Sami Meguetounif

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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.^[1] 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.^[2] In 2018, Meguetounif went on to improve to fourth in the Academy Trophy, and also made his first appearance in the European Championship.^[3] He finished his karting career in 2019, with 14th place at the World Championships.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

In 2021, Meguetounif 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.^[8]

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.^[9] He finished his first two races at the Regional F3 level in 22nd and 20th at the Mugello Circuit. Meguetounif improved significantly in the final round, finishing close to the top-ten in both races.

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.^[10] Having finished 13th in his debut race, Meguetounif scored points in an incident-packed race 2. He ended up 20th in the standings.

Meguetounif joined MP Motorsport for that year's Formula Regional European Championship, partnering Michael Belov and Dilano van 't Hoff.^[11] 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. At the second round of the season in Imola, 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.^[12] He took part in qualifying the day after, but withdrew from the race.

Meguetounif would score two more points finishes during the campaign, which included a second place in Belgium, leading him to end up 16th in the drivers' championship.

Meguetounif competed the full season in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with MP Motorsport.^[13]

For his main campaign, Meguetounif would remain with MP in FRECA, partnering Victor Bernier and Dilano van 't Hoff.^[14] A first podium of the year came soon, with Meguetounif finishing third in Barcelona.^[15] After a pair of points-scoring rounds, Meguetounif and the team would miss the round in Mugello out of respect for van 't Hoff, who had died in an accident at Spa.^[16] At the subsequent round in France, Meguetounif would finish second, and he would repeat that result during the next event at the Red Bull Ring, dedicating his result to van 't Hoff.^[17][18] However, this would end up being his final podium finish of the year, one he ended ninth overall, six places ahead of teammate Bernier.^[19]

Having completed the post-season tests with Trident, Meguetounif would sign for the Italian team to compete in the 2024 season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship.^[20] Meguetounif took two wins and two podium finishes, ending the championship in eighth place.

Meguetounif stepped up to FIA Formula 2 for the 2025 season, continuing with Trident where he partnered with Max Esterson.^[21]

However, in a difficult campaign that saw Meguetounif score only two points; being two tenth-placed finishes, he and Trident parted ways prior to the Baku round.^[22]

After leaving Formula 2, Meguetounif partook in a private Indy NXT test at an undisclosed location in September 2025.^[23]

At the end of 2025, Meguetounif made his sportscar debut during the 2025-26 Asian Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing.^[24]

In 2026, Megeutounif signed with TDS Racing to drive in LMP2 Pro-Am class of the 2026 European Le Mans Series.^[25]

Meguetounif was born in Marseille and raised in Marrakesh, Morocco.^[26][27] He is the son of Pierre Meguetounif, owner of Steve McQueen Eyewear.^[28] Meguetounif completed the Lycée in France. During this time, he lived and studied together with his FRECA teammate Victor Bernier.^[29]

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	50th
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OK		14th

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2018	Formula K Racing Team	OKJ	SAR QH 32	SAR R 30	PFI QH 14	PFI R 15	AMP QH 55	AMP R DNQ	AUB QH 43	AUB R DNQ	36th	2
2019	VDK Racing	OK	ANG QH 39	ANG R DNQ	GEN QH 19	GEN R 33	KRI QH 40	KRI R DNQ	LEM QH 41	LEM R DNQ	50th	0