Michaël Benyahia (born July 21, 2000, in Miami) 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, Benyahia 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 Benyahia 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, 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-four 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 at Circuit Paul Ricard in the GT Sprint discipline.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2015 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 18 0 0 0 0 12 17th 2016 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 23 1 0 0 6 218 3rd 2017 V de V Challenge Monoplace R-ace GP 6 2 3 3 3 257 12th Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 11 0 0 1 1 163 1st Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 NC† 2017-18 Formula E Venturi Formula E TeamTest driver 2018 Euroformula Open Championship RP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 9 19th Spanish Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 4 16th 2019 GT4 European Series Team GT 4 0 0 0 1 20 16th ADAC GT4 Germany 12 1 0 0 2 105 6th 2021 British GT Championship - GT4 Jenson Team Rocket RJN 9 0 1 0 2 67 8th 2022 International GT Open Optimum Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† FIA Motorsport Games GT Sprint Team Morocco10000N/A13th † As Benyahia was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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 22 23 Pos Points 2015 LÉD1 LÉD2 LÉD3 LMS1 LMS2 LMS3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3NAV1NAV2NAV3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 17th 12 2016 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 LEC4 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 PAU4 LÉD1 LÉD2 LÉD3 LÉD4 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 MAG4 LMS1 LMS2 LMS3 LMS4 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 3rd 218
Complete V de V Challenge Monoplace 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 21 Pos Points 2017 R-ace GPCAT1CAT2CAT3 POR1 POR2 POR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3DIJ1DIJ2DIJ3JAR1JAR2JAR3MAG1MAG2MAG3EST1EST2EST3 12th 257
Complete Formula Renault NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2017 R-ace GP MNZ1 MNZ2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HOC1 HOC21st163
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 Pos Points 2017 R-ace GP MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 PAU1 PAU2 MON1 MON2 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 NC† 0
† As Benyahia was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2018 RP Motorsport EST1 EST2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2MNZ1MNZ2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 19th 9
Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class) Year Entrant Chassis Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2021 Jenson Team Rocket RJN McLaren 570S GT4 GT4 BRH1 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 8th 67
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