Gustav Malja


Gustav Koch Malja is a former Swedish 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 2013 [Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season|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 2015 [European Formula 3 season|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 [FIA Formula 2 Championship|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

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2013Josef Kaufmann RacingALC
1
33		ALC
2
19		SPA
1
19		SPA
2
Ret		MSC
1
17		MSC
2
19		RBR
1
12		RBR
2
Ret		HUN
1
26		HUN
2
13		LEC
1
8		LEC
2
23		CAT
1
13		CAT
2
22		20th4
2014Josef Kaufmann RacingALC
1
6		ALC
2
10		SPA
1
32		SPA
2
21		MSC
1
14		MSC
2
17		NÜR
1
14		NÜR
2
12		HUN
1
5		HUN
2
4		LEC
1
9		LEC
2
7		JER
1
Ret		JER
2
10		12th49

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2013Josef Kaufmann RacingHOC
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
15th98
2014Josef Kaufmann RacingMNZ
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		5th193

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617Points
2015Strakka RacingALC
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		9th79

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
2015EuroInternationalMercedesSIL
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		42nd0

Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2015TridentBHR
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		25th1
2015RapaxBHR
FEA
16		BHR
SPR
13		YMC
FEA
16		YMC
SPR
C		25th1
2016RapaxCAT
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		13th53
Racing EngineeringBHR
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		13th44

Complete Porsche Supercup results

YearTeam12345678910DCPoints
2018Team Project 1CAT
15		MON
13		RBR
13		SIL
17		HOC
11		HUN
15		SPA
16		MNZ
26†		MEX
9		MEX
18		14th26

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.