Petru Florescu

Car Number: 5
Country: Romania
Age: 19
Team: mtec Motorsport

Romanian, Petru Florescu, started racing in karts in 2009 and progressed to single seaters in 2015. He moved to Formula 3 in 2017, joining Fortec Motorsport mid-way through after beginning the year with Campos Racing. He scored his best finish of sixth at both the Autodromo do Estoril and Circuit Paul Ricard.

In 2018, he continued with Fortec Motorsport and took part in two different championships; the ultra-competitive European Formula 3 series where he completed 15 races and also the Euroformula Open Series where he took part in four races and claimed a pole position.

Another experienced exponent of junior formulae to join the Kiwi racing championship for the beginning of 2019, Florescu has also competed in British Formula 4, in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and in British Formula 3. Collectively makes him one of the most experienced racers in the field.