Zane Maloney

Zane Maloney
Zane Maloney in 2022
Nationality	Barbadian
Born	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 20) Bridgetown, Barbados
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Rodin Motorsport
Former teams	Trident
Starts	34 (34 entries)
Wins	2
Podiums	7
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	10th in 2023
Previous series
2022 2021 2020 2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship FR European Championship Euroformula Open Championship F4 British Championship
Championship titles
2019	F4 British Championship
Awards
2022	FIA Rookie of the Year

Zane Maloney (born 2 October 2003) is a Barbadian racing driver who is competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Rodin Motorsport, having debuted for the team in the prior season when they were known as Rodin Carlin. ^[1] He was the 2019 British F4 champion and finished as runner-up in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, racing for Trident.

Maloney currently serves as the reserve driver for Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber and was also the reserve driver for Red Bull Racing in 2023. He is the first Barbadian driver to win a race in FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 respectively.

Career

Karting

Maloney started racing in North America at the age of 12 and after multiple karting titles in Barbados and America he soon moved over to Europe to compete for Ricky Flynn Motorsport. ^[2] Maloney placed 4th in the Karting European Championship, 5th in the World Championships and 3rd in the German Championship and WSK Champions Cup respectively in 2018.

Lower formulas

Maloney's first single seater season was in 2019 in the British F4 championship for Carlin Motorsport. Maloney won 10 races and ended up on the podium 15 times, he became the first driver since Jamie Caroline to win all three races in a single weekend, at Oulton Park. Maloney won the championship by 20 points over Mexican Sebastián Álvarez at the final round of the season. Through that he became the first Barbadian racing driver to win a championship in Europe, and the first rookie to win the championship outright in the history of the series. ^[3]

Radical Caribbean Cup

Maloney contested the final two rounds of the 2019 Radical Caribbean Cup, winning all three races at Bushy Park Barbados, and two races at South Dakota in Guyana. He returned for the first round of the 2020 season, but the year did not constitute as a championship after being cancelled after round 1 due to coronavirus.

Maloney returned to the championship for the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield International Raceway round in Trinidad and Tobago in the 2022 season as a guest driver. ^[4]

Euroformula Open Championship

In January 2020, Maloney reunited with Carlin to contest the 2020 season. ^[5] He scored his debut podium in the second race of the season at the Hungaroring, having finished 4th the day before. His next podium came at the Circuit Paul Ricard, but unfortunately for Maloney, this would end up being his final podium finish of the season. After scoreless rounds in Spielberg and Spa the Barbadian finished the season eighth in the drivers' standings, one position and point behind teammate Ido Cohen. ^[6]

Formula Regional European Championship

Maloney racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship

In December 2020, Maloney was signed to R-ace GP to contest the 2021 season. ^[7] His first podium came at the second race of the first round in Imola, where he finished third. ^[8] Following two ninth-place finishes in Barcelona, Maloney had an impressive round in Monaco: the Bajan finished second in the first race, ^[9] and then won the second race from pole position, thus becoming the first Caribbean driver to be victorious in the Principality. ^[10]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2022

Maloney driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In November 2021 Maloney took part in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test, driving for reigning team champions Trident. ^[11] In January the following year, the Italian outfit confirmed Maloney would race with them for the 2022 season. ^[12] The Bajan proved to be competitive right away by taking pole position in rainy conditions at Imola, although a spin at the safety car restart cost him the chance of achieving victory. He scored his first podium in the second race at the Hungaroring, finishing second, whilst a first win followed in the subsequent round at Spa-Francorchamps, where he recovered from a high-speed collision with Oliver Goethe during the sprint race, which had caused the Trident driver's car to roll over. ^{[13] [14]} Maloney continued with the positive momentum, winning the Zandvoort feature race, having started from pole position. ^[15] After scoring another pole at the season finale in Monza, Maloney fended off Ollie Bearman in a battle for the victory, which would be awarded to the former following a red flag. ^[16] Maloney ended up second in the drivers' standings, missing out on the championship by five points to Victor Martins. ^{[17] [18]}

2023

In 2023, Maloney returned to Formula 3 to drive for Rodin Carlin in the Jerez F3 post-season test. ^[19] He also participates in the Macau Grand Prix for the team. ^[20] He finished the main race in eighth place.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2022

Following Calan Williams' departure from the team, Maloney was called up to replace him at Trident for the Yas Marina season finale. ^[21] After an uneventful weekend, Maloney was invited to test for Carlin at the end of season F2 test. ^[22]

