Zane Maloney

Zane Maloney (born 2 October 2003) is a Barbadian racing driver and 2019 British F4 champion.

Zane Maloney
Born (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003
Bridgetown, Barbados
Euroformula Open Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamCarlin Motorsport
Starts0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2019F4 British Championship
Championship titles
2019F4 British Championship

Career

Karting

Maloney started racing in North America at the age of 12, he soon moved over to Europe to compete for RFM. Maloney placed 4th in the OK European Championship, 5th in the World Championships and 3rd in the German Championship and WSK Champions Cup respectively. Maloney is a multiple time karting champion in Barbados and America.[1]

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. He became the first Barbadian racing driver to win a championship in Europe, and the first rookie in history to win the championship outright.[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.

Personal life

Maloney's uncle owns the Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados.[4]

Racing record

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 2 0 0 0 1 27 3rd*

Complete British F4 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 19 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

Race 2 at Croft Circuit was stopped after two laps due to worsening weather conditions. The results were initially declared void, with the intention of running a fourth race at a later event. However, it was confirmed on 22 July that the original results would stand, with half points being awarded.[5]

References

  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. "Bushy Park". RacingCircuits.info. 30 May 2020.
  5. Waring, Bethonie (July 22, 2019). "British F4 will not re-run cancelled Croft race". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kiern Jewiss
F4 British Championship
Champion

2019
Succeeded by
TBA


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