Sami Meguetounif

Sami Meguetounif (born 24 May 2004) is a French racing driver who most recently competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with MP Motorsport.

Sami Meguetounif
Meguetounif in 2023
NationalityFrance French
Born (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004
Marseille, France
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamMP Motorsport
Car number15
Starts21 (22 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2023
Previous series
2021
2021
2019–2020
2019		ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Championship
French F4 Championship
F4 SEA Championship

Career

Karting

Born in Marseille and raised in Morocco,[1] Meguetounif started karting in his native France in 2013, racing in the Regional PACAC championship, which he would go on to finish second in. He won the same championship in the Minime class two years later, and soon made his debut in various national championships.[2] Meguetounif moved into international competition in 2017, finishing fifth in the Karting Academy Trophy and getting second place in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals, only losing out to Tijmen van der Helm. That year Meguetounif also won two trophies in his homeland, one of them being the National Championship, beating future flatmate and Formula 4 rival Victor Bernier.[3] In 2018 Meguetounif went on to improve to fourth in the Academy Trophy, and also made his first appearance in the European Karting Championship.[4] He finished his karting career in 2019, with 14th place at the World Championships.[5]

2019

Meguetounif made his car racing debut in the 2019 French F4 Championship, competing at the Circuit Paul Ricard, ending up in the top ten in two out of three races.[6] He also made a solitary appearance as a guest driver in the final round of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, where he finished second in all but one of his races.

2020

For 2020 Meguetounif decided to race in the French F4 Championship for a full season.[7] He started the season out with only ten points from the first round, but would go on to improve rapidly, getting his first podium with a second-place finish in race 1 at Magny-Cours. After a disappointing round in Zandvoort Meguetounif returned to the rostrum with third place in race 1 of round four. He followed that success up with his most successful round of the season, scoring both pole positions, two seconds and one third place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. He finished his season off strongly, achieving his only win of the season at Le Castellet, and scoring two further podiums in the final two rounds. In total, Meguetounif finished on the podium eight times and ended up fourth in the standings.[8]

2021
Meguetounif racing in the 2021 ADAC Formula 4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

In 2021 the French driver joined R-ace GP to compete in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship on a full-time basis, whilst also racing in certain rounds of the Italian Championship.[9]

2021

On 4 October 2021 it was announced that Meguetounif would start the final four races of the Formula Regional European Championship, remaining with R-ace.[10] He finished his first two races at the Regional F3 level in 22nd and 20th at the Mugello Circuit. The Frenchman improved significantly in the final round, finishing close to the top-ten in both races.

2022

In February of the following year, Meguetounif took part in the final round of the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Evans GP, in preparation for his main campaign.[11] Having finished 13th in his debut race, Meguetounif scored points in an incident-packed race 2. He ended up 20th in the standings.

Meguetouni racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Meguetounif joined MP Motorsport for that year's Formula Regional European Championship, partnering Michael Belov and Dilano van 't Hoff.[12] He scored his first points in the first race with a ninth-place finish, missing out on the rookie win to Sebastián Montoya by three tenths. In Race 1 of the second round of the season Meguetounif experienced a hard crash after being pushed off the track. He recounts losing consciousness after colliding with the wall but was found to have no serious issues during subsequent check-ups.[13] He took part in qualifying the day after, but withdrew from the race.

2023
Meguetounif racing in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Meguetounif competed the full season in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with MP Motorsport.[14]

MP Motorsport retained Meguetounif for the 2023 Formula Regional season.[15]

Personal life

Meguetounif is currently studying in his final year of the Lycée, the equivalent to A-Levels in France. He lives and studies together with his FRECA teammate Victor Bernier.[16]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2013 Championnat Regional PACAC — Mini 2nd
Coupe de France — Mini 10th
Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini 4th
2014 Coupe de France — Mini 26th
Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini 5th
2015 Championnat Regional PACAC — Minime 1st
National Series Karting — Minime 2nd
Coupe de France — Minime 11th
Challenge Rotax Max France — Minime 2nd
Championnat de France — Minime 6th
2016 Championnat de France — Cadet 9th
Coupe de France — Cadet 4th
National Series Karting — Cadet 8th
Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet 8th
2017 Coupe de France — OKJ 19th
Finale Nationale X30 — X30 Junior 1st
CIK-FIA Academy Trophy Meguetounif, Pierre 5th
Championnat de France — Nationale 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ Goudant, Cedric 30th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior 32nd
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Rotax Junior Meguetounif, Pierre 2nd
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Formula K Racing Team 32nd
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 2nd
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 16th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ 13th
Championnat de France — Nationale 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Formula K Racing Team 36th
CIK-FIA Academy Trophy Meguetounif, Pierre 4th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ Team Oakes 27th
WSK Final Cup — OK 15th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Tony Kart Racing Team 12th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 16th
WSK Euro Series — OK 28th
Championnat de France — OK 3rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK VDK Racing 33rd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 14th

