Gosia Rdest

Małgorzata Agnieszka Rdest^[1] (born 14 January 1993 in Żyrardów) is a Polish racing driver and businesswoman. She currently competes in the Alpine Elf Europa Cup.^[2][3]

Gosia Rdest
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1993-01-14) 14 January 1993 (age 31) Żyrardów, Masovia
Alpine Elf Europa Cup
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Years active	2020–2024
Starts	32
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	8th in 2020, 2021
Previous series
2012 2013 2014 2015–2017 2018 2018 2019, 2021	Formula BMW Talent Cup BRDC Formula 4 Championship Central European Volkswagen Polo Cup Audi Sport TT Cup GT4 International Cup GT4 Central European Cup W Series
Championship titles
2011	Polish Karting Championship – Junior
Awards
2013	BRDC F4 "Who Zooms" Award

Racing career

Rdest entered car racing in 2012 when she, as reigning Polish Junior Karting Champion, was scouted by BMW Motorsport. They would enter her in the final round of the Formula BMW Talent Cup for rookie drivers at Oschersleben, where she would finish all three races in the top 10 and finish 10th in the standings despite only entering the one event.^[4] She would move up to the BRDC Formula 4 Championship the following year, joining Douglas Motorsport alongside Sennan Fielding.^[5] Competing alongside more experienced drivers in open-wheelers, she would struggle to 18th in the standings having completed the full season and scoring a best finish of 11th at Snetterton – however, despite the lack of results, she would claim the "Who Zooms" award for the most overtakes over the course of the season.^[6]

She would move into one-make racing for 2014, entering the Central European Volkswagen Polo Cup.^[7] She would end the season 14th, with a best result of 6th in her home race at Tor Poznań before stepping up to the Audi Sport TT Cup for 2015.^[8] Rdest would compete in all three sanctioned seasons of the TT Cup, with a best result of second at both races in the 2017 season-opener at the Hockenheimring, and a best championship position of 6th in the same season.^[9] She would move across to GT4 competition in 2018, remaining with the Audi marque through German team Phoenix Racing and competing in both the International Cup with Max Hesse (finishing 9th) and the Central European Cup round at the Nürburgring alongside Óscar Tunjo, scoring a pole and race win.^[10]

Rdest would be selected to qualify for the W Series in 2019, and would be accepted as one of the 18 permanent drivers.^[11] She would score points in the first race at Hockenheim, however would be taken out by Esmee Hawkey in Zolder and struggled to thirteenth in Misano. She would qualify fourth at the Norisring, but sustained front wing damage in a first-corner skirmish with Fabienne Wohlwend and finished 14th and a lap down. A season-best sixth-place finish would follow at TT Circuit Assen, before 13th in the final round at Brands Hatch saw the Pole fail to automatically qualify for the 2020 W Series – ending the championship in 14th.

Rdest would return to GT racing in 2020, contesting the French-based Alpine Europa Cup.^[12] This followed a class win at the washed-out Dubai 24 Hour in January. She would be announced as a reserve driver for 2021 W Series season and would fulfill her role replacing Tasmin Pepper at the Red Bull Ring. She would place 9th in the first round, and 17th in the second after colliding with her team-mate Marta García.^[13] Rdest made her last W Series start at Spa-Francorchamps, deputising for unwell Irina Sidorkova – having narrowly avoided a pile-up in qualifying, she finished last in a wet race some 15 seconds behind second-last.^[14]

Rdest remained in the Alpine Europa Cup in 2021 and 2022, finishing 8th in the standings in the former with a podium at Magny-Cours. In 2024, following an 18-month break on maternity leave, she returned to motorsport through the same series.^[15]

Personal life

In November 2021 Rdest became vice-president of Emka S.A., a Polish medical waste management company owned by her father.^[16]

Rdest married Karoł Łazarczyk in June 2022.^[17] The couple have a daughter, Klara, born in August 2023.^[18]

