Gustav Malja | |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Malmö, Sweden | 4 November 1995
FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Car number | 4 |
Former teams | Racing Engineering |
Starts | 22 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2017 |
Previous series | |
2015-16 2015 2015 2013–2014 2013–2014 2012 2011–2012 | GP2 Series World Series Formula V8 3.5 FIA European F3 Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC FR2.0 BARC Winter Series ADAC Formel Masters |
Awards | |
2010, 2015 2011, 2012 | Ronnie Peterson Memorial Award Rydell Special Award |
Gustav Koch Malja [1] (born 4 November 1995) is a Swedish racing driver.
Born in Malmö, Sweden, Malja began his karting career in Formula Micro in 2006, winning the Gunnar Nilsson Memorial trophy the following year. [2] By 2009 he had progressed up to the KF3 category, where he won the Swedish Championship and Gothenburg Grand Prix. [3] In his final year of karting in 2010, Malja finished 22nd in the European KF3 Championship and fifth in the Junior Monaco Kart Cup. [4]
In 2011, Malja graduated to single-seaters, racing in the ADAC Formel Masters championship in Germany, despite being just 15 years of age. [5] Driving for Neuhauser Racing, he took a single podium position at Assen to finish thirteenth in the standings. [6] He continued with the team for a second season in 2012, taking three race wins and a further thirteen podium places to finish runner–up to champion Marvin Kirchhöfer. [7]
For 2013, Malja stepped up to Formula Renault, racing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships with Josef Kaufmann Racing. [8] In the NEC championship, he contested eight races, taking podium places at the Nürburgring and Most to finish fifteenth in the standings. [9] In the Eurocup he finished twentieth in the championship, taking a single points–position at Paul Ricard. [10]
Malja remained with Josef Kaufmann Racing in both championships for a second season in 2014. [11] He finished fifth in the NEC championship, taking race victories at Hockenheim [12] and the Nürburgring [13] and two further podium positions. [14] In the Eurocup, he scored points on eight occasions to finish twelfth in the championship. [15]
Malja stepped up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2015 and raced for British team Strakka Racing. [16]
In May 2015, Malja took part in the Pau round of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, racing for EuroInternational in the car originally intended for Marvin Kirchhöfer before he left the team prior to the start of the season. [17] He retired from the opening race of the event before finishing 25th in the remaining two races.
Malja contested in the Spa round of the 2015 season with Trident and the final two rounds with Rapax. In 2016, Malja joined the GP2 series campaign full-time for Rapax, finished on the podium twice and finished thirteenth overall.
For the 2017 F2 season, Malja switched to Racing Engineering. [18] He finished third in the Monaco sprint race.
Malja participated in the second 2017 Formula 1 in-season test at the Hungaroring during 1–2 August, following the Hungarian GP weekend. Malja drove a Sauber C36-Ferrari for the Sauber F1 Team during the first test day. He completed 108 laps. His best lap was 1.21.503, set during aerodynamic and mechanical development runs. [19]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2011 | ADAC Formel Masters | Neuhauser Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 13th |
2012 | ADAC Formel Masters | Neuhauser Racing | 23 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 307 | 2nd |
Formula Renault BARC Winter Series | MGR Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2013 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20th |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 15th | ||
2014 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 193 | 5th |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12th | ||
2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Strakka Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 9th |
FIA Formula 3 European Championship | EuroInternational | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | |
GP2 Series | Trident | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | |
Rapax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2016 | GP2 Series | Rapax | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 13th |
2017 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Racing Engineering | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 13th |
Formula One | Sauber F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
2018 | Porsche Supercup | Team Project 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14th |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 11th | |
2019 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Förch Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.5 | 14th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Points |
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2015 | Strakka Racing | ALC 1 10 | ALC 2 20 | MON 1 Ret | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 14 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 3 | RBR 1 7 | RBR 2 7 | SIL 1 6 | SIL 2 8 | NÜR 1 8 | NÜR 2 2 | BUG 1 11 | BUG 2 9 | JER 1 11 | JER 2 5 | 9th | 79 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
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2015 | EuroInternational | Mercedes | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 25 | PAU 3 25 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | 42nd | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2015 | Trident | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA 10 | SPA SPR 18 | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | 25th | 1 | ||||
Rapax | BHR FEA 16 | BHR SPR 13 | YMC FEA 16 | YMC SPR C | |||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Rapax | CAT FEA 9 | CAT SPR 10 | MON FEA 14 | MON SPR 12 | BAK FEA 10 | BAK SPR Ret | RBR FEA 13 | RBR SPR 16 | SIL FEA 22 | SIL SPR 19 | HUN FEA 13 | HUN SPR 14 | HOC FEA 6 | HOC SPR 8 | SPA FEA 8 | SPA SPR 2 | MNZ FEA 3 | MNZ SPR 7 | SEP FEA 9 | SEP SPR 5 | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 14 | 13th | 53 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Racing Engineering | BHR FEA 18 | BHR SPR 13 | CAT FEA 7 | CAT SPR 6 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 3 | BAK FEA 11 | BAK SPR 13 | RBR FEA 12 | RBR SPR 15 | SIL FEA 14 | SIL SPR 9 | HUN FEA 13 | HUN SPR NC | SPA FEA 4 | SPA SPR 11 | MNZ FEA 8 | MNZ SPR 18 | JER FEA 14 | JER SPR 18 | YMC FEA 11 | YMC SPR 17 | 13th | 44 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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2018 | Team Project 1 | CAT 15 | MON 13 | RBR 13 | SIL 17 | HOC 11 | HUN 15 | SPA 16 | MNZ 26† | MEX 9 | MEX 18 | 14th | 26 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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