Patrick Kujala

Patrick Kujala
Nationality	Finnish Spanish via dual nationality
Born	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 Marbella, Spain
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–)
Former teams	Auto Sport Academy, Koiranen Motorsport, Koiranen GP, Marussia Manor Racing, Trident, Bonaldi Motorsport, Barwell Motorsport, RAM Racing, Rinaldi Racing
Starts	33
Wins	8
Poles	7
Fastest laps	6
Best finish	1st in 2015
Previous series
2011 2012 2012 2013, 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2019 2020 2021 2021	French F4-series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Alps 2.0 GP3 Series Lamborghini Super Trofeo Lamborghini Super Trofeo ADAC GT Masters Blancpain GT Series Porsche Carrera Cup Italia GT World Challenge British GT Asian LeMans Series
Championship titles
2015 2016 2018 2020 2021	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Total 24H SPA GT World Challenge Sprint TotalEnergies 24h SPA

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, 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

Kujala competed in the French F4 Championship in 2011 and 2012.

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 drove for Koiranen GP in the 2013 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, 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 in 2021

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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport 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	4	0	0	0	0
2015	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Bonaldi Motorsport	12	9	6	4	9	144	1st
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series	Grasser Racing Team	2	0	0	0	2	21	17th
2016	Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - Pro-Am	US RaceTronics	4	1	1	1	4	25	9th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am	Bonaldi Motorsport	12	7	4	6	8	129	1st
	ADAC GT Masters		12	0	0	0	0	7	43rd
	Italian GT Championship - Super GT3	Imperiale Racing	2	0	0	0	0	14	21st
2017	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Bonaldi Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	British GT Championship - GT3	Barwell Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H Series - A6	Car Collection Motorsport
2018	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Bonaldi Motorsport	8	1	1	0	2	48	10th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Barwell Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	16	14th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Bonaldi Motorsport	14	2	1	3	5	133	3rd
	International GT Open	Imperiale Racing	2	0	0	0	0	9	24th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Barwell Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - A6	Attempto Racing
		Barwell Motorsport
2020	British GT Championship - GT3	Ram Racing	9	1	1	0	4	148.5	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Barwell Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - GT3
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT Am	Rinaldi Racing	4	3	1	2	3	77	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		6	0	0	0	0	7.5	25th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2022	IMSA Prototype Challenge	US RaceTronics	5	0	0	0	2	1390	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Madpanda Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Barwell Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - Pro	O'Gara Motorsport	12	1	0	0	7	111	3rd
2023	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Leipert Motorsport	7	1	0	2	2	72	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Barwell Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Target Racing
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Barwell Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		8	0	1	0	0	1	21st

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

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	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

(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	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
	Trident															SOC FEA 13	SOC SPR 9	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 14

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

Complete Squadra Corse Lamborghini results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2015	Bonaldi Motorsport	ITA 1	ITA 1	GBR 1	GBR 1	FRA 24	FRA 1	BEL 1	BEL 6	GER 1	GER 1	1st	129

External links

• Patrick Kujala career summary at DriverDB.com
• Patrick Kujala on Twitter