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula 4 SEA Championship Meritus.GP 4 0 0 1 3 0 NC†
2020 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 1 2 1 8 183 4th
2021 ADAC Formula 4 Championship R-ace GP 18 0 0 0 0 61 11th
Italian F4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 22 19th
Formula Regional European Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Evans GP 3 0 0 0 0 6 20th
Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport 19 0 0 0 1 21 16th
2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP 15 1 2 0 2 65 10th
Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport 18 0 0 2 3 75 9th

† As Meguetounif was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2019 NOG
1		 NOG
2		 NOG
3		 PAU
1		 PAU
2		 PAU
3		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 LÉD
1		 LÉD
2		 LÉD
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 MAG
1		 MAG
2		 MAG
3		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
Ret		 LEC
3
7		 NC† 0
2020 NOG
1
5		 NOG
2
9		 NOG
3
11†		 MAG
1
2		 MAG
2
4		 MAG
3
4		 ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
10		 ZAN
3
Ret		 LEC1
1
3		 LEC1
2
12†		 LEC1
3
5		 SPA
1
2		 SPA
2
3		 SPA
3
2		 LEC2
1
8		 LEC2
2
1		 LEC2
3
3		 LEC3
1
3		 LEC3
2
Ret		 LEC3
3
4		 4th 183

† As Meguetounif was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 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 Pos Points
2021 R-ace GP RBR
1
8		 RBR
2
15		 RBR
3
6		 ZAN
1
22†		 ZAN
2
7		 ZAN
3
14		 HOC1
1
Ret		 HOC1
2
11		 HOC1
3
Ret		 SAC
1
6		 SAC
2
8		 SAC
3
6		 HOC2
1
Ret		 HOC2
2
8		 HOC2
3
6		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
14		 NÜR
3
6		 11th 61

Complete Formula Regional European 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 DC Points
2021 R-ace GP IMO
1		 IMO
2		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 MCO
1		 MCO
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 VAL
1		 VAL
2		 MUG
1
22		 MUG
2
20		 MNZ
1
15		 MNZ
2
13		 NC† 0
2022 MP Motorsport MNZ
1
9		 MNZ
2
11		 IMO
1
Ret		 IMO
2
DNS		 MCO
1
15		 MCO
2
11		 LEC
1
15		 LEC
2
19		 ZAN
1
13		 ZAN
2
16		 HUN
1
17		 HUN
2
Ret		 SPA
1
2		 SPA
2
11		 RBR
1
11		 RBR
2
15		 CAT
1
20		 CAT
2
21		 MUG
1
16		 MUG
2
28		 16th 21
2023 MP Motorsport IMO
1
17		 IMO
2
22		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
3		 HUN
1
11		 HUN
2
7		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
9		 MUG
1		 MUG
2		 LEC
1
2		 LEC
2
14		 RBR
1
6		 RBR
2
2		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
10		 ZAN
1
12		 ZAN
2
9		 HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
Ret		 9th 75

† As Meguetounif was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2022 Evans GP ABU
1		 ABU
2		 ABU
3		 DUB
1		 DUB
2		 DUB
3		 DUB
1		 DUB
2		 DUB
3		 DUB
1		 DUB
2		 DUB
3		 ABU
1
13		 ABU
2
7		 ABU
3
22		 20th 6

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2023 Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP DUB1
1
Ret		 DUB1
2
Ret		 DUB1
3
Ret		 KUW1
1
17		 KUW1
2
4		 KUW1
3
1		 KUW2
1
25†		 KUW2
2
12		 KUW2
3
5		 DUB2
1
13		 DUB2
2
18		 DUB2
3
Ret		 ABU
1
2		 ABU
2
Ret		 ABU
3
Ret		 10th 65

* Season still in progress.

  • † – Driver did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

References
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