Zane Maloney

Zane Maloney
Zane Maloney
	Maloney at the Red Bull Ring in 2021
Nationality	Barbadian
Born	7 October 2003 (age 18); Bridgetown, Barbados
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Trident
Car number	3
Best finish	TBA in 2022
Previous series
2021; 2020; 2019	Formula Regional European Championship; Euroformula Open Championship; F4 British Championship
Championship titles
2019	F4 British Championship

Zane Maloney (born 7 October 2003) is a Barbadian racing driver set to compete in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Trident. He is the 2019 British F4 champion.

Career[]

Karting[]

Maloney started racing in North America at the age of 12 and after multiple karting titles in Barbados and America he soon moved over to Europe to compete for Ricky Flynn Motorsport.^[1] Maloney placed 4th in the , 5th in the World Championships and 3rd in the German Championship and WSK Champions Cup respectively in 2018.

Lower formulae[]

Maloney's first single seater season was in 2019 in the British F4 championship for Carlin Motorsport. Maloney won 10 races and ended up on the podium 15 times, he became the first driver since Jamie Caroline to win all three races in a single weekend, at Oulton Park. Maloney won the championship by 20 points over Mexican Sebastián Álvarez at the final round of the season. Through that he became the first Barbadian racing driver to win a championship in Europe, and the first rookie to win the championship outright in the history of the series.^[2]

Euroformula Open Championship[]

In January 2020, Maloney reunited with Carlin to contest the 2020 season.^[3] He scored his debut podium in the second race of the season at the Hungaroring, having finished 4th the day before. His next podium came at the Circuit Paul Ricard, but unfortunately for Maloney, this would end up being his final podium finish of the season. After scoreless rounds in Spielberg and Spa the Barbadian finished the season eighth in the drivers' standings, one position and point behind teammate Ido Cohen.^[4]

Formula Regional European Championship[]

In December 2020, Maloney was signed to R-ace GP to contest the 2021 season.^[5] His first podium came at the second race of the first round in , where he finished third.^[6] Following two ninth-place finishes in , Maloney had an impressive round in : the Bajan finished second in the first race,^[7] and then won the second race from pole position, thus becoming the first Caribbean driver to be victorious in the Principality.^[8]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

In November 2021 Maloney took part in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test, driving for reigning team champions Trident.^[9] In January the following year, the Italian outfit confirmed Maloney would race with them for the 2022 season.^[10]

Personal life[]

Maloney's uncle manages the Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados.^[11]

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Position
2016	Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ		29th
2016	SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift	Kartsport North America	13th
2017	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	16th
	Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ		8th
	WSK Super Master Series — OKJ		8th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ		13th
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ		5th
	WSK Final Cup — OKJ		7th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior	Speed Concepts Racing	11th
2018	WSK Champions Cup — OK	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	3rd
	WSK Super Master Series — OK		8th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OK		20th
	German Karting Championship — Senior		4th
	WSK Open Cup — OK		12th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OK		4th
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OK		80th
	WSK Final Cup — OK		19th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Senior	KartSport North America	2nd

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OKJ	SAR QH 19	SAR R 30	CAY QH 3	CAY R 4	LEM QH 10	LEM R 29	ALA QH 13	ALA R 7	KRI QH 56	KRI R DNQ	13th	31
	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK	SAR QH 5	SAR R 11	PFI QH (7)	PFI R 29	AMP QH 4	AMP R 3	ALB QH 4	ALB R 5			4th	52

Complete Karting World Championship results[]

Year	Team	Car	Quali Heats	Main race
2017	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OKJ	4th	5th
2018	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	OK	80th	DNQ

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	F4 British Championship	Carlin	30	10	6	5	15	427	1st
2020	Euroformula Open Championship	Carlin Motorsport	17	0	0	0	2	113	8th
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	R-ace GP	20	1	1	1	7	170	4th
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 British Championship 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Pos	Points
2019	Carlin	BRI 1 3	BRI 2 7	BRI 3 2	DON 1 8	DON 2 6	DON 3 6	THR1 1 2	THR1 2 1	THR1 3 1	CRO 1 1	CRO 2 5	CRO 3 1	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 1	OUL 3 1	SNE 1 3	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 4	THR2 1 6	THR2 2 5	THR2 3 6	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 8	KNO 3 NC	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 2	SIL 3 Ret	BHGP 1 1	BHGP 2 5	BHGP 3 1	1st	427

Complete Euroformula Open Championship 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	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2020	Carlin Motorsport	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 3	LEC 1 DNS	LEC 2 2	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 Ret	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 7	MUG 1 8	MUG 2 5	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 12	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 9	CAT 3 6	CAT 4 5	8th	113

Complete Formula Regional European Championship 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2021	R-ace GP	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 3	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 9	MCO 1 2	MCO 2 1	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 6	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 8	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 2	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 3	VAL 1 8	VAL 2 8	MUG 1 11	MUG 2 14	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 7	4th	170

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2022	Trident	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	-	0

* Season starts on 18 March 2022.

References[]

^ Whitfield, Steve (July 29, 2019). "Scout Report: Zane Maloney". FormulaScout. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ "Zane Maloney: First year in single seaters 'more than I could have hoped for". November 13, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^ "MALONEY STAYS WITH CARLIN FOR EUROFORMULA OPEN". January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
^ Wood, Ida (2020-12-16). "Euroformula season review: The super-close battle that dominated 2020". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ Wood, Elliot (December 20, 2020). "Maloney switches from Euroformula to FREC with R-ace GP for 2021". FormulaScout. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ "Saucy scores first car racing win in second Imola FREC race". formulascout.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
^ "R-ace GP's Isack Hadjar takes lights-to-flag first FREC win in Monaco". Formula Scout. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ Wood, Ida (2021-05-23). "Maloney leads R-ace GP 1-2-3 in Monaco in second FREC race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ "FIA Formula 3 returns to action with post-season testing in Valencia". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
^ "Trident add Maloney to their 2022 driver line-up". fiaformula3.com. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ "Bushy Park". RacingCircuits.info. 30 May 2020.

External links[]

Zane Maloney career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kiern Jewiss	F4 British Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Luke Browning

[1] Whitfield, Steve (July 29, 2019). "Scout Report: Zane Maloney". FormulaScout. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

[2] "Zane Maloney: First year in single seaters 'more than I could have hoped for". November 13, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

[3] "MALONEY STAYS WITH CARLIN FOR EUROFORMULA OPEN". January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

[4] Wood, Ida (2020-12-16). "Euroformula season review: The super-close battle that dominated 2020". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[5] Wood, Elliot (December 20, 2020). "Maloney switches from Euroformula to FREC with R-ace GP for 2021". FormulaScout. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

[6] "Saucy scores first car racing win in second Imola FREC race". formulascout.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

[7] "R-ace GP's Isack Hadjar takes lights-to-flag first FREC win in Monaco". Formula Scout. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[8] Wood, Ida (2021-05-23). "Maloney leads R-ace GP 1-2-3 in Monaco in second FREC race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[9] "FIA Formula 3 returns to action with post-season testing in Valencia". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-10-31.

[10] "Trident add Maloney to their 2022 driver line-up". fiaformula3.com. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[11] "Bushy Park". RacingCircuits.info. 30 May 2020.

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