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I'm Oliver, a racing driver from Košice, Slovakia, and I race as number 96. This is how a kid on a simulator ended up on a Formula 4 grid.

Portrait of Oliver Gmuca
  1. 2023

    The simulator

    Before I ever sat in a race car, I spent thousands of hours on a simulator. Braking points, racecraft, tyre management, all the unglamorous stuff that makes you fast.

    I raced online against people from all over the world, including the virtual 24 Hours of Nürburgring, where my team TOBS eSports won the GT4 class.

    Oliver driving on a triple-screen simulator rig
  2. 2024

    First real races

    My first season in the Renault Twingo Cup, part of Formula STAR at Autodrom Most.

    A real car moves, sounds and bites in ways a sim never quite does. The racecraft carried over anyway, and that was the moment I knew the sim hours had been worth it.

    Oliver with his Renault Twingo Cup car at Autodrom Most
  3. 2025

    Podiums and Formula 4

    Season two in the Twingo Cup brought my first podiums. Then came the step I had been working towards: single seaters.

    I finished 2nd overall in the F4 CEZ Academy and made my Formula 4 race debut at Pannonia Ring, finishing 4th.

    Oliver strapped into the Formula 4 car
  4. 2026

    Endurance

    On 18 October I race the 9 Hours of Brno with Chabr Motorsport in the TB-01 prototype.

    Nine hours, a shared car and a team that has to get every stop right. A completely different way to race, and a lot to learn fast.

    See the race
    The TB-01 prototype on track
  5. 2027

    The next step

    A full season in Formula 4 or endurance racing. The series gets confirmed after Brno.

    What's already decided is how: together with partners who want to grow with me, from the first test to the last lap.

    Become a partner
    Oliver in race suit next to his Formula 4 car in the garage

Next chapter2027

The next chapter is the 2027 season, and there's room on the car for the right partners.