Gosia Rdest

Małgorzata "Gosia" Rdest (born 14 January 1993 in Żyrardów) is a female racing driver from Poland. She formerly competed in the W Series.[1]

Małgorzata Rdest
Nationality Polish
Born (1993-01-14) 14 January 1993
Żyrardów, Masovia
W Series
Years active2019
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2019
Previous series
2012
2013
2014
2015–2017
2018
2018		Formula BMW Talent Cup
BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Central European Volkswagen Polo Cup
Audi Sport TT Cup
GT4 International Cup
GT4 Central European Cup
Championship titles
2011Polish Karting Championship – Junior
Awards
2013BRDC F4 "Who Zooms" Award

Biography

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.[2] She would move up to the BRDC Formula 4 Championship the following year, joining Douglas Motorsport alongside Sennan Fielding.[3] 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.[4]

She would move into one-make racing for 2014, entering the Central European Volkswagen Polo Cup.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

Rdest would be selected to qualify for the W Series in 2019, and would be accepted as one of the 18 permanent drivers.[9] 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 will return to GT racing in 2020, contesting the French-based Alpine Europa Cup.[10] This followed a class win at the washed-out Dubai 24 Hour in January.

Career results
Season Series Position Car Team
2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup 10th Mygale–BMW FB02 BMW Motorsport
2013 BRDC Formula 4 18th MSV–Duratec F4-013 Douglas Motorsport
2014 Central European Volkswagen Golf Cup 14th Volkswagen Golf[11] N/A
2015 Audi Sport TT Cup 12th Audi TT Cup N/A
2016 Audi Sport TT Cup 8th Audi TT Cup N/A
2017 Audi Sport TT Cup 6th Audi TT Cup N/A
2018 GT4 International Cup 9th Audi R8 LMS GT4 Phoenix Racing
GT4 Central European Cup 12th Audi R8 LMS GT4 Phoenix Racing
2019 W Series 14th Tatuus–Alfa Romeo T-318 Hitech Grand Prix
2020 Alpine Europa Cup 8th* Alpine A110 Cup Racing Technology

*Season 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 HOC
9		 ZOL
Ret		 MIS
13		 NRM
14		 ASS
6		 BRH
13		 14th 10

References
  1. "Gosia Rdest – W Series". W Series. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. "Speedqueens: Gosia Rdest". Speedqueens. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "Gosia Rdest wystartuje w brytyjskiej Formule 4! (in Polish)". MotorsportV10.pl. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. "2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship season review". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. "Gosia Rdest gotowa na drugą połowę sezonu w Volkswagen Castrol Cup (in Polish)". Motocaina. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. "Profile: #3 Gosia Rdest (PL)". Audi AG. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. "Finałowa runda Gosi Rdest w Audi TT Cup na torze Hockenheim (in Polish)". Motocaina. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  8. "Gosia Rdest – GT4 European Championship". GT4 European Championship. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  10. "Gosia Rdest to race in 2020 Alpine Europa Cup". Racers – Behind the Helmet. 5 May 2020.
  11. https://volkswagengolfcup.pl/index.php/klasyfikacja/?sezon=2014
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