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🇺🇸 David Malukas

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar.
Driver facts
Full name
David Malukas
Born
27 September 2001(b. 2001)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Career wins
12
Career podiums
48
Career starts
164
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
6,715
David Malukas
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,715
Rank 34 of 38,983 indexed, +733 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

David Malukas is a racing driver from United States who competes in IndyCar. Malukas has recorded 12 wins and 48 podiums from 164 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,715 ranks Malukas 34th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-09Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP12−31
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP3+86
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP8+25
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP2+107
2026-06-08Grand Prix of IllinoisIndyCarP7+47
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+172Road America 2018Pro Mazda ChampionshipP1
+160St. Petersburg 2018Pro Mazda ChampionshipP2
+160Portland 2018Pro Mazda ChampionshipP1
+159Road America 2018Pro Mazda ChampionshipP1
+158Indianapolis 500 2025IndyCarP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Grand Prix of Iowa Race 24 starts+39
Grand Prix of Illinois5 starts+28
Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio5 starts+18
Grand Prix of Toronto4 starts+18
Struggles
Grand Prix of Nashville5 starts-28
Grand Prix of Long Beach4 starts-22
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg4 starts-15
Grand Prix of Portland5 starts-13
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IndyCar1305000P3+7336,715
2025▸IndyCar1701000P16+2545,982
2024▸IndyCar1000000P18−615,727
2023▸IndyCar1701000P13−1685,788
2022▸IndyCar1701000P16+1435,957
2021▸Indy NXTHMD Motorsports with Force Indy20716070P2+1,0495,814
2020▸Formula Regional Americas17215000P2+6815,529
2019▸Indy NXTHMD Motorsports with Force Indy1802000P6↑408−3924,444
2018▸Pro Mazda ChampionshipBN Racing1636030P4+6614,179
2017▸ADAC Formula 4Motopark1500010P21↑1,413−1263,945
▸SKUSA SuperNationals100100—−144
2015▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+1182,262
2014▸SKUSA SuperNationals101000—+1492,143
2013▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+6451,995
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Malukas finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKayFIA Gold6,329108456342%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold6,77194425245%
🇺🇸 Sting Ray RobbFIA Gold4,85494722277%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum7,65974136118%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold7,02474235131%
🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardFIA Gold6,85374274736%
🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum6,60474274736%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold6,54174304441%
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,47874274736%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,37774235131%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
24🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardIndyCar6,853
25🇺🇸 Ty GibbsNASCAR Cup Series6,832
26🇺🇸 Chase BriscoeNASCAR Cup Series6,831
27🇫🇷 Esteban OconFormula 16,820
28🇯🇵 Yuki TsunodaFormula 16,817
29🇲🇽 Sergio PérezFormula 16,808
30🇫🇷 Alain ProstFormula 16,802
31🇬🇧 Oliver BearmanFormula 16,792
32🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodIndyCar6,771
33🇦🇺 Daniel RicciardoFormula 16,735
34🇺🇸 David MalukasIndyCar6,715
35🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFormula 16,711
36🇺🇸 Christopher BellNASCAR Cup Series6,685
37🇬🇧 Jackie StewartFormula 16,669
38🇩🇪 Nico HülkenbergFormula 16,667
39🇪🇸 Fernando AlonsoFormula 16,648
40🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoSuper GT6,639
41🇦🇷 Franco ColapintoFormula 16,628
42🇮🇹 Leonardo FornaroliFormula 26,605
43🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinIndyCar6,604
44🇺🇸 Chris BuescherNASCAR Cup Series6,602
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David Malukas is an elite professional racing driver competing in IndyCar for Team Penske, driving the No. 12 Chevrolet. His career spans thirteen seasons from 2013 onwards, progressing through American open-wheel racing from ADAC Formula 4 in 2017 through Pro Mazda, Formula Regional Americas, and Indy NXT before joining IndyCar in 2022. He rates 6,727 on the Racer Rating scale, placing him among the strongest active drivers in the world.[1]

Malukas took seven wins and eighteen podiums across his three seasons in Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports, including a dominant 2021 campaign, before stepping up to IndyCar where he has competed for Dale Coyne Racing, Meyer Shank Racing, and A.J. Foyt Racing before joining Penske. Over seventy-four IndyCar starts, he has recorded eight podiums, with the bulk of his racing on the series' road and street courses; thirty of his starts have come on ovals. He won twice in Formula Regional Americas in 2020 and three times in Pro Mazda in 2018.[2]

Malukas regularly contests races against established and elite professionals including Rinus VeeKay, a Pro Mazda champion and FIA Gold-graded driver, and Kyle Kirkwood, the 2018 Formula Regional Americas and 2021 Indy NXT champion, with whom he runs closely matched. He has finished ahead of Álex Palou, a four-time IndyCar champion and FIA Platinum-graded driver, on thirteen occasions and ahead of Pato O'Ward, an elite professional and two-time Indy NXT/IMSA champion, on twenty-three occasions across their respective shared racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Watch: Brake issues have David Malukas fuming early at Markham #indycar #racing[1]
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16 Aug 2026
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15 Aug 2026
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10 Aug 2026
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