Gosia Rdest

Racing career

Rdest entered car racing in 2012 after being scouted by BMW Motorsport as the reigning Polish Junior Karting Champion. She competed in the final round of the Formula BMW Talent Cup at Oschersleben, finishing all three races in the top-ten and placing tenth in the standings despite entering only that event. The following year she moved to the BRDC Formula 4 Championship with Douglas Motorsport alongside Sennan Fielding. She completed the full season but struggled to 18th in the standings, with a best finish of 11th at Snetterton; she received the "Who Zooms" award for the most overtakes during the season.

In 2014 she switched to one-make racing in the Central European Volkswagen Polo Cup, finishing 14th with a best result of 6th at Tor Poznań. She then stepped up to the Audi Sport TT Cup for 2015, competing in all three sanctioned seasons. Her best result was second in both races of the 2017 season-opener at the Hockenheimring, and her best championship position was sixth that same year. Moving to GT4 competition in 2018 with Phoenix Racing, she raced in the International Cup with Max Hesse (finishing ninth) and the Central European Cup round at the Nürburgring with Óscar Tunjo, scoring a pole and a race win.

Rdest qualified for the W Series in 2019 as one of the 18 permanent drivers. She scored points in the first race at Hockenheim, was taken out by Esmee Hawkey at Zolder, and struggled to thirteenth in Misano. At the Norisring she qualified fourth but sustained front wing damage in a first-corner skirmish with Fabienne Wohlwend, finishing 14th a lap down. A season-best sixth-place finish came at TT Circuit Assen, and after a 13th-place result in the final round at Brands Hatch she failed to automatically qualify for the 2020 W Series, ending the championship in 14th.

Rdest returned to GT racing in 2020 with the Alpine Europa Cup, following a class win at the washed-out Dubai 24 Hour in January. She was announced as a reserve driver for the 2021 W Series and replaced Tasmin Pepper at the Red Bull Ring, placing ninth in the first round and 17th in the second after colliding with team-mate Marta García. Her last W Series start came at Spa-Francorchamps, deputising for unwell Irina Sidorkova; after narrowly avoiding a pile-up in qualifying, she finished last in a wet race some 15 seconds behind second-last.

She remained in the Alpine Europa Cup in 2021 and 2022, finishing eighth 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.

Did You Know?

• Rdest became vice-president of Emka S.A., a Polish medical waste management company owned by her father, in November 2021.
• She married Karoł Łazarczyk in June 2022 and they have two daughters, Klara and Kora, born in August 2023 and August 2025 respectively.
• Her best W Series finish was sixth place at TT Circuit Assen in 2019.