Patrick Kujala

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, Kujala 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. Kujala 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 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.

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, Kujaia finished third in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World finals with Richard Antinucci. He 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, Kujala 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 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 † 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)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 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 Pos Points 2012 Koiranen Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 PAU1 PAU2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 MUG1 MUG2 CAT1 CAT2 6th 78

Complete GP3 Series 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 Points 2013 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 20th 5 2014 Marussia Manor Racing CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA25† HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 14th 22 Trident SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2015 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR MOSQR MOSCR ALGQR ALGCR MISQR MISCR ZANQR ZANCR 17th 21 2021 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Silver MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL 2 10th 37.5 2024 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Bronze MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT29th21.5

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2016 Bonaldi Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 43rd 7

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2017 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON123rd0 2018 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 14th 16 2020 Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 2nd 148.5 2025 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 GT3 DON1 SIL1 OUL1 OUL2 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 DON1 15th 31.5