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Gustav Malja

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Gustav Malja
Born (1995-11-04) November 4, 1995 (age 31)
Malmö, Sweden
OccupationProfessional racing driver (retired)
Years active2011–2018

Gustav Koch Malja (born on 4 November 1995) is a retired Swedish professional racing driver.

Karting

Originating from Malmö, Malja initiated his karting career in Formula Micro during 2006, and in 2007 he claimed the Gunnar Nilsson Memorial trophy. By 2009, he had progressed to the KF3 class, where he captured both the Swedish Championship and the Gothenburg Grand Prix titles. In his concluding karting season in 2010, Malja achieved 22nd place in the European KF3 Championship and ranked fifth at the Junior Monaco Kart Cup.

ADAC Formel Masters

At just 15 years old in 2011, Malja transitioned to single-seater racing by joining the ADAC Formel Masters series in Germany. Representing Neuhauser Racing, he earned a podium finish at Assen and concluded the season in thirteenth position overall. Continuing with Neuhauser Racing in 2012, he secured three victories and stood on the podium thirteen times, ultimately finishing as runner-up behind champion Marvin Kirchhöfer.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2013, Malja moved up to Formula Renault competition, participating in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships with Josef Kaufmann Racing. He took part in eight NEC events, achieving podium finishes at Nürburgring and Most, which contributed to a fifteenth-place championship standing. In the Eurocup series, he managed a single points finish at Paul Ricard and ended the season twentieth overall.

Maintaining his partnership with Josef Kaufmann Racing for 2014 across both series, Malja improved his NEC results to fifth place, claiming victories at Hockenheim and Nürburgring along with two additional podiums. In the Eurocup, he scored points on eight occasions and finished twelfth in the final classification.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In 2015, Malja advanced to compete in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, representing British outfit Strakka Racing.

Formula Three

During May 2015, Malja took part in the Pau round of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship driving for EuroInternational. He piloted the car initially allocated to Marvin Kirchhöfer but retired from the opening race and finished twenty-fifth in each of the following two races.

GP2/Formula 2

Malja made appearances at the Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2015 season with Trident before switching to Rapax for the final two rounds. In the subsequent 2016 season, he competed full-time with Rapax, securing two podium finishes and concluding thirteenth overall.

For the 2017 F2 campaign, Malja joined Racing Engineering, where he achieved a third-place finish during the Monaco sprint race.

Formula 1

Malja participated as a test driver for Sauber F1 Team during the second 2017 Formula One mid-season test held at Hungaroring on August 1–2. Driving a Sauber C36-Ferrari, he completed a total of 108 laps, recording a fastest lap time of 1:21.503 while conducting aerodynamic and mechanical development work.

Career summary

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 1 25th
Rapax Team 3 0 0 0 0
2016 GP2 Series season │GP2 Series  │align=left  │Rapax Team  │22  │0  │0  │0  │2  │53  │13th
Year Entrant 1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 ! DC ! Points
"2013" Josef Kaufmann Racing ALC
1
Template:Small\ 		ALC
2
Template:Small\ 		SPA
1
Template:Small\ 		SPA
2
Template:Small\ 		MSC
1
Template:Small\ 		MSC
2
Template:Small\ 		RBR
1
Template:Small\ 		RBR
2
Template:Small\ 		HUN
1
Template:Small\ 		HUN
2
Template:Small\ 		LEC
1
Template:Small\ 		LEC
2
Template:Small\ 		CAT
1
Template:Small\ 		CAT
2
Template:Small\ 		20th !4
"2014" ALC
1
Template:Small\ 		ALC
2
Template:Small\ 		SPA
1
Template:Small\ 		SPA
2
Template:Small\ 		MSC
1
Template:Small\ 		MSC
2
Template:Small\ 		NÜR
1
Template:Small\ 		NÜR
2
Template:Small\ 		HUN
1
Template:Small\ 		HUN
2
Template:Small\ 		LEC
1
Template:Small\ 		LEC
2
Template:Small\ 		JER
1
Template:Small\ 		JER
2
Template:Small\ 		12th !49

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bold races represent pole positions; italics indicate fastest laps)

Year Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 DC Points









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Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races in italics signify fastest laps)

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
10th 		ALC
2
20th 		MON
1
Retired 		SPA
1
8th 		SPA
2
14th 		HUN
1
10th 		HUN
2
3rd 		RBR
1
7th 		RBR
2
7th 		SIL
1
6th 		SIL
2
8th 		NÜR
1
8th 		NÜR
2
2nd 		BUG
1
11th 		BUG
2
9th 		JER
1
11th 		JER
2
5th 		9th 79

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold) (Fastest laps are indicated by italics)

Year Team 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 Final standing Points
2015 EuroInternational Mercedes PAU
1
Retired		 PAU
2
25th		 PAU
3
25th		 42nd 0

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 results

(key) (Bold denotes pole position) (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 ! Final standing ! Points
rowspan=2 | 20152016
Trident Racing BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA
FEA
10th 		style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA
SPR
18th 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		!25th !1
Rapax Team style="background:#CFCFFF;" | BHR
FEA
16th 		style="background:#CFCFFF;" | BHR
SPR
13th 		style="background:#CFCFFF;" | YMC
FEA
16th 		style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Yas Marina Circuit#Yas Marina Sprint Race YMC SPR-2015 Yas Marina Sprint Race YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC SPR-2015 YMC
SPR]]
Cancelled
!Rapax Team CAT
FEA
9th 		CAT
SPR
10th 		MON
FEA
14th 		MON
SPR
12th 		BAK
FEA
10th 		BAK
SPR
Retired 		RBR
FEA
13th 		RBR
SPR
16th

(Note: To maintain brevity, only selected race outcomes and overall standings are presented here; comprehensive race-by-race data is accessible in full archives.)

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(legend) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify 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

† Classified as finished despite not completing the race, having covered more than 90% of the distance.

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