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Gabriela Jílková
Czech racing driver (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gabriela Jílková (born 2 April 1995) is a Czech racing driver who currently competes in the GT4 European Series for TGR Team Matmut Évolution.
Nicknamed 'Quick Gabi', she is a GT Winter Series champion, LMP3 race winner, and a development driver for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team.[1][2]
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Jílková began her career in karting at the age of eight and progressed to car racing by 2012, participating in her local Formula Renault 2.0 NEC round at Autodrom Most.[3][4] She continued to ply her trade in subsequent years, picking up podiums in FR2.0 cameos before a serious accident at the Red Bull Ring in 2014 halted her career.[5][6] Upon recovering from her vertebral injury, she raced sporadically in Renault Clio Cup, tackled the 2019 12 Hours of Brno in a KTM X-Bow GT4 and took part in the 2020 W Series selection test.[7][8][9] She was briefly a test driver for the RG Nathalie, an electric sports car that planned to enter the ill-fated, FIA-approved Electric Production Car Series.[10][11][12]
2021 reignited Jílková's career, with two victories and a shock title in the GT Winter Series' GTS class doubled up with a full-time ADAC GT4 Germany effort with Team Zakspeed.[13][14] Partnering Robert Haub and coached by Formula Two race winner Kevin Mirocha, the pair achieved two overall podiums and an eighth-place championship finish aboard a Mercedes-AMG GT4.[15][16] Jílková's career continued to ascend as in 2022 she combined ADAC GT4 and the Pro-Am category of the GT4 European Series, both with Drago Racing Team ZVO.[17][18] At the end of the year, she was snapped up by the Goa Aces for the new Indian Racing League, earning two podium finishes at the season-ending Hyderabad round and concluding the season in tenth place.[19]
Jílková expanded her horizons in 2023, initially signing for reigning ADAC GT4 champions PROsport Racing before a last-minute opportunity to make her prototype debut arose.[20] Joining Jörg van Ommen's new LMP3 outfit in Prototype Cup Germany,[21][22] the Czech scored 83 points and a commanding win from pole at Zandvoort with teammate Xavier Lloveras.[23][24] GT4 remained her secondary programme, as she and Lucile Cypriano emerged as the winners of a female shootout launched by Matmut and Akkodis ASP for an FFSA GT Championship project.[25] The pair shared a Toyota GR Supra and secured third place in the Pro-Am standings.[26] Jílková again saw out the season in India at Madras International Circuit, and was set to become the Indian Racing League's first female winner when Nikhil Bohra spun her round with three corners of the race to go. The victory went to Sarah Moore.[27]
The Matmut Évolution effort became Jílková's main focus in 2024, as she moved back to GT4 Europe with hillclimb convert Cindy Gudet.[28] Although a broken arm for Gudet at Hockenheim thwarted their prospects, the duo bounced back to finish sixth in the Pro-Am standings.[29][30] Jílková then starred in the Indian Racing League during the winter, setting pole at Chennai, amassing four podiums in five races and helping the Goa Aces win the teams' title.[31][32] Jílková and Gudet reunited for a second go at GT4 Europe in 2025.[33]
Porsche (2023–present)
A significant milestone in Jílková's career came in October 2023, testing a GT3 car for the first time for Timo Bernhard's DTM team.[34] Just a week later, she was called up by TAG Heuer Porsche's Formula E outfit to participate in the 2023 Valencia pre-season test as their official rookie driver.[35][36][37] She was later named a simulator and development driver for the team, which went on to win the World Drivers' Championship with Pascal Wehrlein.[38][39]
Jílková enjoyed her second Formula E outing in November 2024, representing the team at the inaugural women's test at Jarama.[40][41] Soon after, she was hired as an official Porsche contracted driver for 2025.[42][43]
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† As Jílková was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
‡ Entrant standings.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT4 European Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Indian Racing League results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Standings based on entrant points, not individual drivers.
Complete Prototype Cup Germany results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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