Jesse Krohn

Jesse Krohn
Born	(1990-09-03) September 3, 1990 Nurmijärvi, Uusimaa, Finland
Occupation	Professional racing driver
Known for	Competitor in IMSA SportsCar Championship, BMW Motorsport driver

Jesse Kurki-Suonio (born 3 September 1990), who races under the name Jesse Krohn, is a professional Finnish driver affiliated with BMW Motorsport. He currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship representing BMW M Team RLL.

Krohn is distinguished by his victories in the Finnish, Northern European Zone (NEZ), and Estonian Formula Renault championships. Motorsport runs in his family; his father, Pertti, participated in the 1987 Finnish Formula Ford series alongside two-time Formula One world champion Mika Häkkinen, while his siblings Jenni and Oskari also pursue racing careers professionally within Finland.

Personal and early life

Originating from Nurmijärvi, located in southern Uusimaa, Finland, Jesse Krohn’s father competed primarily in regional Finnish Formula Ford events but did not advance beyond Scandinavian competitions. Both of his siblings, Jenni and Oskari, are active competitors in Finland's motorsport scene.

Racing career

Krohn started karting at the age of six and transitioned to car racing in 2005 as a test driver for saloon cars. In 2006, he took part in the Finnish Formula Ford championship, securing eighth place, and also raced at the Ford Festival held at Brands Hatch, finishing tenth. That same year, he was the runner-up in the British Formula Ford Winter Series. The following year, 2007, he contested the full UK Formula Ford championship where he placed seventeenth overall and competed in Finnish Formula Three, achieving six race wins and finishing as runner-up. Additionally, he improved his standing to eighth place at the Formula Ford Festival.

The year 2008 marked a significant milestone when Krohn clinched three titles: Finnish, NEZ, and Estonian Formula Renault championships, accumulating ten victories across these series. He also participated in British, Italian, and Northern European championships during that season but with less notable results. In 2009, he committed to a full campaign in the UK Formula Renault series, amassing 117 points including a victory at Thruxton Circuit. A highlight from that year was his performance at Donington Park where he remarkably advanced from 25th to seventh position under wet conditions before suspension damage forced him to complete the race on three wheels.

In 2014, Krohn was selected for the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme for a three-year tenure alongside seasoned works drivers such as Dirk Adorf and Jörg Müller. He claimed the GT Drivers title in the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series with co-driver Jun San Chen piloting the FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3. This achievement led to his elevation as a BMW works driver in 2018.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	CR Scuderia	8	0	0	0	0	55	22nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	RP Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	2	34th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	P1 Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	11	30th
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Mark Burdett Motorsport	20	1	0	3	4	277	6th
	German Formula Three Championship	Stromos Art-Line	8	0	0	0	0	5	19th
	European F3 Open Championship	RP Motorsport	4	0	0	0	1	10	17th

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	2011 FIA GT3 European Championship	Fischer Racing	2	0	0	0	2	10	31st
	2011 Italian Formula Three Championship	RP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	2	8	14th
2012	2012 ADAC GT Masters	Lambda Performance	12	0	0	0	2	58	12th
2015	2015 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Marc VDS Racing Team	5	1	0	0	2	79	style=background:#DFDFDF;2nd
	2015 ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	18	29th
2016	2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	52	30th
	2016 ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	28	26th
	2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	2017 GT Series Sprint Cup	ROWE Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016-17	2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series - GT	FIST-Team AAI	1	0	0	0	0	12	13th
2017	2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	7	1	0	0	2	160	21st
	2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup rowspan="2"|ROWE Racing	1	0	0	0	0	36	NC
	(Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup)	8	0	0	0	1	36	8th
	(24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9)	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	N/A	11th
(Asian Le Mans Series - GT)	FIST-Team AAI	4	3	---	---	4	95	style=background:#FFFFBF;1st
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM)	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	11	---	---	---	2	278	8th
(Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup)	ROWE Racing	5	---	---	---	---	13	33rd
(24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9)		1	---	---	---	---	N/A	DNF
(FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro)	Team MTEK	1	---	---	---	---	12	23rd
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM)	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	11	---	2	---	2	279	7th
(24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9)	ROWE Racing	1	---	---	---	---	N/A	DNF
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM)	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	11	1	---	---	6	319	style=background:#DFDFDF;2nd
(ADAC GT Masters)	Schubert Motorsport	2				9		36th
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM)	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		4		1		4		1336		6th
(ADAC GT Masters)	Schubert Motorsport		14				3		104		8th
(24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9)		1				N/A		6th
(GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup)	BMW M Motorsport		1				NC
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro)	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		2				1		609		15th
(ADAC GT Masters)	Schubert Motorsport		14		1		1		91		16th
(24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9)		1				N/A		DNF
(International GT Open)	Racing Team Trevor		2				2		20		16th
(GT World Challenge Asia)	GH-Team AAI/FIST-Team AAI		3		1/--/--		12/32nd
(GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup)	Team WRT		1				NC
(24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9)	Walkenhorst Motorsport		1				N/A		DNF
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP)	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		9		1/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/2537/7th
(24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar)	W Racing Team (BMW) colspan=7 align=center | Reserve driver
(Thailand Super Series - GT3)	Team AAI		8		2/?/?/6/136/3rd
(IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro)	Paul Miller Racing		2/--/--/--/--/568/7th*
(GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup/Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie/Nürburgring 24H SP9)	ROWE Racing colspan=7 | ---