2023

Maloney driving the Dallara F2 2018 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

On 18 January 2023, Maloney was announced as a part of the team line-up for Rodin Carlin for 2023 season, alongside Brazilian driver and fellow Red Bull Junior Enzo Fittipaldi. ^[1] Maloney qualified a poor 18th in the Bahrain opening round, but narrowly missed points in ninth during the sprint. A sprinting feature race charge followed, benefitting from lap 1 chaos and fresher tyres to claim third place and his first F2 podium. ^[23] Following the race, Maloney stated that "the engine shut off" mid-race momentarily. ^[24] Maloney had a dreadful weekend in Jeddah, he spun out in the sprint race and lacked pace in the feature race, ending without points. ^[25] The Barbadian driver bounced back in Melbourne, qualified fifth and ended all the races in the same position. ^[26] Despite securing ninth in Baku qualifying, he would have a forgettable weekend, colliding with Victor Martins at the start in the sprint and a lack of pace in the feature race meant he would come away without points. ^[27]

In Monaco, Maloney qualified in fifth, and ended the sprint race in the same position. ^[28] A crash for Jack Doohan and a late drive-through penalty for Martins ahead would see him third and collecting a second podium. ^[29]

Maloney then would go 5 races without points before securing second place at Silverstone. Maloney would gets points at Spa before collecting a second place in the Zandvoort feature race.

During the Monza feature race Maloney would suffer a big crash on lap 12 when Roy Nissany crashed into the back of him causing him to spin across the pit straight and hit the wall 3 times before stopping near the stands. Fortunately Maloney was ok and didn't suffer any injuries from the crash.

Maloney qualified 4th for the season finale in Abu Dhabi. he finished the sprint race 9th. During the feature race he was running in third place but was being chased by Frederik Vesti toward the end. Vesti tried an overtake into turn 9 on the last lap but when Maloney tried to defend the two cars collided with Vesti almost flying into the barrier but Maloney spun out of the points ending his chance of jumping Richard Verschoor for 9th in the drivers standings.

Maloney ended 2023 10th in the drivers standings with 96 points compared to Teammate Fittipaldi's 124. During the campaign he took 4 podiums but no wins. He also helped Rodin Carlin secure third in the teams championship.

2024

Maloney remained with Rodin Carlin, now Rodin Motorsport, for the 2024 season and his teammate is 2023 Super Formula champion Ritomo Miyata. ^[30] Maloney started the 2024 season by qualifying third. ^[31] Maloney started 8th in the sprint but was up to 5th by turn 1. He then passed ex teammate Enzo Fittipaldi, Rookie Zak O'Sullivan and former F3 rival Victor Martins to move into second place. He then passed Jak Crawford on lap 8 to take the lead. He then never looked back and crossed the line to take his maiden F2 win. ^[32] After the race Maloney praised the team for building him such a good car.

Maloney started third for the feature race the next day but took the lead into the first corner. He then controlled the lead until he pitted as Victor Martins stopped on track which caused a safety car leaving Zak O'Sullivan behind him on fresher soft tyres. At the restart however Maloney held off O'Sullivan's attack and then raced off into the distance to win his second consecutive race. ^[33] This made Maloney the first driver since Oliver Bearman and the 10th driver in GP2/F2 history to win both races in the same weekend. Maloney left Bahrain as the championship leader with 36 points, 12 points ahead of Pepe Martí.

Formula One

In December 2022, Maloney joined the Red Bull Junior Team and was Red Bull Racing's reserve driver in 2023. ^[34] In January 2024, Maloney joined the Sauber Academy and will serve as a reserve driver for Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber in the 2024 Formula One World Championship. ^[35]

Formula E

In April 2023, Maloney was invited to take part in the Formula E rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit with Andretti Autosport. ^{[36] [37]} He took part in his first Formula E practice session at the Rome ePrix. ^{[38] [39]} Later that November, he was announced to be the reserve and development driver for Andretti for the 2023–24 season. ^[40]

Personal life

Maloney's uncle manages the Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados. ^[41]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2016	Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ		29th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift	Kartsport North America	13th
2017	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	16th
	Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ		8th
	WSK Super Master Series  — OKJ		8th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OKJ		13th
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OKJ		5th
	WSK Final Cup  — OKJ		7th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior	Speed Concepts Racing	11th
2018	WSK Champions Cup  — OK	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	3rd
	WSK Super Master Series  — OK		8th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OK		20th
	German Karting Championship  — Senior		4th
	WSK Open Cup — OK		12th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OK		4th
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OK		80th
	WSK Final Cup  — OK		19th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Senior	KartSport North America	2nd

