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Gustav Malja

Gustav Malja
Malja receiving the Rydell Special Award for the 2012 season.
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29)
Malmö, Sweden
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2017
Car number4
Former teamsRacing 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.

Career

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Gustav Malja at the Red Bull Ring in 2018

Karting

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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

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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

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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

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

Formula Three

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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

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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

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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

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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(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 DC Points
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
 15th 98
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 		5th 193

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(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
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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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(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
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

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 results

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(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
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
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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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(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
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.

References

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  1. ^ "Gustav Malja". hitta.se. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Gunnar Nilsson Memorial – Formula Micro 2007 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Gustav Malja". gustavmalja.com. Gustav Malja. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Monaco Kart Cup – KF3 2010 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Neuhauser Racing's fifth season". adac-formel-masters.de. ADAC Formel Masters. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ "ADAC Formel Masters 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. ^ "ADAC Formel Masters 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Gustav Malja signs with Josef Kaufmann Racing for Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup campaign". news.driverdb.com. Driver Database News. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  11. ^ Allen, Peter (12 February 2014). "Malja sticks with Josef Kaufmann for dual FR2.0 campaign". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. ^ Gruz, David (14 June 2014). "Malja converts pole to victory in first Hockenheim race". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  13. ^ Gruz, David (20 September 2014). "Malja wins NEC race two at the Nurburgring". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  16. ^ Allen, Peter (28 January 2015). "Gustav Malja joins Strakka for step up to Formula Renault 3.5". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  17. ^ "FR3.5 racer Gustav Malja joins European F3 field for Pau". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Gustav Malja to join Racing Engineering in 2017". December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  19. ^ "Lens and Frame".
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