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are marked in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points
2008	P1 Motorsport	HOC 1	HOC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ALA 1 10	ALA 2 Ret	OSC 1	OSC 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	30th	11

European Le Mans Series performance

(key) (Pole positions appear in bold; fastest laps in italics)

Year	Team Name	Car Model	Engine Type	Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Overall Ranking	Total Points
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	LMGTE	SIL 4	IMO 4	RBR 4	LEC 2	EST 1	2nd	79

IMSA SportsCar Championship records

(key) (Pole positions are indicated in bold; fastest laps in italics)

Year	Team	Car Model	Engine	Category	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12	Final Standing	Points Total

2016

Turner Motorsport

GTD

BMW M6 GT3

BMW 4.4 L V8

style=background:#DFFFDF | 2016 24 Hours of Daytona 5

style=background:#DFFFDF | 2016 12 Hours of Sebring 7

30th

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|- |2017 ||Turner Motorsport ||GTD ||BMW M6 GT3 ||BMW 4.4 L V8 ||style=background:#DFFFDF | 2017 24 Hours of Daytona
||style=background:#DFFFDF | 2017 12 Hours of Sebring
|||||||style=background:#FFFFBF | 2017 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase
||21st ||160 |} |- |2018 ||Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ||GTLM ||BMW M8 GTE ||BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 ||style=background:#DFFFDF | 2018 24 Hours of Daytona
|||style=background:#FFDF9F | 2018 Oak Tree Grand Prix
||style=background:#FFDF9F | 2018 Petit Le Mans
||8th ||278 |} |- |2019 ||Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ||GTLM ||BMW M8 GTE ||BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 |||style=background:#DFDFDF | 2019 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix
||style=background:#DFDFDF | 2019 Monterey Grand Prix
||7th ||279 |} |- |2020 ||Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ||GTLM ||BMW M8 GTE ||BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 ||style=background:#FFFFBF | 2020 24 Hours of Daytona
|||style=background:#FFDF9F | 2020 IMSA SportsCar Weekend
||style=background:#FFDF9F | 2020 Petit Le Mans
||style=background:#FFDF9F | 2020 12 Hours of Sebring
||style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd ||319 |} |- |2021 ||Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ||GTLM ||BMW M8 GTE ||BMW S63 Turbo V8 |||style=background:#FFDF9F | 2021 Petit Le Mans
||6th ||1336 |} |- |2022 ||Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ||GTD Pro ||BMW M4 GT3 ||BMW S58B30T0 Twin Turbo I6 |||style=background:#DFDFDF | 2022 Petit Le Mans
||15th ||609 |} |- |2024 ||Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ||GTP ||BMW M Hybrid V8 ||BMW P66/3 Turbo V8 |||style=background:#FFFFBF | 2024 IMSA Battle on the Bricks
||7th ||2537 |} |- |2025* ||Paul Miller Racing ||GTD Pro ||BMW M4 GT3 Evo ||BMW P58 Twin Turbo I6 |||style=background:#DFFFDF; | 2025 24 Hours of Daytona
||7th* ||568* |} |} ^* Current season underway.

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona Results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2016	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Markus Palttala Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Maxime Martin	BMW M6 GT3	GTD	701	19th	5th
2017	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks Jens Klingmann Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Maxime Martin	BMW M6 GT3	GTD	628	25th	8th
2018	BMW Team RLL	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nick Catsburg John Edwards Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	773	18th	7th
2019	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chaz Mostert Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Zanardi	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	553	31st	9th
2020	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chaz Mostert Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	786	13th	1st
2021	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann	BMW M8 GTE	GTLM	769	13th	3rd
2022	BMW Team RLL	John Edwards Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus Connor De Phillippi	BMW M4 GT3	GTD Pro	698	30th	7th
2024	BMW Team RLL	Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Philipp Eng Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dries Vanthoor	BMW M Hybrid V8	GTP	776	8th	8th

Asian Le Mans Series Results

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Year	Team	Car Model	Engine	Category	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Final Ranking	Points Earned
2017-18	FIST-Team AAI	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	GT	style=background:#FFFFBF | ZHU 1	style=background:#DFDFDF | FUJ 2	style=background:#FFFFBF | BUR 1	style=background:#FFFFBF | SEP 1	style=background:#FFFFBF | 1st	style=background:#FFFFBF |95

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Results

(Legend) (Events shown in bold denote pole position; events in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season	Team	Category	Vehicle	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Standing	Points Scored
2018–19	BMW Team MTEK	LMGTE Pro	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbocharged V8	SPA	LMS	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LMS 6	23rd	12

Complete Results at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Racing Team	Teammates	Car Model	Category	Number of Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	BMW Team MTEK	Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	335	30th	10th

External links

• Official website