Zack Zhu

14 · OK-Junior · Victory Lane

A Historic Breakthrough

Racing for Victory Lane in the world’s toughest karting championships — building a Chinese and international audience for the brands behind him.

Origins

A Dream Born in the Garage

Zack’s racing journey deviates from conventional professional pathways. His motorsport story began at home, with his father acting as both coach and mechanic. Working with limited budget, the pair handled vehicle maintenance, data logging and race strategy from scratch, driven by passion to overcome resource constraints.

The Rise

A Clear Path from Regional Titles to the FIA Podium

This steady upward path outshines any one-off strong result and lays bare his long-term potential: each year, he advances in competitive skill, professional exposure and race outcomes.

  1. 2021

    Champion

    Île-de-France regional title — a dominant early statement that launched the karting career.

  2. 2022

    Runner-up

    Back-to-back Île-de-France success, plus runner-up in the IAME France series.

  3. 2023

    P6 · Europe

    P6 in Rok Cup Italy and IAME Euro Series; joined Minardi Management and stepped into a professional pathway.

  4. 2024

    Double runner-up

    French Championship and French Cup runner-up; WSK Top 10; Rok World Final P4.

  5. 2025

    P4 · Rookie

    Strong French Junior season; FFSA Academy Junior P4; stepped up into the OK-N Junior international system.

  6. 2026

    FIA podium

    First FIA European Championship Final podium at Kristianstad, plus Champions of the Future Final pole.

In 2026, that climb reached a first FIA European Championship Final podium — and Final pole at Champions of the Future.

See full race results →

The 2026 Programme

2026 race calendar

The world’s most competitive karting events: WSK Super Master Series, Champions of the Future, the FIA European Championship and the FIA World Championship.

Team Victory Lane

He races with Victory Lane in OK-Junior. The team was co-founded by Victor Martins2022 FIA Formula 3 champion, now with Alpine in the World Endurance Championship and a Williams Formula 1 test driver.

Languages

Proficient in Chinese, French, and English.

Full results file for teams and academies →

Racing footprint

Based in France, racing Europe’s top junior series, with race appearances in China.

FR

France

He lives and trains in France. He won regional titles in younger classes before stepping up to the full European calendar.

EU

Europe

WSK Super Master Series, Champions of the Future and the FIA European Championship — the world’s most competitive junior series, and the usual path toward single-seater racing.

CN

China

At the 2024 China Karting Championship in Zhuzhou, he quickly adapted to a new team, new machinery and an unknown circuit, and finished third in two main races against rivals who knew that series far better than he did.

Gateway to the Chinese Market

The most competitive junior racing calendar in Europe, now covered in authentic Chinese content for audiences at home and across overseas Chinese communities. This level of dedicated Chinese exposure is unprecedented in junior karting.

  • Consistent performance improvement and breakthrough results on European tracks drive growing audience attention and fan influence across Chinese and overseas communities, creating stable and high-quality motorsport communication value for partner brands.
  • European junior karting remains largely underrepresented and overlooked in the Chinese market. The elite racing series contested by European junior drivers lack official localized Chinese content and targeted domestic market exposure.
  • Chinese audiences show extremely high acceptance and interest in international motorsport content featuring local Chinese figures. When domestic brand ZXMOTO claimed the WorldSSP championship title, the Sunday main race gained 9 million views on Douyin. This clearly proves that the inspiring underdog stories of Chinese drivers and brands can quickly spark nationwide market enthusiasm, delivering massive domestic traffic and high-quality exposure for partnering brands.
  • Partner with this promising Chinese driver competing on Europe’s elite circuits to connect with established fan communities across China and overseas. This allows your brand to be deeply integrated into authentic Chinese motorsport narratives, delivering immersive brand communication far beyond ordinary logo placement on racing karts.

Leading brands have already valued the commercial potential of Chinese drivers on European racing grids. Honor, DJI, Eastroc and other top brands have actively seized cross-border motorsport marketing opportunities in this field.

Gateway to the Chinese Market

Our Partners

Minardi Management

Management

Minardi Management

Minardi Management is active at all levels of motorsport — from karting to single-seaters, through GT categories and E-Sports.

Their work is to discover and develop young talents, with a clear goal: guide them to the top of motorsport and turn them into professional drivers. With over 20 years developing juniors and a dynasty rooted in Formula 1, they bring early support, network access and full on- and off-track career structure.

A hugely important milestone that fills all of DAG Management with pride and confirms Zack’s value at the highest levels of international karting.

Minardi Management — after Zack’s P3, FIA European Championship Round 4, Kristianstad (OKJ)
P1 CASTLE
JEFF CRYPTO CARDS

Premium Sponsors

P1 CASTLE | Jeff Crypto Cards

P1 CASTLE and Jeff Crypto Cards stand as Zack’s premium personal sponsors — partners who back the driver, not only a weekend logo placement.

A PSA Magazine feature on Formula 1 collecting follows Jeff’s chase for rare grails — and presents him as the collector behind what it called “the single best Formula 1 card collection in the world.” The story makes clear that a collection of this scale is built on passion and relationships, not money alone.

That same conviction now extends beyond collecting: Jeff believes in Zack’s trajectory and is supporting the racing dream behind the results.

Read the PSA Magazine feature on Jeff’s F1 collection

Partner with the Programme

Build Long-Term Collaboration

Gain international exposure with your logo on the race suit and kart at European karting events.

Access Chinese fan communities via dedicated social posts and custom brand video content.

Connect with our management to explore joint marketing initiatives for shared success.

Partner with Zack

Teams and academies: full results file with qualifying, finals and weekend detail. Full results file for teams and academies →