Six Years Old, First Lap

Karol Pasiewicz was born on 13 May 2006 in Łódź, Poland. He had his first taste of karting in September 2012, aged just six, at Gokart Arena in his home city — introduced to the sport by his father, Marcin Pasiewicz. Early coaching came from Wojciech Rzucidło, with some of his first structured training taking place at the Speedworld circuit in Rohrau, Austria.

He made his competitive debut two years later, and by 2015 — racing Micro Max for V-Kart — he was already a double Polish champion. Over the next decade he moved steadily up the categories: Mini Rok, OK-Junior, OK, OK-N and finally the flagship Shifter Rok class, racing for factory teams including Tony Kart, Birel ART, Kosmic and Energy Corse across Poland, Italy and the wider European scene.

His breakthrough international result came in 2017, winning the Rok Cup Italia Mini Rok title as the first-ever foreign-born champion of that series. In October 2024 he went one better, winning the ROK Cup Superfinal — karting's world final, held in Lonato, Italy — in the flagship Shifter Rok category, and successfully defended the title in 2025 to become the first driver in the event's history to win Shifter Rok back-to-back.

In 2026 he made the jump to single-seaters in the United States, joining Olivia Racing for his rookie USF Juniors campaign in the Tatuus JR-23. After a perfect sweep at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park — three poles, three wins — he took the championship lead and clinched the title at the Road America finale with a second place in Race 1, then won Races 2 and 3 from pole to finish on 376 points — 122 clear of runner-up Bex Cranston. The title earns a scholarship that helps toward the move up to USF2000 in 2027.

It also makes Karol the first Pole to win an American single-seater championship, after a decade in European karting and a move to the United States with Olivia Racing.

Beyond the cockpit, Karol works as a driving coach and mechanic, bringing a deep technical understanding of the car to every race weekend.

“This is a big step in my career, and I'm ready to give everything to repay the trust the team has placed in me.”— Karol Pasiewicz, on joining Olivia Racing