Patrick Kujala

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Patrick Kujala
Patrick Kujala - Lamborghini Squadra Corse.jpg
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish
via dual nationality
Born (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28)
Marbella, Spain
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver (until 2022)
FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold (2023–)
Former teamsAuto Sport Academy, Koiranen Motorsport, Koiranen GP, Marussia Manor Racing, Trident, Bonaldi Motorsport, Barwell Motorsport, RAM Racing, Rinaldi Racing
Starts33
Wins8
Poles7
Fastest laps6
Best finish1st in 2015
Previous series
2011

2012
2012
2013, 2014
2015
2016
2017
2017
2019
2020
2021

2021

Contents


French F4-series

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault Alps 2.0
GP3 Series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo
Lamborghini Super Trofeo
ADAC GT Masters
Blancpain GT Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
GT World Challenge
British GT

Asian LeMans Series
Championship titles
2015
2016
2018
2020
2021
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
Total 24H SPA
GT World Challenge Sprint
TotalEnergies 24h SPA

Patrick Kujala (born 15 May 1996) is a Spanish-born Finnish professional racing driver.

Career

Karting

Kujala started his career at the age of four as he drove his first laps behind the steering wheel of a karting car, after which he competed in various Spanish karting series from 2005 to 2009.

At the age of nine, he won the Andalucian Karting Championship series in the Alevin category, and at the age of ten, he won the title in Cadet category.

In 2007, Kujala finished ninth in the Cadet class of Spanish karting, and in 2009 he finished 6th fastest in the KF3-class.

Formula Renault

Kujala competed in the French F4 Championship in 2011 and 2012. Patrickkujala-season2011a.jpg
Kujala competed in the French F4 Championship in 2011 and 2012.

He debuted in single-seaters in 2011, joining the French F4 Championship series, finishing fifth in the standings, taking one race victory at Spa-Francorchamps.

In 2012, Kujala moved up to Formula Renault Eurocup 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps with the Koiranen Motorsport team. He finished 23rd in the Formula Renault 2.0 standings, and sixth in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, also taking the title of Juniors' championship.


GP3 Series

Kujala drove for Koiranen GP in the 2013 GP3 Series. Patrikkujala-season2012001.jpg
Kujala drove for Koiranen GP in the 2013 GP3 Series.

Kujala continued his collaboration with Koiranen GP in 2013, joining the GP3 Series. He had a difficult season with the Dallara GP3/13 car, as he only scored five points and finished 20th in the final standings.

Kujala continued racing in GP3 in 2014, joining the Marussia Manor Racing team. He started the season well, qualifying fifth at the season opener in Barcelona and finished the opening race in fourth place. However, Marussia Manor Racing pulled out with two rounds remaining in the season, forcing him to join the Trident team for the final two rounds. He finished 14th in the final standings with 22 points.


Lamborghini Squadra Corse

Kujala won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe title in 2015 and 2016. Patrickkujala-season2015a.jpg
Kujala won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe title in 2015 and 2016.

Kujala switched from single-seaters to GT racing in 2015, where he joined the Lamborghini Super Trofeo European Championship series with Bonaldi Motorsport. He won the title by winning eight of the ten races that year, ending with a final total of 129 points.

Kujala continued in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo European Championship series in 2016, paired with Swiss driver Adrian Amstutz. Kujala and Amstutz scored 129 points and won the PRO-AM title by five points. Furthermore, during the season Kujala competed in four rounds of Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series and twelve rounds in the ADAC GT Masters series with a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 which was run by Bonaldi Motorsport.


GT3 racing

Kujala entered the Blancpain GT Endurance series in 2017, driving for Barwell Motorsport, teamed up with Martin Kodrić. They finished second in the Pro-Am Cup with 87 points.

That same year, he finished third in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World finals with Richard Antinucci. Kujala also competed in one round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and in two rounds in British GT, again with Barwell Motorsport in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3.

In 2018, Kujala won the 24 Hours of Spa in the Am class alongside teammates Richard Abra, Adrian Amstutz and Leonid Matchinski. He also competed in eight rounds of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo European Championship and one British GT event that year.

In 2019, Kujala moved over to Porsche Carrera Cup Italy, driving for Bonaldi Motorsport. He finished third in the standings on 133 points, with two race wins. He also competed in one Intercontinental GT Challenge event, one Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup event and two International GT Open events. He also raced in various 24 hours endurance races.

