Mehdi Bennani

Mehdi Bennani
Nationality	Moroccan
Born	August 25, 1983 (1983-08-25) (age 28) Fes, Morocco
2011 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2009
Current team	Proteam Motorsport
Car no.	21
Former teams	Wiechers-Sport Exagon Engineering
Starts	22
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009 2007 2007 2005–2006 2004	Formula Le Mans Euroseries 3000 Italian Formula 3000 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula BMW Asia

Mehdi Bennani was born (August 25, 1983 in Fes). He was the first racing driver to join the Moroccan World Championship cars. He is the son of Samira Bennani. As a matter of fact, she is only female driver, who is an Arab and African champion race car driver on closed circuit speed. On the other hand, his father is a pilot and champion of Morocco Motocross suite1 for four years.

Racing career

Early career

Like most racing drivers, Mehdi started out in karting, winning his national championship in 2001. He finished as runner-up in the European Karting Championship in the 100 ICA class. He also won the Moroccan Fiat Palio Trophy in 2001. He moved into single-seaters and was runner-up in Formula BMW Asia in 2004. He moved to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2005 with the Avalon Formula team, racing against the likes of Robert Kubica and Will Power. He also competed for EuroInternational in 2006, but failed to score a point in his time in the series. He competed in Euroseries 3000 in 2007 and scored a best result of fourth. In 2008 he competed in the Pau Historical Grand Prix, where he finished second.^[1]

World Touring Car Championship

In May 2009 Bennani competed in his home round of the World Touring Car Championship at the Marrakech Street Circuit in a SEAT León 2.0 TFSI prepared by Exagon Engineering. He was backed by OMNT, Morocco's Tourism Office.^[2] He became the first North African to race in the WTCC, on the series' first visit to the African continent. He qualified in 14th place for the first race, and finished in 9th place, winner of the Independents category. He finished ninth in the second race, and impressed throughout the weekend with the way he was able to keep up with WTCC regulars. He competed at four further race weekends for Exagon.

In 2010 Bennani will drive a BMW 320si for the Wiechers-Sport team.

Racing Record

Complete WTCC 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	DC	Points
2009	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TFSI	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	MAR 1 9	MAR 2 9	FRA 1 18	FRA 2 Ret	ESP 1 14	ESP 2 23	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1 DSQ	POR 2 Ret	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	ITA 1 13	ITA 2 Ret	JPN 1	JPN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0
2010	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	BRA 1 18	BRA 2 12	MAR 1 15	MAR 2 9	ITA 1 14	ITA 2 17	BEL 1 14	BEL 2 19	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 12	GBR 1 19	GBR 2 Ret	CZE 1 14	CZE 2 16	GER 1 14	GER 2 Ret	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 16	JPN 1 16	JPN 2 19	MAC 1 10	MAC 2 12			20th	3
2011	Proteam Racing	BMW 320 TC	BRA 1 10	BRA 2 Ret	BEL 1 Ret	BEL 2 11	edit] References ^ http://www.fiawtcc.com/Drivers_Details.asp?idDriver=38 ^ http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idNews=73 Persondata Name Bennani, Mehdi Alternative names Short description Date of birth August 25, 1983 Place of birth Fés (Morocco) Date of death Place of death Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат? Mehdi Benaldjia Mehdi Boudar Look at other dictionaries: Mehdi Bennani — Bennani 2009 auf Seat Leon in Marrakech Mehdi Bennani (* 25. August 1983 in Fès) ist ein marokkanischer Automobilrennfahrer. Karriere Anfänge im Motorsport Wie die meisten …   Deutsch Wikipedia Mehdi bennani — est le premier pilote automobile marocain à rejoindre le championnat des World Series. Il est le fils de Samira Bennani seule femme pilote arabe et africaine championne de course auto sur circuit de vitesse fermé ,son père pilote aussi et… …   Wikipédia en Français Mehdi Bennani — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bennani. Mehdi Bennani Pas d image ? Importez une image. Date de naissance 25 août 1983 (1983 08 25) (28 ans) Lie …   Wikipédia en Français Bennani — est un patronyme fréquent au Maghreb. Sommaire 1 Artistes 2 Avocats 3 Banquiers 4 Ecrivains 5 Médecins …   Wikipédia en Français Tourenwagen-Weltmeisterschaft 2010 — Michel Nykjær in Oschersleben Die Tourenwagen Weltmeisterschaft 2010 ist die sechste Saison der Tourenwagen Weltmeisterschaft seit 2005. Sie begann am 7. März 2010 in Curitiba und wird am 21. November in Macao enden. Insgesamt waren zunächst 24… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Temporada 2010 del Campeonato Mundial de Turismos — Temporada 2010 de WTCC Anterior: 2009 Siguiente: 2011 La temporada 2010 del Campeonato Mundial de Turismos fue la séptima temporada del Campeonato del Mundo de Turismos y la sexta desde que volvió en 2005. Contenido 1 Escuderías y pilotos …   Wikipedia Español Championnat du monde des voitures de tourisme 2010 — Création 2005 Organisateur(s) FIA Éditions 7 e Nombre de manche 22 courses …   Wikipédia en Français Tourenwagen-Weltmeisterschaft 2011 — Die Tourenwagen Weltmeisterschaft 2011 war die insgesamt achte Saison der WTCC und die siebte seit dem Wiederbeginn der Serie 2005. Nach mehreren Änderungen wurden 24 Rennen auf zwölf Strecken ausgetragen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Änderungen 2011 2… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Temporada 2011 del Campeonato Mundial de Turismos — Temporada 2011 de WTCC Anterior: 2010 Siguiente: 2012 La Temporada 2011 del Campeonato Mundial de Turismos será la octava temporada de la WTCC y el séptimo desde su reaparición del 2005. Se comenzará con Brasil en el Curitiba el 20 de marzo y… …   Wikipedia Español Беннани, Мехди — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Беннани. Мехди Беннани …   Википедия 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”