Mehdi Bennani
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Mehdi Bennani (
He became the first Moroccan driver to win a world championship race organized by the FIA, after his victory in Shanghai in the WTCC.[1]
Racing career
Early career
Like most racing drivers, Bennani started out in
World Touring Car Championship
Exagon Engineering (2009)
In May 2009, Bennani competed in his home round of the
Wiechers-Sport (2010)
In 2010, Bennani drove a BMW 320si for the Wiechers-Sport team.[5] The season yielded just three points and 20th place in the drivers standings.
Proteam Racing (2011–2014)
Bennani moved to Proteam Racing for 2011 to drive one of their new BMW 320 TCs.[6] His best result of the season was a 6th place in the final race at Macau.
Bennani stayed on at Proteam for 2012.
Bennani stayed with Proteam for the
In 2014, Bennani scored his first WTCC win at the championship's Shanghai round.[11] Bennani went on to finish the season in 11th place.
Sebastian Loeb Racing (2015–2019)
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2016
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Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F.Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Formula Renault Campus France | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 21 | 14th |
2004 | Formula BMW Asia | Team Meritus | 14 | 0 | 0 | ? | 6 | 124 | 3rd |
2005 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Avelon Formula | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2006 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | EuroInternational | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2007 | Euroseries 3000 | ELK Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14th |
F3000 Italia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14th | ||
2008 | 24H Series - A6 | Duller Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13th |
2009 | World Touring Car Championship | Exagon Engineering | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 8th | ||
Formula Le Mans Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23rd | ||
Moroccan Circuit Racing Championship - M2A | ? | 5 | 5 | ? | ? | 5 | 50 | 1st | |
2010 | World Touring Car Championship | Wiechers-Sport | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19th |
World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 91 | 5th | ||
2011 | World Touring Car Championship | Proteam Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16th |
World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8th | ||
European Touring Car Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5th | ||
2012 | World Touring Car Championship | Proteam Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 10th |
World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 73 | 7th | ||
2013 | World Touring Car Championship | Proteam Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 12th |
World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 102 | 4th | ||
2014 | World Touring Car Championship | Proteam Racing | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 11th |
2015 | World Touring Car Championship | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 8th |
World Touring Car Championship - Independent's Trophy | 24 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 145 | 2nd | ||
2016 | World Touring Car Championship | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 206 | 5th |
2017 | World Touring Car Championship | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 234 | 6th |
2018 | World Touring Car Cup | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 155 | 12th |
2019 | World Touring Car Cup | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 25th |
VLN Series - Cup 5 | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.88 | 122nd | |
2020 | TCR Europe Touring Car Series | Comtoyou Racing | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 285 | 1st |
TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9th | ||
2021 | TCR Europe Touring Car Series | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 252 | 5th |
2022 | World Touring Car Cup | Comtoyou Team Audi Sport | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 11th |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005
|
Avelon Formula | ZOL
1 |
ZOL
2 |
MON 1 Ret |
VAL 1 Ret |
VAL 2 18 |
LMS 1 21 |
LMS 2 18 |
BIL 1 DNQ |
BIL 2 Ret |
OSC 1 13 |
OSC 2 16 |
DON 1 18 |
DON 2 17 |
EST 1 23 |
EST 2 21 |
MNZ 1 19† |
MNZ 2 21 |
33rd | 0 |
2006
|
Eurointernational
|
ZOL
1 |
ZOL
2 |
MON 1 DNQ |
IST 1 |
IST 2 |
MIS
1 |
MIS
2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
LMS 1 Ret |
LMS 2 19 |
CAT
1 |
CAT
2 |
43rd | 0 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete World Touring Car Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 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 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | MAR 1 9 |
MAR 2 2 |
MAR 3 6 |
HUN 1 10 |
HUN 2 7 |
HUN 3 17 |
GER 1 13 |
GER 2 10 |
GER 3 9 |
NED 1 8 |
NED 2 5 |
NED 3 8 |
POR 1 Ret |
POR 2 DNS |
POR 3 DNS |
SVK 1 21 |
SVK 2 Ret |
SVK 3 Ret |
CHN 1 5 |
CHN 2 2 |
CHN 3 10 |
WUH 1 13 |
WUH 2 1 |
WUH 3 9 |
JPN 1 5 |
JPN 2 8 |
JPN 3 4 |
MAC 1 15 |
MAC 2 10 |
MAC 3 Ret |
12th | 155 |
2019 | SLR VW Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | MAR 1 Ret |
MAR 2 Ret |
MAR 3 12 |
HUN 1 16 |
HUN 2 Ret |
HUN 3 15 |
SVK 1 Ret |
SVK 2 14 |
SVK 3 19 |
NED 1 6 |
NED 2 16 |
NED 3 13 |
GER 1 15 |
GER 2 16 |
GER 3 16 |
POR 1 20 |
POR 2 19 |
POR 3 13 |
CHN 1 20 |
CHN 2 11 |
CHN 3 14 |
JPN 1 24 |
JPN 2 27 |
JPN 3 Ret |
MAC 1 17 |
MAC 2 Ret |
MAC 3 18 |
MAL 1 12 |
MAL 2 13 |
MAL 3 17 |
25th | 40 |
2022 | Comtoyou Team Audi Sport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | FRA 1 10 |
FRA 2 Ret |
GER 1 C |
GER 2 C |
HUN 1 13 |
HUN 2 Ret |
ESP 1 10 |
ESP 2 9 |
POR 1 7 |
POR 2 6 |
ITA 1 10 |
ITA 2 9 |
ALS 1 11 |
ALS 2 2 |
BHR 1 7 |
BHR 2 8 |
SAU 1 |
SAU 2 |
11th | 112 |
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 5 |
ZOL 1 Ret |
ZOL 2 5 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 8 |
CAT 1 5 |
CAT 2 3 |
SPA 1 6 |
SPA 2 16 |
JAR 1 4 |
JAR 2 2 |
1st | 285 | ||
2021 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | SVK 1 6 |
SVK 2 1 |
LEC 1 18 |
LEC 2 6 |
ZAN 1 12 |
ZAN 2 6 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 9 |
NÜR 1 11 |
NÜR 2 14 |
MNZ 1 21 |
MNZ 2 12 |
CAT 1 10 |
CAT 2 2 |
5th | 252 |
References
- ^ "Bennani Claims First WTCC Victory in Second Shanghai Race - WTCC - The Checkered Flag". The Checkered Flag. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
- ^ "FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup".
- ^ Meissner, Johan. "Mehdi Bennani joins Exagon at Marrakech". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup".
- ^ Auger, Matt (29 January 2010). "Bennani Joins Weichers-Sport". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Casillo, Pietro. "Mehdi Bennani joins Proteam Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Courtoisier, Arnaud (23 January 2012). "Mehdi Bennani to stay with Proteam". Nextgen-Auto. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Neil. "Isaac Tutumlu leaves Proteam Racing". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Allen, Peter (6 May 2012). "Local Hero Michelisz Thrills Hungarian Crowd With Race 2 Victory". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "PROTEAM AND BENNANI TOGETHER AGAIN". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- autosport.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.