Gustav Malja

Gustav Koch Malja (born 4 November 1995) is a Swedish former racing driver.

Career

Karting Born in Malmö, Sweden, Malja began his karting career in Formula Micro in 2006, winning the Gunnar Nilsson Memorial trophy the following year. By 2009 he had progressed up to the KF3 category, where he won the Swedish Championship and Gothenburg Grand Prix. In his final year of karting in 2010, Malja finished 22nd in the European KF3 Championship and fifth in the Junior Monaco Kart Cup.

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. Driving for Neuhauser Racing, he took a single podium position at Assen to finish thirteenth in the standings. 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.

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. In the NEC championship, he contested eight races, taking podium places at the Nürburgring and Most to finish fifteenth in the standings. In the Eurocup he finished twentieth in the championship, taking a single points–position at Paul Ricard.

Malja remained with Josef Kaufmann Racing in both championships for a second season in 2014. He finished fifth in the NEC championship, taking race victories at Hockenheim and the Nürburgring and two further podium positions. In the Eurocup, he scored points on eight occasions to finish twelfth in the championship.

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

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. 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. 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.

Racing record

Career summary 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 TeamTest 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 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 Points 2015 Strakka Racing ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 JER1 JER2 9th 79

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (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 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 42nd 0

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 results (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 BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 25th 1 Rapax BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 2016 Rapax CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 13th 53 Racing Engineering BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 13th 44

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2018 Team Project 1 CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 14th 26 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.