Patrick Kujala
Patrick Kujala 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, he 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
He 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 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, he finished third in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World finals with Richard Antinucci. Kujala 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, he 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 pointsComplete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2012 | Koiranen Motorsport | ALC 1 15 | ALC 2 Ret | SPA 1 17 | SPA 2 18 | NÜR 1 19 | NÜR 2 25 | MSC 1 15 | MSC 2 5 | HUN 1 13 | HUN 2 19 | LEC 1 23 | LEC 2 Ret | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 20 | 23rd | 10 |
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2012 | Koiranen Motorsport | MNZ 1 17 | MNZ 2 13 | PAU 1 5 | PAU 2 5 | IMO 1 12 | IMO 2 Ret | SPA 1 5 | SPA 2 Ret | RBR 1 6 | RBR 2 5 | MUG 1 5 | MUG 2 5 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 5 | 6th | 78 |
Complete GP3 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | |
| 2013 | Koiranen GP | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 16 | VAL FEA 21 | VAL SPR 15 | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR EX | NÜR FEA 13 | NÜR SPR 13 | HUN FEA 14 | HUN SPR 11 | SPA FEA 13 | SPA SPR 20 | MNZ FEA 10 | MNZ SPR 12 | YMC FEA 8 | YMC SPR 19 | 20th | 5 | ||
| 2014 | Marussia Manor Racing | CAT FEA 4 | CAT SPR Ret | RBR FEA 9 | RBR SPR 7 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 25† | HOC SPR 16 | HUN FEA 13 | HUN SPR 10 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 21 | MNZ FEA 7 | MNZ SPR Ret | 14th | 22 | ||||
| 2014 | Trident | SOC FEA 13 | SOC SPR 9 | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 14 | 14th | 22 |