# Gosia Rdest

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

## 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. She would move up to the BRDC Formula 4 Championship the following year, joining Douglas Motorsport alongside Sennan Fielding. 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.
She would move into one-make racing for 2014, entering the Central European Volkswagen Polo Cup. 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. 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. 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.
Rdest would be selected to qualify for the W Series in 2019, and would be accepted as one of the 18 permanent drivers. 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. 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. 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.
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.

## Personal life

In November 2021 Rdest became vice-president of Emka S.A., a Polish medical waste management company owned by her father.
Rdest married Karoł Łazarczyk in June 2022. The couple have a daughter, Klara, born in August 2023.

## Racing record
### 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 |
| 2015 | 24H Series - A3T | R8 Motorsport | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship | Engstler Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29th |
| 2016 | Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos | Target Competition | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2017 | Audi Sport TT Cup | N/A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 6th |
| 2017 | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship | Target Competition | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13th |
| 2017 | 24H Series - TCR | Zest Racecar Engineering | | | | | | | |
| 2018 | GT4 International Cup | Phoenix Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th |
| 2018 | GT4 Central European Cup | Phoenix Racing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 12th |
| 2018 | 24H GT Series - GT4 | Phoenix Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2018 | Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge | Audi Sport Team USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 62nd |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2019 | ADAC GT Masters | Aust Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th |
| 2019 | Baltic Touring Car Championship - BTC2 | Malgorzata Rdest | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | 2 | 50 | 6th |
| 2019 | 24H Series - 991 | MRS GT-Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2020 | 24H GT Series - 991 | MRS GT-Racing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4th |
| 2020 | 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 |
| 2021 | W Series | W Series Academy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th |
| 2021 | 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 | 160 | 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 |
| 2021 | W Series Academy | | | | | SPA 16 | ZAN | COA1 | COA2 | 18th | 2 |
* Season still in progress.