Racing record

Rdest in the paddock at the 2019 W Series Hockenheim round

Rdest at the 2nd round of the 2021 W Series

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Formula BMW Talent Cup	BMW Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	13	10th
2013	BRDC Formula 4 Championship	Douglas Motorsport	24	0	0	0	0	121	18th
2014	Central European Volkswagen Golf Cup	N/A	13	0	0	0	0	178	14th
2015	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	12	0	0	0	0	90.5	12th
	24H Series - A3T	R8 Motorsport
	24H Series - D1	KPM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	10th
2016	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	14	0	0	0	0	149	8th
	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Engstler Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	8	29th
	Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos	Target Competition	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2017	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	13	0	0	0	2	149	6th
	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Target Competition	8	0	0	0	0	26	13th
	24H Series - TCR	Zest Racecar Engineering
2018	GT4 International Cup	Phoenix Racing	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	GT4 Central European Cup		2	1	1	0	2	43	12th
	24H GT Series - GT4
	Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge	Audi Sport Team USA	1	0	0	0	0	13	62nd
	International GT Open	Olimp Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	45th
2019	W Series	Hitech Grand Prix	6	0	0	0	0	10	14th
	ADAC GT Masters	Aust Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	40th
	Baltic Touring Car Championship - BTC2	Malgorzata Rdest	2	2	?	?	2	50	6th
	24H Series - 991	MRS GT-Racing
2020	24H GT Series - 991	MRS GT-Racing	1	1	0	0	1	29	4th
	Alpine Europa Cup	Racing Technology	10	0	0	0	0	43	8th
2021	W Series	Puma W Series Team	2	0	0	0	0	2	18th
		W Series Academy	1	0	0	0	0
	Alpine Europa Cup	Chazel Technologie Course	12	0	0	0	0	63	8th
2022	Alpine Europa Cup	Chazel Technologie Course	10	0	0	0	0	31	11th
2024	Alpine Europa Cup	Chazel Technologie Course

* Season still in progress.

Dubai 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2015	KPM Racing	Javier Morcillo Lucas Orrock Tom Wilson	Volkswagen Polo	A2	482	51st	9th
2017	Zest Racecar Engineering	Philippe Ulivieri John Allen J.T. Coupal John Weisberg	SEAT León TCR	TCR	483	52nd	3rd
2018	Phoenix Racing	Joonas Lappalainen John-Louis Jasper Philip Ellis	Audi R8 LMS GT	GT4	551	26th	1st
2019	MRS GT-racing	Yutaka Matsushima Helmut Rödig Wolfgang Triller Christopher Zochling	Porsche 991 Cup	991	564	18th	2nd
2020	MRS GT-racing	Oliver Hancock John Hartshorne Jukka Honkavuori	Porsche 991 Cup	991	1601	18th	1st

^1 – Race abandoned after 7 hours due to circuit flooding.

Complete W Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2019	Hitech GP	HOC 9	ZOL Ret	MIS 13	NOR 14	ASS 6	BRH 13			14th	10
2021	Puma W Series Team	RBR1 9	RBR2 17	SIL	HUN					18th	2
	W Series Academy					SPA 16	ZAN	COA1	COA2

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Emka-Trans Limited Liability Company". Polish National Court Registry. 15 March 2022.
2. "PLATEAU RECORD POUR LA CINQUIÈME SAISON DE L'ALPINE ELF EUROPA CUP". Alpine Elf Europa Cup (in French). 13 April 2022.
3. "The Alpine ELF Cup Series resumes in Barcelona". Newsroom Alpine. 2024-09-10. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
4. "Speedqueens: Gosia Rdest". Speedqueens. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
5. "Gosia Rdest wystartuje w brytyjskiej Formule 4! (in Polish)". MotorsportV10.pl. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
6. "2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
7. "Gosia Rdest gotowa na drugą połowę sezonu w Volkswagen Castrol Cup (in Polish)". Motocaina. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
8. "Profile: #3 Gosia Rdest (PL)". Audi AG. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
9. "Finałowa runda Gosi Rdest w Audi TT Cup na torze Hockenheim (in Polish)". Motocaina. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
10. "Gosia Rdest – GT4 European Championship". GT4 European Championship. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
11. "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
12. "Gosia Rdest to race in 2020 Alpine Europa Cup". Racers – Behind the Helmet. 5 May 2020.
13. "Reserve driver line-up confirmed for 2021". W Series. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
14. "STATEMENT ON COVID-19 TEST RESULT FOR W SERIES ACADEMY DRIVER IRINA SIDORKOVA". W Series. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
15. "The Alpine ELF Cup Series resumes in Barcelona". Alpine Cars. 10 September 2024.
16. "Emka S.A. on Facebook (in Polish)". Facebook. 23 November 2021.
17. "@gosia.rdest on Instagram". Instagram. 19 June 2022.
18. "@gosia.rdest on Instagram". Instagram. 9 August 2023.

External links

• Profile at Driver Database
• Website