Emma Kimiläinen


Emma Elina Kimiläinen-Liuski is a racing driver from Finland. She currently competes in the W Series.

Biography

Kimiläinen entered professional motor racing in 2005, competing in the Northern European Formula Ford Championship. She was fifth in her first season, scoring a string of rookie awards along the way, and was tied on points with series champion Sami Isohella in 2006 however finished second on count-back. She remained in Northern Europe in 2007, racing Radicals in Sweden.
Audi then picked up the young Finn in 2008, and placed her in their Formula Masters series. She finished 10th in the standings with a highlight of 2nd at Assen, however Audi cut back her funding following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and she ended up funding her own way into Formula Palmer Audi in 2009. She ended the season fifth in the standings with four podium finishes. However, with no more support from Audi and a lack of personal funds to maintain her racing career, she took an indefinite hiatus from motorsport and started a family after 2009.
In 2014, she received a surprise call-up from PWR Racing to complete the full Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season, making her the first woman to race in the STCC since Nettan Lindgren-Jansson in 1999. She was retained for 2015 and 2016, however injury prevented her from completing the full 2016 season following a crash in the opening round at Skövde in which she strained her neck. She switched to the Swedish V8 ThunderCar series for 2017, before announcing plans to compete in the Electric GT Championship for 2018 – which was subsequently delayed and then later cancelled altogether.
She competed in the W Series for 2019 as one of the seasons' 18 permanent drivers. She qualified well for the opening round at the Hockenheimring, however was involved in a crash with Megan Gilkes that re-ignited her neck injury and forced her out of the following two rounds. She finished fifth on her return at the Norisring and followed that with a grand slam at Assen. She would finish second in a race-long fight with Alice Powell in the series finale at Brands Hatch, enabling her to leapfrog Fabienne Wohlwend for fifth in the championship.

Career results

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2014PWR RacingSaab 9-3 TTAKNU
1
Ret		KNU
2
9		GÖT
1
Ret		GÖT
2
DNS		FAL
1
2		FAL
2
11		KNU
1
6		KNU
2
7		SOL
1
Ret		SOL
2
11		MAN
1
10		MAN
2
9		11th55
2015PWR Racing TeamSaab 9-3 TTAVRS
1
6		VRS
2
Ret		AND
1
5		AND
2
3		MAN
1
7		MAN
2
3		FAL
1
9		FAL
2
9		KAR
1
7		KAR
2
10		SOL
1
5		SOL
2
4		KNU
1
4		KNU
2
6		7th158
2016PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer TeamSEAT León STCCSKÖ
1
Ret		SKÖ
2
Ret		MAN
1		MAN
2		AND
1
8		AND
2
6		FAL
1
6		FAL
2
Ret		KAR
1
7		KAR
2
Ret		SOL
1		SOL
2		KNU
1		KNU
2		11th59

Complete W Series results

Year123456DCPoints
2019HOC
Ret		ZOL
WD		MIS
NRM
5		ASS
1		BRH
2		5th53