Zoe Florescu Potolea

Zoe Florescu Potolea (born 23 December 2008) is a Romanian and American racing driver who competes in the F4 Spanish Championship for Tecnicar by Amtog.

Career Karting (2016–2025) Florescu Potolea had her first taste of karting in 2016, before making her competitive debut in mini karts two years later in the Romanian Karting Masters. After two years in mini karts with Real Racing, Florescu Potolea stepped up to junior karts with them in 2021, before joining Birel ART Racing for her second year in the category. At the end of 2022, Florescu Potolea won the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars junior shootout, earning her a seat at Tony Kart Racing Team for her step-up to senior karts in 2023, with support from the Ferrari Driver Academy. After her only season in the category and Tony Kart, Florescu Potolea moved up to KZ2 in 2024, primarily racing for Birel ART Racing for the next two seasons.

Formula 4 (2025–) During her first year of senior karting in 2023, Florescu Potolea began testing Formula 4 machinery. Towards the end of 2025, Florescu Potolea participated in the F1 Academy rookie test at Navarra, setting the eighth fastest time in the morning and the tenth fastest time in the afternoon.

At the start of 2026, Florescu Potolea became part of the More than Equal project, as well as running a part-time campaign for Campos Racing in the Formula Winter Series, where she took a best result of 17th in race two at Valencia. However, her main campaign during the winter was with Tecnicar by Amtog in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship, where she scored a best result of 13th in race two at Algarve. For the rest of the year, Florescu Potolea remained with Tecnicar to compete in the F4 Spanish Championship. During 2026, Florescu Potolea also joined Hitech to make a wildcard appearance at the Zandvoort round of F1 Academy with the support of Unilever brand Dirt Is Good.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2026 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 39th Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship Tecnicar by Amtog 9 0 0 0 0 0 28th F4 Spanish Championship 9 0 0 0 0 0* 26th*F1 AcademyHitech Italian F4 Championship Real Racing Sources:

Complete Formula Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete F1 Academy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of the points finishers) Season still in progress.