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Gabriela Jílková

Gabriela Jílková
Jílková in 2019
NationalityCzech Republic Czech
Born (1995-04-02) 2 April 1995 (age 30)
Roztoky, Czech Republic
Racing licence FIA Silver
Championship titles
2021GT Winter Series

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]

Career

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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]

Jílková driving her Drago ZVO Mercedes at the Red Bull Ring in 2022

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 [fr] and Akkodis ASP [fr] 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)

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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]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2008 ROK International Final - Junior ROK 24th
2009 ROK International Final - Junior ROK 19th
2010 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy Ceskoslovensky Motorsport 19th
ROK International Final - Junior ROK 3rd
21° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - KF3 DR Srl 32nd
2011 ROK Cup International Final - Senior 7th
CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship 32nd
2013 ROK Cup International Final - Senior 6th
2014 ROK Cup International Final - Senior 6th

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Krenek Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 53rd
2013 Supercar Challenge Superlights - PR1 Praga Racing Slovakia 2 0 0 0 2 32 9th
Remus Formula Renault 2.0 Cup Krenek Motorsport 4 0 ? ? 3 66 5th
2016 Renault Clio Cup Central Europe Carpek Service 2 0 0 0 0 25 27th
2019 24H GT Series - GT4 RTR Projects 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 GT Winter Series - GTS Team Zakspeed 6 2 2 0 6 115 1st
ADAC GT4 Germany 12 0 0 0 2 95 8th
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2022 ADAC GT4 Germany Drago Racing Team ZVO 8 0 0 0 0 42 23rd
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am 7 0 0 0 0 46 10th
Indian Racing League Goa Aces 5 0 0 0 2 69 10th
2023 Prototype Cup Germany JvO Racing by Downforce Motorsport
Van Ommen Racing by DataLab 		7 1 1 1 2 83 9th
French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am Matmut Évolution 12 0 0 0 6 135 6th
Indian Racing League Goa Aces 3 0 0 0 0 42‡ 7th‡
GT Winter Series Van Ommen Racing ? ? ? ? ? 32.5 28th
PROsport Racing ? ? ? ? ?
2023–24 Formula E TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Development driver
2024 GT4 European Series - Pro-Am TGR Team Matmut Évolution 12 0 0 0 2 74 6th
Indian Racing League Goa Aces JA Racing 5 0 1 0 4 94‡ 5th‡
2024–25 Formula E TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Development driver
2025 GT4 European Series - Pro-Am TGR Team Matmut Évolution
Indian Racing League Hyderabad Blackbirds

† As Jílková was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.
‡ Entrant standings.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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(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 19 20 DC Points
2012 Krenek Motorsport HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		OSC
3 		ASS
1 		ASS
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MST
1
Ret 		MST
2
Ret 		MST
3
27 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		ZAN
3 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		53rd 0

Complete GT4 European Series results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2021 Team Zakspeed Mercedes-AMG GT4 Pro-Am MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		NÜR
1
21 		NÜR
2
10 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		NC† 0
2022 Drago Racing Team ZVO Mercedes-AMG GT4 Pro-Am IMO
1
12 		IMO
2
11 		LEC
1
12 		LEC
2
15 		MIS
1
9 		MIS
2
27 		SPA
1
DNS 		SPA
2
11 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		10th 46
2024 TGR Team Matmut Évolution Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo Pro-Am LEC
1
16 		LEC
2
25 		MIS
1
19 		MIS
2
Ret 		SPA
1
18 		SPA
2
25 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
31 		MNZ
2
24 		JED
1
17 		JED
2
19 		6th 74
2025 TGR Team Matmut Évolution Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 Pro-Am LEC
1
28 		LEC
2
15 		ZAN
1
38† 		ZAN
2
15 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		6th* 29*

Complete Indian Racing League results

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

Year Franchise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
2022 Goa Aces HYD1
1
C 		HYD1
2
C 		HYD1
3
C 		CHE1
1
Ret 		CHE1
2 		CHE1
3
DNS 		CHE2
1
7 		CHE2
2 		CHE2
3
7 		HYD2
1
2 		HYD2
2 		HYD2
3
2 		10th 69
2023‡ Goa Aces MIC1
1 		MIC1
2
7 		MIC2
1
6 		MIC2
2 		MIC3
1
4 		MIC3
2 		7th 42
2024‡ Goa Aces JA Racing MIC1
1 		MIC1
2
3 		CHE
1
2 		CHE
2 		MIC2
1
2 		MIC2
2 		KAR1
1 		KAR1
2
7 		KAR2
1 		KAR2
2
2 		5th 94

‡ Standings based on entrant points, not individual drivers.

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

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

Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2023 JvO Racing by Downforce Motorsport
Van Ommen Racing by DataLab 		Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
4 		OSC
1
6 		OSC
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
1 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		ASS
1
8 		ASS
2
DNS 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		9th 83

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