championship in the OK class in 2016.

### Lower formulae

In 2016 Lappalainen made his single-seater racing debut with part-time appearances in the F4 Spanish Championship. He finished all races in the top ten, however due to him being a guest driver Lappalainen didn't score any points.
The next year the Finn continued racing in Spain, whilst also driving in SMP F4. He struggled in both series however, finishing 15th and 13th in the respective championships.
In 2018, Lappalainen continued in the SMP F4 Championship. He won seven races and scored 15 podiums, winning the championship 41 points ahead of Michael Belov.

### Formula Regional European Championship

In 2019 KIC Motorsport announced that Lappalainen would drive for them in the inaugural season of the Formula Regional European Championship alongside Isac Blomqvist. He finished third at the Red Bull Ring, the only podium of his season, and ended the season in 11th in the standings.
Lappalainen would continue driving for KIC in 2020. His season would be much more successful, with the Finn scoring two podiums and finishing sixth in the drivers' championship, although Lappalainen was beaten by his teammate Patrik Pasma.

## Sportscar career

In 2021, Lappalainen would move across to sportscar racing, driving for Emil Frey Racing in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint cups. Partnering Jack Aitken and Arthur Rougier in the former, the trio would fail to score in the opening three rounds; this negative streak being compounded by a crash which injured Aitken at the 24 Hours of Spa. At the final two races however, the team were able to take a pair of top-six finishes, leading Lappalainen to finish 16th in the standings.
The following year, a return to Emil Frey in the Silver Cup class of the GTWC Europe Endurance Cup was coupled with a full-time campaign in the ADAC GT Masters, in which Lappalainen would be joined by Mick Wishofer. Lappalainen's campaign in GT Masters yielded little success, as he and Wishofer ended up 17th overall, though the pair managed to take victory at Zandvoort, where a pole position and charging first stint by Wishofer gave Lappalainen to take over the car in first position, leading to an uninterrupted run towards the checkered flag. In the Endurance Cup, Lappalainen managed to finish on the podium of his class at the 24 Hours of Spa, before taking the team's only class win at the Hockenheimring. Another podium at the season finale in Barcelona earned the team third place in the Silver Cup championship.
Remaining with Emil Frey for a third successive season in 2023, the Finnish driver would concentrate his efforts to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup alongside Giacomo Altoè, driving the new Ferrari 296 GT3. After two points-earning races at Brands Hatch to start the season off, Lappalainen and Altoè would score their first podium of the year in Misano, finishing second. After a pointless round in Germany the pair went on to finish inside the top ten in all remaining races, thus ending up seventh in the standings. Lappalainen went into the 2024 season with Emil Frey once more, this time together with Ben Green.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2012 | Finnish KF6 Challenge | | 9th |
| 2013 | Rotax Max Challenge Finland - Junior | | 16th |
| 2013 | 24° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - 60 Mini | | 20th |
| 2014 | Finnish Championship - KF Junior | | 10th |
| 2014 | CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - KF Junior | Ward Racing | 32nd |
| 2015 | WSK Champions Cup - KF Junior | | 23rd |
| 2015 | 20° South Garda Winter Cup - KF Junior | Ward Racing | 18th |
| 2015 | CIK-FIA Karting World Championship - KF Junior | Ward Racing | 22nd |
| 2015 | WSK Super Master Series - KF Junior | | 41st |
| 2015 | CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - KF Junior | | 30th |
| 2015 | WSK Final Cup - KF Junior | | 28th |
| 2015 | Trofeo delle Industrie - KF Junior | | 8th |
| 2015 | Finnish Cup Championship - KF Junior | | 4th |
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup - OK | Ward Racing | 14th |
| 2016 | CIK-FIA Karting World Championship - OK | Ward Racing | 23rd |
| 2016 | WSK Super Master Series - OK | | 18th |
| 2016 | CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - OK | | 21st |
| 2016 | Finnish Championship - OK | | 1st |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2016 | F4 Spanish Championship | Double R Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2016 | Formula STCC Nordic | FinnDrive | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10th |
| 2017 | SMP F4 Championship | Lappalainen Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15th |
| 2017 | F4 Spanish Championship | SMP Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13th |
| 2017 | F4 Spanish Championship | KIC Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13th |
| 2017 | Formula STCC Nordic | Kart in Club Driving Academy | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 222 | 2nd |
| 2018 | SMP F4 Championship | Kart in Club Driving Academy | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 316 | 1st |
| 2018 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Kart in Club Driving Academy | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15th |
| 2018 | Formula Academy Finland | N/A | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 123 | 4th |
| 2019 | Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 11th |
| 2020 | Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 140 | 6th |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 15th |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.5 | 14th |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16th |
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2022 | ADAC GT Masters | Emil Frey Racing | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 17th |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31st |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 7th |
| 2023 | Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th |
| 2023 | British GT Championship - GT3 | 7TSIX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 | AF Corse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12* | 12th* |
$^†$ As Lappalainen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete F4 Spanish Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2016 | Double R Racing | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | NAV 3 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | ALC 3 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | CAT 1 7 | CAT 2 7 | JAR 1 | JAR 2 | JAR 3 | JER 1 6 | JER 2 9 | JER 3 9 | NC | - |
| 2017 | Kart in Club Driving Academy | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | ALC 3 | NAV1 1 | NAV1 2 | NAV1 3 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | JER 1 12 | JER 2 9 | JER 3 8 | NAV2 1 13 | NAV2 2 11 | NAV2 3 12 | NOG 1 Ret | NOG 2 9 | NOG 3 9 | EST 1 9 | EST 2 10 | EST 3 6 | 13th | 16 |
† As Lappalainen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