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2017	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OKJ	SAR QH 19	SAR R 30	CAY QH 3	CAY R 4	LEM QH 10	LEM R 29	ALA QH 13	ALA R 7	KRI QH 56	KRI R DNQ	13th	31
2018	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK	SAR QH 5	SAR R 11	PFI QH (7)	PFI R 29	AMP QH 4	AMP R 3	ALB QH 4	ALB R 5			4th	52

Complete Karting World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	Quali Heats	Main race
2017	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OKJ	4th	5th
2018	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK	80th	DNQ

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	F4 British Championship	Carlin	30	10	6	5	15	427	1st
	Radical Caribbean Cup	N/A	6	5	2	5	5	?	5th
2020	Euroformula Open Championship	Carlin	17	0	0	0	2	113	8th
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	R-ace GP	20	1	1	1	7	170	4th
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident	18	3	2	3	4	134	2nd
	FIA Formula 2 Championship		2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
	Radical Caribbean Cup	N/A	3	2	1	3	2	N/A	NC†
2023	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Rodin Carlin	26	0	0	1	4	96	10th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	Formula One	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Reserve driver
2023–24	Formula E	Andretti Formula E	Reserve driver
2024	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Rodin Motorsport	6	2	0	0	3	62*	1st*
	Formula One	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	Reserve driver

^† As Maloney was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 British Championship results

(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	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Pos	Points
2019	Carlin	BRI 1 3	BRI 2 7	BRI 3 2	DON 1 8	DON 2 6	DON 3 6	THR1 1 2	THR1 2 1	THR1 3 1	CRO 1 1	CRO 2 5	CRO 3 1	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 1	OUL 3 1	SNE 1 3	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 4	THR2 1 6	THR2 2 5	THR2 3 6	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 8	KNO 3 NC	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 2	SIL 3 Ret	BHGP 1 1	BHGP 2 5	BHGP 3 1	1st	427

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(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	18	Pos	Points
2020	Carlin Motorsport	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 3	LEC 1 DNS	LEC 2 2	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 Ret	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 7	MUG 1 8	MUG 2 5	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 12	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 9	CAT 3 6	CAT 4 5	8th	113

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(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	18	19	20	DC	Points
2021	R-ace GP	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 3	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 9	MCO 1 2	MCO 2 1	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 6	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 8	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 2	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 3	VAL 1 8	VAL 2 8	MUG 1 11	MUG 2 14	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 7	4th	170

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(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	DC	Points
2022	Trident	BHR SPR 4	BHR FEA Ret	IMO SPR 6	IMO FEA Ret	CAT SPR 21	CAT FEA 13	SIL SPR 7	SIL FEA 11	RBR SPR Ret	RBR FEA 5	HUN SPR 10	HUN FEA 2	SPA SPR Ret	SPA FEA 1	ZAN SPR 17	ZAN FEA 1	MNZ SPR 4	MNZ FEA 1	2nd	134

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2023	Rodin Carlin	Dallara F3 2019	16th	10th	8th

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(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	23	24	25	26	27	28	DC	Points
2022	Trident	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	LEC SPR	LEC FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	YMC SPR 15	YMC FEA 16	26th	0
2023	Rodin Carlin	BHR SPR 9	BHR FEA 3	JED SPR Ret	JED FEA 17	MEL SPR 5	MEL FEA 5	BAK SPR Ret	BAK FEA 11	MCO SPR 5	MCO FEA 3	CAT SPR 14	CAT FEA 16	RBR SPR 18	RBR FEA 15	SIL SPR 10	SIL FEA 2	HUN SPR 12	HUN FEA 16	SPA SPR 10	SPA FEA 4	ZAN SPR 5	ZAN FEA 2	MNZ SPR 14	MNZ FEA Ret	YMC SPR 9	YMC FEA 17†			10th	96
2024	Rodin Motorsport	BHR SPR 1	BHR FEA 1	JED SPR 4	JED FEA 7	MEL SPR 10	MEL FEA 3	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MON SPR	MON FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	LSL SPR	LSL FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	1st*	62*

* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Official website
• Zane Maloney career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kiern Jewiss	F4 British Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Luke Browning