The 2007 World Champion is starting his 13th F1 season...A year ago he finished third in the championship with 135 points as he captured victories at Liuzhou and Shenzhen, China along with the final event in Sharjah in the UAE...Sami broke the all-time record for pole positions in a season with eight including five straight in the middle of the 16 race season...Known as the “Finnish Flyer” he pulled off a miracle comeback in '07 winning two back to back “must wins” to steal the title away from Guido Cappellini...Has seven career victories and is tied with Jay Price and Michael Werner of Germany for seventh place on the all-time list...His first career victory came at the GP of France in 2007 in LaRochelle...Started racing in the SJ 15 class in 1990 and moved up to F4 in 1996...Enjoys working with his father in a boat building business...married to Marjo and has two children...Lives in Helsinki, Finland...35 years old.