In 2020, he won the Silver Cup title of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Barwell Motorsport alongside Alex MacDowall and Frederik Schandorff. He also finished second in that year's British GT Championship alongside Sam de Haan, driving for Ram Racing.


Kujala in 2021 Patrickkujala-season2021e.jpg
Kujala in 2021


Kujala started 2021 by winning the Asian Le Mans Series GT Am title for Rinaldi Racing alongside Christian Hook and Manuel Lauck. He won the 24 Hours of Spa in the Silver Cup for MadPanda Motorsport, alongside Ezequiel Pérez Companc, Ricardo Sanchez and Rik Breukers.

Racing in America

Kujala joined the IMSA Prototype Challenge in 2022, driving for the US RaceTronics team alongside Brian Thienes. They finished third in the standings, having started the season by finishing second at the season opener at Daytona. He also competed in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America for O'Gara Motorsport.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2011 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 141012765th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Koiranen Motorsport 1400001023rd
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 140000786th
2013 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 160000520th
2014 GP3 Series Marussia Manor Racing 1800002214th
Trident 40000
2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Bonaldi Motorsport1296491441st
Blancpain GT Sprint Series Grasser Racing Team 200022117th
2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - Pro-Am US RaceTronics 41114259th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am Bonaldi Motorsport1274681291st
ADAC GT Masters 120000743rd
Italian GT Championship - Super GT3 Imperiale Racing200001421st
2017Lamborghini Super Trofeo EuropeBonaldi Motorsport200000NC†
British GT Championship - GT3 Barwell Motorsport20000023rd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 500000NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
24H Series - A6 Car Collection Motorsport
2018Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - ProBonaldi Motorsport811024810th
British GT Championship - GT3 Barwell Motorsport200001614th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 100000NC
2019Porsche Carrera Cup ItaliaBonaldi Motorsport1421351333rd
International GT Open Imperiale Racing20000924th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Barwell Motorsport100000NC
24H GT Series - A6 Attempto Racing
Barwell Motorsport
2020 British GT Championship - GT3 Ram Racing 91104148.52nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Barwell Motorsport400000NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
24H GT Series - GT3
2021 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Am Rinaldi Racing43123771st
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 600007.525th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge US RaceTronics 5000213903rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Madpanda Motorsport 100000NC
Barwell Motorsport10000
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - ProO'Gara Motorsport1210071113rd
2023 Le Mans Cup - GT3 Leipert Motorsport71022724th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Barwell Motorsport100000NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Target Racing
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Barwell Motorsport500000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 80100121st

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2012 Koiranen Motorsport ALC
1

15
ALC
2

Ret
SPA
1

17
SPA
2

18
NÜR
1

19
NÜR
2

25
MSC
1

15
MSC
2

5
HUN
1

13
HUN
2

19
LEC
1

23
LEC
2

Ret
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

20
23rd10

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012 Koiranen Motorsport MNZ
1

17
MNZ
2

13
PAU
1

5
PAU
2

5
IMO
1

12
IMO
2

Ret
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

Ret
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

5
MUG
1

5
MUG
2

5
CAT
1

12
CAT
2

5
6th78

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718D.C.Points
2013 Koiranen GP CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

16
VAL
FEA

21
VAL
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

EX
NÜR
FEA

13
NÜR
SPR

13
HUN
FEA

14
HUN
SPR

11
SPA
FEA

13
SPA
SPR

20
MNZ
FEA

10
MNZ
SPR

12
YMC
FEA

8
YMC
SPR

19
20th5
2014 Marussia Manor Racing CAT
FEA

4
CAT
SPR

Ret
RBR
FEA

9
RBR
SPR

7
SIL
FEA

12
SIL
SPR

Ret
HOC
FEA

25†
HOC
SPR

16
HUN
FEA

13
HUN
SPR

10
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

21
MNZ
FEA

7
MNZ
SPR

Ret
14th22
Trident SOC
FEA

13
SOC
SPR

9
YMC
FEA

Ret
YMC
SPR

14

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

Complete Squadra Corse Lamborghini results

YearEntrant12345678910DCPoints
2015Bonaldi Motorsport ITA
1
ITA
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
FRA
24
FRA
1
BEL
1
BEL
6
GER
1
GER
1
1st129

References

    Sporting positions
    Preceded by Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
    Junior Champion

    2012
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by
    Nico Bastian
    Timur Boguslavskiy
    Felipe Fraga
    (Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup)
    GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
    Silver Cup Champion

    2020
    With: Alex MacDowall & Frederik Schandorff
    Succeeded by
    Incumbent