Kari-Pekka Laaksonen (born 23 April 1967) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series.

After graduating Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT and a number of management positions, Laaksonen became CEO of Containerships Plc in 2011 and remained at the company when it was integrated into the CMA CGM group.

[2] Laaksonen began his career in 2010 in the Finnish V1600 Cup, he finished eighth in the championship standings that year.

He switched to the Finnish Xtreme Race Cup in 2011 and finished fourteenth in the championship standings in both 2011 and 2012.

In 2013 he switched to the Porsche GT3 Cup Finland series, taking three podiums in his first season in the championship.