Gustav Malja

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Gustav Malja
Gustav Malja receiving the Rickard Rydell Special Award in January 2013.jpg
Malja receiving the Rydell Special Award for the 2012 season.
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish
Born (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29)
Malmö, Sweden
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season 2017
Car number4
Former teams Racing Engineering
Starts22
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th 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 former Swedish racing driver.

Contents

Career

Gustav Malja at the Red Bull Ring in 2018 FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2018 Nr. 25 Malja.jpg
Gustav Malja at the Red Bull Ring in 2018

Karting

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]

ADAC Formel Masters

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]

Formula Renault 2.0

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]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Malja stepped up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2015 and raced for British team Strakka Racing. [16]

Formula Three

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.

GP2/Formula 2

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.

Formula 1

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]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2011 ADAC Formel Masters Neuhauser Racing2400016913th
2012 ADAC Formel Masters Neuhauser Racing23319163072nd
Formula Renault BARC Winter Series MGR Motorsport200000NC
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Josef Kaufmann Racing 140000420th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 800029815th
2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Josef Kaufmann Racing 1421241935th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 1400004912th
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Strakka Racing 170002799th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship EuroInternational 30000042nd
GP2 Series Trident 20000125th
Rapax 30000
2016 GP2 Series Rapax 2200025313th
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Racing Engineering 2200014413th
Formula One Sauber F1 Team Test driver
2018 Porsche Supercup Team Project 1 1000002614th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 1400018211th
2019Porsche Carrera Cup GermanyFörch Racing16000050.514th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2013 Josef Kaufmann Racing HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
7		 HOC
3
7		 NÜR
1
28		 NÜR
2
2		 SIL
1
SIL
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
MST
1
3		 MST
2
7		 MST
3
Ret		 ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
15th98
2014 Josef Kaufmann Racing MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
Ret		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
DNS		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
9		 HOC
3
4		 SPA
1
6		 SPA
2
3		 ASS
1
3		 ASS
2
5		 MST
1
21		 MST
2
6		 MST
3
C		 NÜR
1
20		 NÜR
2
1		 NÜR
3
C		5th193

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617Pos.Points
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		9th79

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
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 		42nd0

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
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 		25th1
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		13th53
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		13th44

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam12345678910DCPoints
2018 Team Project 1 CAT
15		 MON
13		 RBR
13		 SIL
17		 HOC
11		 HUN
15		 SPA
16		 MNZ
26†		 MEX
9		 MEX
18		14th26

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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