The son of an accomplished racing father, Jesse is one of the next generation of great Finnish racing drivers. Beginning in karts and progressing through open wheel machines, Jesse began his GT career in 2010. In 2014, he became part of the BMW M Motorsport Junior program. His convincing performances were rewarded with race appearances in BMW M teams worldwide. Jesse co-drove a GTD class Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 in seven IMSA events in 2017, winning at Road America. In addition, Jesse was crowned GT champion in the Asian Le Mans Series in the 2017/18 season.
In 2018, the young Finn became BMW M works driver. He is still in action worldwide and since 2018 also with BMW M Team RLL in the IMSA Series. Their biggest successes to date have been victory at the 2020 Rolex24 Daytona and the GTLM title in the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup.
