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Vilho Aatola (R)

#14 DEForce Racing

 

Birthdate:January 3, 2009
Hometown:  Turku, Finland
Residence:Turku, Finland
Website:Indy Junior Academy Finland-USA
Instagram:@vilhoaatolaracing
Facebook:Vilho Aatola Karting
YouTube:Vilho Aatola Racing

 

Sponsors:

 

Mad-Croc / Anti Skid Life / X-1R / Finlandia Group / Maarakennus M. Makinen Oy


Nationality: Finnish

Languages spoken: Finnish, English, Swedish

Height/weight: 5’9” / 133 lbs.

Education: High school student 

Hobbies: Racing, sauna, fishing, ice skating, downhill skiing

Charity support/work: Nordic Santa’s Indy Kids – Indy Junior Academy Finland-USA

Favorite sport to watch: Formula 1 and ice hockey

Favorite sports to play: Ice hockey, badminton, Finnish baseball, iRacing

Training preferences: Simulator, gym, watching races

Talent I wish I had: Playing piano or guitar

Favorite food: Pasta Pomodoro

Guilty food pleasure: Finnish Fazer chocolate

Best meal I can cook by myself: Spaghetti bolognese

Person I would most like to meet: If it were possible, Ayrton Senna. It would be interesting to hear more about his career and life. He is definitely one of the greatest drivers of all time

Bucket list: Go to an F1 race, visit Singapore, attend The Amazing Race TV show

Racing goal: To become a professional racer in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and Indy 500

Racing hero: Kimi Raikkonen

Interesting note about me: I'm good in mathematics.

 

Career results:

2025

  • Finished 13th in the YACademy Winter Series for USF Juniors at Homestead-Miami Speedway and NOLA Motorsports Park with a best finish of sixth

2024

  • Finished third in the Central European Rotax Max Challenge in the Senior Max category
  • Selected as the first Indy Junior Academy Finland-USA driver
  • Tested a USF Juniors car for the first time

2023

  • Finished fourth in the Central European Rotax Max Challenge in Junior Max
  • Contested 16 races in nine different countries with a win, two-second place finishes and a pole position

2022

  • Competed in the OK Junior class in the Finnish Championship Series

2021

  • Won the Mini60 Finnish Championship and the IAME Mini Finnish Championship
  • Finished third in the RMC Finland Mini Max series
  • Won the Kimi Raikkonen’s Can and Junior Karting Driver of the Year awards

2020

  • Won the Rotax Max Challenge Finland in Micro Max
  • Finished sixth in the Rotax Max Challenge Winter Cup in Campillos, Spain
  • Earned a ticket to the Rotax Max World Grand Final in Portugal (although it was canceled due to Covid-19)

2019

  • Finished third in Rotax Max Challenge Finland in Micro Max
  • Took first career pole position and four podium finishes
  • Finished sixth in first-ever international event (and second Finn)

2018

  • Began racing karts and earned the Rookie of the Year trophy.