Website:  Vilho Aatola-Indy Junior Academy Finland-USA

Instagram:  @vilhoaatolaracing

Facebook:  Vilho Aatola Karting 

Youtube:  Vilho Aatola Racing 

Birthdate:   January 3, 2009

Birthplace:  Turku, Finland 

Residence:  Turku, Finland

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

RACING GOAL: Indy 500 and professional racer 

FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Formula 1 and ice hockey 

FAVORITE SPORTS TO PLAY: Ice hockey, badminton, Finnish baseball, Iracing 

TALENT I WISH I HAD: Playing piano or guitar 

TRAINING PREFERENCES: Simulator, gym, watching races

BUCKET ITEM: Go to an F1 race, visit Singapore, attend the amazing race tv show 

FAVORITE PLACES TO VISIT: Italy and our summer cottage in Finland 

INTERESTING NOTE: I'm good in mathematics 

 

RACING HISTORY

2025: Finished 13th in the YACademy Winter Series for USF Juniors at Homestead-Miami Speedway and NOLA Motorsports Park. 2024: Finished third in the Central European Rotax Max Challenge in the Senior Max category... selected as the first Indy Junior Acedemy 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.