### Complete Formula STCC Nordic 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2016 | FinnDrive | SKÖ 1 | SKÖ 2 | MAN 1 | MAN 2 | AND 1 | AND 2 | FAL 1 | FAL 2 | KAR 1 | KAR 2 | ALA 1 | ALA 2 | KNU 1 6 | KNU 2 8 | 10th | 12 |
| 2017 | Kart in Club Driving Academy | KNU 1 4 | KNU 2 3 | ALA 1 3 | ALA 2 3 | RUD 1 4 | RUD 2 2 | FAL 1 1 | FAL 2 1 | KAR 1 4 | KAR 2 3 | AND 1 3 | AND 2 2 | MAN 1 4 | MAN 2 5 | 2nd | 222 |

### Complete SMP F4 Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
| 2017 | SMP Racing | SOC 1 | SOC 2 | SOC 3 | SMO 1 | SMO 2 | SMO 3 | AHV 1 | AHV 2 | AHV 3 | AUD 1 | AUD 2 | AUD 3 | MSC1 1 | MSC1 2 | MSC1 3 | MSC2 1 | MSC2 2 | MSC2 3 | ASS 1 3 | ASS 2 12 | ASS 3 10 | 15th | 16 |
| 2018 | Kart In Club Driving Academy | SMO 1 6 | SMO 2 2 | SMO 3 2 | NRG 1 5 | NRG 2 Ret | NRG 3 5 | MSC 1 1 | MSC 2 3 | MSC 3 1 | ADM 1 1 | ADM 2 1 | ADM 3 2 | AHV 1 1 | AHV 2 4 | AHV 3 3 | ALA 1 1 | ALA 2 2 | ALA 3 1 | ASS 1 Ret | ASS 2 2 | ASS 3 2 | 1st | 316 |

### Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | KIC Driving Academy | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 DSQ | OSC 3 11 | HOC1 1 | HOC1 2 | HOC1 3 | LAU 1 4 | LAU 2 15 | LAU 3 11 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | HOC2 1 20 | HOC2 2 22† | NÜR 1 12 | NÜR 2 13 | NÜR 3 11 | HOC3 1 | HOC3 2 | HOC3 3 | 15th | 19 |

### Complete Formula Regional European Championship 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | KIC Motorsport | LEC 1 7 | LEC 2 7 | LEC 3 Ret | VLL 1 12 | VLL 2 11 | VLL 3 C | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 9 | HUN 3 Ret | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 3 | RBR 3 9 | IMO 1 11 | IMO 2 9 | IMO 3 8 | IMO 4 8 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 9 | CAT 3 8 | MUG 1 12 | MUG 2 9 | MUG 3 13 | MNZ 1 9 | MNZ 2 9 | MNZ 3 10 | 11th | 56 |
| 2020 | KIC Motorsport | MIS 1 9† | MIS 2 7 | MIS 3 Ret | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 Ret | LEC 3 6 | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 7 | RBR 3 11 | MUG 1 7 | MUG 2 DNS | MUG 3 5 | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 2 | MNZ 3 3 | CAT 1 6 | CAT 2 10 | CAT 3 7 | IMO 1 5 | IMO 2 7 | IMO 3 8 | VLL 1 5 | VLL 2 C | VLL 3 4 | | 6th | 140 |
| 2021 | KIC Motorsport | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | MCO 1 | MCO 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 30 | | | | | | NC† | 0 |
| 2023 | KIC Motorsport | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MUG 1 23 | MUG 2 18 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | | | | | | 36th | 0 |
$^†$ As Lappalainen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

### Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
#### GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

(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 |
| 2021 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro | MAG 1 12 | MAG 2 9 | ZAN 1 15 | ZAN 2 4 | MIS 1 7 | MIS 2 5 | | | | | 15th | 20.5 |
| 2021 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Silver | | | | | | | BRH 1 8 | BRH 2 20 | VAL 1 9 | VAL 2 Ret | 14th | 18.5 |
| 2023 | Emil Frey Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Pro | BRH 1 5 | BRH 2 8 | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 6 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 12 | VAL 1 7 | VAL 2 5 | ZAN 1 10 | ZAN 2 5 | 7th | 41 |
| 2024 | Emil Frey Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Pro | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 5 | MIS 1 4 | MIS 2 7 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 1 | MAG 1 5 | MAG 2 13 | CAT 1 4 | CAT 2 12 | 3rd | 70 |

#### GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
| 2021 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro | MNZ Ret | LEC 37† | SPA 6H 55† | SPA 12H Ret | SPA 24H Ret | NÜR 5 | CAT 6 | 16th | 18 |
| 2022 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Silver | IMO 28 | LEC Ret | SPA 6H 17 | SPA 12H 18 | SPA 24H 16 | HOC 7 | CAT 14 | 3rd | 73 |

### 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 |
| 2022 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | OSC 1 6 | OSC 2 11 | RBR 1 18 | RBR 2 DNS | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 19 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 6 | LAU 1 21 | LAU 2 16 | SAC 1 12 | SAC 2 Ret | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 5 | 17th | 83 |

### Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | 7TSIX | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SIL 1 | DON 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | ALG 1 7 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | NC† | 0† |
$^†$ As Lappalainen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.