Juhola F1

Juhola F1

Full name	Valkea Airlines Juhola F1 Team
Base	Våren Livet, Valkea
Noted staff	Jukka Väisänen Antti Partanen Petri Markkula Matias Lindholm Miko Mannerheim
Noted drivers	Ari Haapalainen Niklas Kankkunen Rufus Tertullius Jimmy Lunt Vasa Petrović Vilhelmi Mäki Martin Søndergaard Simo Rassinen
Next name	Sevir F1
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	2003 Aswickan Grand Prix
Engines	Juhola
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	5
Podiums	17
Final entry	2015 Aquitaynian Grand Prix

Valkea Airlines Juhola F1 Team was a Valkean Formula One team owned by Juhola, based in Våren Livet, Valkea. Juhola announced their entry into the sport in 2001 - at the time, one of the biggest announcements in Astyrian F1's history - and entered their first car, the JH-001, in the 2003 season. In the thirteen seasons it entered, Juhola was unable to win a single Grand Prix. It announced its withdrawal from Formula One in 2015, and the team was sold to Sevir, who renamed the team as Sevir F1 Team.

Juhola's participation in Formula One has been criticized for disorganized management structure and corporate interference.

History

Origins

Juhola began participating in motorsport in the 1960s as a way to market their cars internationally. They have had success in various racing disciplines, most notably in rallying and in touring car racing. They won three Astyrian Rally Championship drivers' titles and three constructors' titles from 1991 to 1993. They also won two drivers' titles and two constructors' titles in the Valkean Touring Car Championship in 1996 and 1997. They also ventured into sports car racing in 1998, but failed to win that year's Astyrian Endurance Championship. Seeing an opportunity, Juhola announced its move to Formula One, and so ended its other motorsports programs to focus on the endeavor.