Michaël Benyahia


Michaël Benyahia is a Moroccan racing driver.

Career

Early career

Benyahia was born in Miami of a Moroccan father and a Belgian mother. His father, Karim Benyahia is a businessman in hands-free technologies. His mother, Pascale Van Cleemput was Honorary consul of Belgium in Miami between 2002 and 2005.
Benyahia began karting in 2007 at the age of seven, claiming numerous titles in his career.
In November 2013, he took part in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals held in New Orleans where he finished sixth of the Mini Max category.

Lower formulae

In 2015, Benyahia graduated to single-seaters in the French F4 Championship, where he earned nine points and finished 17th. The following year he repeated this series, finishing 3rd and claiming a victory and six podiums.

Formula Renault

Michael signed with the R-ace GP Team and became 2017 Formula Renault FR 2.0 NEC Champion. As part of his prize for becoming the 2017 champion at Hockenheim, Michael Benyahia paid a visit to Renault Sport's F1 facility at Enstone.

Formula 3

Between June and October 2019, Benyahia joined the development program of the British team Carlin Motorsport to prepare for a series in F3.

Formula E

In September 2017, Benyahia joined Venturi Formula E Team as Development Driver, one month later he took part in the pre-season test session in Valencia, then in January 2018 at the Rookie Test of the Marrakesh ePrix where he was the youngest among the twenty participants, in which he finished 19th in the first session and 18th in the second.

British GT

Benyahia was one of four confirmed McLaren DDP drivers that would drive two McLaren 570S GT4s for Tolman Motorsport for the 2020 season, after he, Katie Milner, Harry Hayek and Alain Valente were the top 4 drivers in an 18-driver selection at Snetterton.

FIA Motorsport Games

Benyahia would represent Morocco in the FIA Motorsport Games that would be hosted from October 26 to 30 in Marseille. Benyahia would take part in the “GT Sprint” event on the Paul-Ricard Circuit, securing Morocco’s first participation. The FIA Motorsport Games is a multidisciplinary event that includes GT, karting, and rally sometimes. The event is often referred to as the Olympic Games of motorsports.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Benyahia was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete French F4 Championship results

Complete V de V Challenge Monoplace results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2017 [V de V Challenge Monoplace|2017]R-ace GPCAT
1		CAT
2		CAT
3		POR
1
1		POR
2
1		POR
3
7		LEC
1
7		LEC
2
5		LEC
3
3		DIJ
1		DIJ
2		DIJ
3		JAR
1		JAR
2		JAR
3		MAG
1		MAG
2		MAG
3		EST
1		EST
2		EST
3		12th257

Complete Formula Renault NEC results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
2017 Formula Renault [Northern European Cup|2017]R-ace GPMNZ
1
Ret		MNZ
2
3		ASS
1
5		ASS
2
6		NÜR
1
7		NÜR
2
5		SPA
1
27		SPA
2
24		SPA
3
23		HOC
1
9		HOC
2
9		1st163

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223PosPoints
2017R-ace GPMNZ
1
MNZ
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
PAU
1
PAU
2
MON
1
MON
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
14		SPA
1
15		SPA
2
27		SPA
3
24		CAT
1
23		CAT
2
CAT
3
NC†0

† As Benyahia was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2018 [Euroformula Open Championship|2018]RP MotorsportEST
1
10		EST
2
13		LEC
1
Ret		LEC
2
8		SPA
1
8		SPA
2
11		HUN
1		HUN
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		MNZ
1		MNZ
2		JER
1		JER
2		CAT
1		CAT
2		19th9

Complete British GT Championship results

YearEntrantChassisClass123456789DCPoints
2021Jenson Team Rocket RJNMcLaren 570S GT4GT4BRH
1
Ret		SIL
1
21		DON
1
Ret		SPA
1
Ret		SNE
1
19		SNE
2
12		OUL
1
16		OUL
2
13		DON
1
14		8th67