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.Sources: 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 SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2019Romanian Karting Masters – Mini RokReal Racing12thRok Cup Superfinal – Mini Rok61st2020South Garda Winter Cup – 60 MiniReal Racing64thWSK Euro Series – 60 Mini58thRomanian Karting Masters – Mini Rok13thRok Cup International Final – Mini RokNC2021WSK Super Master Series – OK-JReal Racing108thAndrea Margutti Trophy – X30 JuniorNCItalian Karting Championship – X30 Junior71stWSK Euro Series – OK-J118thWSK Open Cup – OK-J71stRomanian Karting Masters – Junior Rok4thSouth Garda Winter Cup – OK-JBirel ART RacingNC2022WSK Super Master Series – OK-JBirel ART Racing58thChampions of the Future Winter Series – OK-J74thChampions of the Future – OK-J57thKarting European Championship – OK-J65thWSK Euro Series – OK-J51stItalian Karting Championship – OK-JNCKarting World Championship – OK-J84thWSK Final Cup – OK-J71st2023WSK Super Master Series – OKTony Kart Racing Team59thChampions of the Future Euro Series – OK65thKarting European Championship – OK92ndWSK Euro Series – OK45thKarting World Championship – OK75thWSK Final Cup – OKLeclerc by Lennox Racing Team56th2024WSK Super Master Series – KZ2KCS Racing60thAndrea Margutti Trophy – KZ2NCWSK Open Series – KZ2Birel ART Racing30thKarting European Championship – KZ256thChampions of the Future Shifters – KZ2NCKarting World Cup – KZ289thWSK Final Cup – KZ2KCS Racing18th2025WSK Super Master Series – KZ2KCS RacingBirel ART Racing19thKarting European Championship – KZ2Birel ART Racing65thChampions of the Future Shifters – KZ270thKarting World Cup – KZ225thSources:
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) YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints2026Campos RacingEST1EST2EST3POR1POR2POR3CRT1CRT2CRT3ARA1ARA2ARA3CAT1CAT2CAT3 39th 0
Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrant123456789Points 2026Tecnicar by AmtogPOR1PORSPRPOR2JAR1JARSPRJAR2ARA1ARASPRARA2 28th 0
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021Points 2026 Tecnicar by Amtog 26th* 0* Season still in progress.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points 2026 Real RacingMIS11MIS12MIS13MIS14VLL1VLL2VLL3VLL4MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3MNZ4MUG11MUG12MUG13MUG14IMO1IMO2IMO3IMO4MIS21MIS22MIS23MIS24MUG21MUG22MUG23MUG24 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) YearEntrant1234567891011121314Points 2026HitechSHA1SHA2MTL1MTL2MTL3SIL1SIL2ZAN1ZAN2COA1COA2COA3LVG1LVG2 * * Season still in progress.
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