Sami Taoufik Explained

Sami Taoufik
Nationality: Moroccan
Birth Date:2002 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Current Series:TCR Europe Touring Car Series
First Year:2019
Current Team:Sébastien Loeb Racing
Former Teams:Comtoyou Racing
Car Number:25
Starts:28
Wins:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:3
Best Finish:9th
Year:2021
Prev Series:Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Prev Series Years:2018
2018
Awards:CIK-FIA Rookie of the Year
Award Years:2017

Sami Worship Taoufik (born 27 February 2002) is a Spanish-born Moroccan racing driver.

Career

Early career

Born in Barcelona and based in Spain,[1] [2] Taoufik began karting in 2007, at age of five, and claimed four Spanish Championship titles.[3]

He competed for two seasons in the OK Junior category between 2015 and 2016, year in which he won the WSK Super Master Series OKJ with the British team Ricky Flynn Motorsport.[4] [5]

The following year, he moved to the OK and won the 2017 CIK-FIA European Championship with the same team. He was also awarded the 2017 Rookie of the year award by the FIA at only 16 years of age, the youngest in their history.

Formula Renault

In March 2018, Sami signed with Arden International to take part in the Formula Renault Eurocup.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesPodiumsPointsPosition
2017-18Formula 4 UAE ChampionshipSilberpfeil Energy Dubai700115113th
2018Formula Renault Eurocupalign=left rowspan=2Arden200000122nd
Formula Renault NEC800000NC†
2019TCR Europe Touring Car Seriesalign=left rowspan=3Comtoyou Racing20000336th
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship200003614th
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship200000NC†
2020TCR Europe Touring Car SeriesComtoyou Racing12002215712th
2021TCR Europe Touring Car SeriesSébastien Loeb Racing1400122169th
2024TCR World TourVolcano Motorsport400002412th*
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
As Taoufik was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2019Comtoyou RacingAudi RS 3 LMS TCRHUN
1
HUN
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
MNZ
1

MNZ
2

36th2
2020Comtoyou RacingAudi RS 3 LMS TCRLEC
1

LEC
2

ZOL
1

ZOL
2

MNZ
1

MNZ
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

JAR
1

JAR
2

12th157
2021Sébastien Loeb RacingHyundai Elantra N TCRSVK
1

SVK
2

LEC
1

LEC
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

MNZ
1

MNZ
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

9th216

Complete TCR World Tour results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sami Taoufik. Formula Renault. en. 2018-09-24.
  2. Web site: Sami Taoufik, un campeón de la cantera española. vroomkart.es. es-ES. 31 July 2017. 4 August 2021.
  3. Web site: 2017 CIK-FIA Best-Of: Sami Taoufik: the new Moroccan hope. Commission Internationale de Karting. en-EN. 2018-02-08. 2018-09-24.
  4. News: David Gruz. Nielsen claims WSK Super Masters opener, Taoufik wins juniors. motorsport.com. 2016-03-06. 2018-09-24. en.
  5. Web site: WSK Super Masters Series OKJ 2016 - Results. wskarting.it. 2018-09-24.
  6. Web site: 2017 CIK-FIA European OK Champion Taoufik graduates to Eurocup with Arden. Arden Motorsport. 2018-03-12. 2018-10-04.