Patrick Kujala

Patrick Kujala
Nationality Finland Finnish
Born 15 May 1996
Marbella (Spain)
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2013
Current team Trident
Car no. 25
Former teams Marussia Manor Racing
Koiranen GP
Starts 33
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 14th in 2014
Previous series
2012
2012
2011		 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
French F4 Championship

Patrick Kujala (born 15 May 1996) is a Spanish-born professional racing driver, who races under a Finnish racing licence.

Career

Karting

Born in Marbella, Spain, Kujala began his karting career in 2005 at age nine, competing in Spanish karting championships. He had two championship titles in Andalucian karting series in 2005 and 2007.[1] His final step before graduating to open wheels was Spanish KF3 championship where he finished sixth, losing to Gerard Barrabeig and Carlos Sainz Jr.[2]

Formula Renault

Kujala made his debut in single-seater in 2011, joining the French F4 Championship where he finished fifth with win at Spa.[3]

In 2012, he graduated to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the Koiranen Motorsport team. He finished 23rd with just one point-scoring finish at Moscow Raceway.[4] He was more successful in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, finishing sixth with eight point-scoring finishes.[5] Also he secured Juniors' championship.

GP3 Series

Kujala will continue his collaboration with Koiranen in GP3 Series in 2013.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 French F4 Championship Autosport Academy 14 1 0 1 2 76 5th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Koiranen Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 10 23rd
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 14 0 0 0 0 78 6th
2013 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 16 0 0 0 0 5 20th
2014 GP3 Series Marussia Manor Racing 18 0 0 0 0 22 14th
Trident

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 D.C. Points
2013 Koiranen GP ESP
FEA
Ret		 ESP
SPR
16		 VAL
FEA
21		 VAL
SPR
15		 GBR
FEA
Ret		 GBR
SPR
EX		 GER
FEA
13		 GER
SPR
13		 HUN
FEA
14		 HUN
SPR
11		 BEL
FEA
13		 BEL
SPR
20		 ITA
FEA
10		 ITA
SPR
12		 ABU
FEA
8		 ABU
SPR
19		 20th 5
2014 Marussia Manor Racing ESP
FEA
4		 ESP
SPR
Ret		 AUT
FEA
9		 AUT
SPR
7		 GBR
FEA
12		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GER
FEA
25†		 GER
SPR
16		 HUN
FEA
13		 HUN
SPR
10		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
21		 ITA
FEA
7		 ITA
SPR
Ret		 14th 22
Trident RUS
FEA
13		 RUS
SPR
9		 ABU
FEA
Ret		 ABU
SPR
14

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

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Kujala". Patric Kujala. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Campeonato de Espana de Karting — KF3 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Championnat de France F4 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Vainio, Korjus and Kujala complete Koiranen GP line-up". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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