Sami Meguetounif

Sami Meguetounif is a French racing driver who competes in the Asian Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class for Algarve Pro Racing. He previously competed in the Formula 2 Championship for Trident.
Meguetounif competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident, finishing eighth overall. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for two seasons in 2022 and 2023 with MP Motorsport.

Early racing career

Karting

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

Lower formulae

2019

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. 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.

2020

For 2020, Meguetounif decided to race in the French F4 Championship for a full season. 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.

2021

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.

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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

2023

Meguetounif competed the full season in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with MP Motorsport.
For his main campaign, Meguetounif would remain with MP in FRECA, partnering Victor Bernier and Dilano van 't Hoff. A first podium of the year came soon, with Meguetounif finishing third in Barcelona. 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. 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. However, this would end up being his final podium finish of the year, one he ended ninth overall, six places ahead of teammate Bernier.

FIA Formula 3

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. Meguetounif took 2 wins and 2 podium finishes ending the championship in 8th place.

FIA Formula 2

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

Indy NXT

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

Sportscar career

2025

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

Personal life

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

Karting record

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

Year

Team

Class

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

2019

VDK Racing

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Meguetounif was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

Year

Pos

Points

LEC
1
5

LEC
2
Ret

LEC
3
7

NC†

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

^† As Meguetounif was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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 Italian F4 Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2021	R-ace GP	LEC 1 11	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 14	MIS 1 8	MIS 2 6	MIS 3 5	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	19th	22

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

Year

Team

Points

MUG
1
22

MUG
2
20

MNZ
1
15

MNZ
2
13

NC†

2022

MP Motorsport

MNZ
1
9

MNZ
2
11

IMO
1
Ret

IMO
2
DNS

MCO
1
15

MCO
2
11

LEC
1
15

LEC
2
19

ZAN
1
13

ZAN
2
16

HUN
1
17

HUN
2
Ret

SPA
1
2

SPA
2
11

RBR
1
11

RBR
2
15

CAT
1
20

CAT
2
21

MUG
1
16

MUG
2
28

16th

2023

MP Motorsport

IMO
1
17

IMO
2
22

CAT
1
Ret

CAT
2
3

HUN
1
11

HUN
2
7

SPA
1
Ret

SPA
2
9

MUG
1

MUG
2

LEC
1
2

LEC
2
14

RBR
1
6

RBR
2
2

MNZ
1
Ret

MNZ
2
10

ZAN
1
12

ZAN
2
9

HOC
1
13

HOC
2
Ret

9th

^† As Meguetounif was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2023	Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP	DUB1 1 Ret	DUB1 2 Ret	DUB1 3 Ret	KUW1 1 17	KUW1 2 4	KUW1 3 1	KUW2 1 25	KUW2 2 12	KUW2 3 5	DUB2 1 13	DUB2 2 18	DUB2 3 Ret	ABU 1 2	ABU 2 Ret	ABU 3 Ret	10th	65

– Driver did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2024	Trident	BHR SPR 10	BHR FEA 4	MEL SPR 17	MEL FEA 12	IMO SPR Ret	IMO FEA 1	MON SPR 22†	MON FEA Ret	CAT SPR Ret	CAT FEA 15	RBR SPR 10	RBR FEA 20	SIL SPR 8	SIL FEA 12	HUN SPR 10	HUN FEA 25	SPA SPR 27	SPA FEA 5	MNZ SPR 5	MNZ FEA 1	8th	84

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	DC	Points
	Trident	MEL SPR Ret	MEL FEA C	BHR SPR 13	BHR FEA 15	JED SPR 16	JED FEA Ret	IMO SPR 21	IMO FEA 10	MON SPR 16	MON FEA 12	CAT SPR 9	CAT FEA 12	RBR SPR Ret	RBR FEA 10	SIL SPR 13	SIL FEA 18	SPA SPR 18†	SPA FEA 15	HUN SPR 17	HUN FEA 14	MNZ SPR Ret	MNZ FEA Ret	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	LSL SPR	LSL FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	21st	2

Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

Year

Team

Class

Car

Engine

Pos.

Points

2025–26

Algarve Pro Racing

LMP2

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

SEP
1
13

SEP
2
13

DUB
1

DUB
2

ABU
1

ABU
2

15th*