Gustav Malja
| Gustav Malja | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Swedish |
| Born |
4 November 1995 Malmö, Sweden |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | FIA Formula 2 Championship |
| Current team | Racing Engineering |
| Car no. | 4 |
| Previous series | |
|
2015-16 2015 2015 2013–2014 2013–2014 2012 2011–2012 |
GP2 Series World Series Formula V8 3.5 FIA European F3 Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC FR2.0 BARC Winter Series ADAC Formel Masters |
| Awards | |
| 2010, 2015 2011, 2012 |
Ronnie Peterson Memorial Award Rydell Special Award |
Gustav Malja (born 4 November 1995) is a Swedish racing driver.
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.
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.
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.
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