22 Facts About Sami Meguetounif

Sami Meguetounif previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for two seasons in 2022 and 2023 with MP Motorsport.

Sami Meguetounif won the same championship in the Minime class two years later, and soon made his debut in various national championships.

Sami 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 Sami Meguetounif won two trophies in his homeland, one of them being the National Championship, beating future flatmate and Formula 4 rival Victor Bernier.

In 2018 Sami Meguetounif went on to improve to fourth in the Academy Trophy, and made his first appearance in the European Championship.

Sami Meguetounif finished his karting career in 2019, with 14th place at the World Championships.

Sami 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.

Sami Meguetounif 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 Sami Meguetounif decided to race in the French F4 Championship for a full season.

Sami Meguetounif 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.

Sami Meguetounif 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.

Sami Meguetounif 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, Sami Meguetounif finished on the podium eight times and ended up fourth in the standings.

On 4 October 2021 it was announced that Sami Meguetounif would start the final four races of the Formula Regional European Championship, remaining with R-ace.

Sami Meguetounif finished his first two races at the Regional F3 level in 22nd and 20th at the Mugello Circuit.

Sami Meguetounif joined MP Motorsport for that year's Formula Regional European Championship, partnering Michael Belov and Dilano van 't Hoff.

Sami Meguetounif scored his first points in the first race with a ninth-place finish, missing out on the rookie win to Sebastian Montoya by three tenths.

At the second round of the season in Imola Sami Meguetounif experienced a hard crash after being pushed off the track.

Sami Meguetounif recounts losing consciousness after colliding with the wall but was found to have no serious issues during subsequent check-ups.

Sami Meguetounif took part in qualifying the day after, but withdrew from the race.

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

Sami Meguetounif was born in Marseille and raised in Marrakesh, Morocco.