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.

[8] She switched to the Swedish V8 ThunderCar series for 2017, before announcing plans to compete in the Electric GT Championship – which was subsequently delayed and then later cancelled altogether.

[11][12] She finished fifth on her return at the Norisring and followed that with a grand slam (pole position, fastest lap, race win) at Assen.

[13] 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.

[2] Alongside her racing, Kimiläinen also works as a radio and television host – most notably producing Finland's Worst Driver for MTV3.