Sami Meguetounif
Sami Meguetounif | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Marseille, France | 24 May 2004
Formula Regional European Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | R-ace GP |
Car number | 97 |
Starts | 4 (4 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | NC 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[]
- ^ "Sami Meguetounif garde les pieds sur terre". La Provence (in French). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ kartcom. "Meguetounif Sami" (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ kartcom (20 December 2017). "Sami Meguetounif conclut en beauté une saison remarquable" (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "FIA Karting". www.fiakarting.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "FIA Karting". www.fiakarting.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "FFSA Academy: Final round full of interest at Paul Ricard". FFSA Academy. 7 October 2019.
- ^ "F4 ACADEMY: NOGARO OPENS THE FESTIVITIES WITH A QUALITY GRID". FFSA Academy. 17 August 2020.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (14 November 2020). "Sami Meguetounif claims his first French F4 win at Paul Ricard". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (22 February 2021). "Sami Meguetounif joins R-ace GP in Germany for third year in F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (4 October 2021). "Sami Meguetounif steps up to FREC with R-ace GP for two rounds". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Sami Meguetounif on Instagram". Instagram. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Sami Meguetounif — Road to F1, retrieved 30 October 2021
External links[]
- Sami Meguetounif career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2004 births
- Living people
- French racing drivers
- French people of Moroccan descent
- French F4 Championship drivers
- ADAC Formula 4 drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers
- Formula Regional European Championship drivers