Sami Meguetounif

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Sami Meguetounif
Sami Meguetounif ADAC F4 Hockenheim.jpg
Meguetounif at the Hockenheimring in 2021
NationalityFrance French
Born (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 (age 17)
Marseille, France
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamR-ace GP
Car number97
Starts4 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishNC in 2021
Previous series
2021
2021
2019–2020
2019		ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Championship
French F4 Championship
F4 SEA Championship

Sami Meguetounif (born 24 May 2004) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Evans GP.

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 .[3] In 2018 Meguetounif went on to improve to fourth in the Academy Trophy, and also made his first appearance in the .[4] He finished his karting career in 2019, with 14th place at the World Championships.[5]

Lower formulae[]

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.

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]

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]

Formula Regional Championship[]

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.

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 F4 teammate Victor Bernier.[12]

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

† 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

† 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

References[]

  1. ^ "Sami Meguetounif garde les pieds sur terre". La Provence (in French). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ kartcom. "Meguetounif Sami" (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ kartcom (20 December 2017). "Sami Meguetounif conclut en beauté une saison remarquable" (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "FIA Karting". www.fiakarting.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ^ "FIA Karting". www.fiakarting.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ "FFSA Academy: Final round full of interest at Paul Ricard". FFSA Academy. 7 October 2019.
  7. ^ "F4 ACADEMY: NOGARO OPENS THE FESTIVITIES WITH A QUALITY GRID". FFSA Academy. 17 August 2020.
  8. ^ Waring, Bethonie (14 November 2020). "Sami Meguetounif claims his first French F4 win at Paul Ricard". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (22 February 2021). "Sami Meguetounif joins R-ace GP in Germany for third year in F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  10. ^ Wood, Ida (4 October 2021). "Sami Meguetounif steps up to FREC with R-ace GP for two rounds". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Sami Meguetounif on Instagram". Instagram. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  12. ^ Sami Meguetounif — Road to F1, retrieved 30 October 2021

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