_A star fighting for its light -

On Wednesday the 2nd of November, the Moroccan organization for sports journalists held a press conference to introduce the motorsports-racing driver Michael benyahia, and address the difficulties stopping him from launching his career here in morocco.

Michael’s father, Mr. Karim Benyahia started the conference by speaking about his son’s career and achievements using a PowerPoint to show pictures and videos documenting Michael’s successes. After familiarizing the journalists with his son’s career, Mr. Karim spoke about his child’s struggles, stating: “Michael was opposed and fought by the Moroccan Federation of Motor Racing who told him to go represent the United States “.

Even though his majesty the king of morocco sent him a letter where he praised him for his work and encouraged him to continue climbing the ladder of success, Michael is still lacking funding and backing to become either a formula 1 or formula E, driver. For this reason, Michael's father invoked King Mohammed VI to put an end to the actions of the people who oppose his son and hinder his success, as he only wants to the support to represent his country, so that Morocco can proudly be present among other successful countries.

Michael has been in the industry of motorsports racing since the age of six. In 2010 he won his first title of US champion in the Macro Max category and then in the Mini Max category in 2011.

In 2013, he leveled up to the juniors and placed 5th in the junior Max World Championships.

In 2015, Benyahia made his debut in single-seaters and became the youngest driver in the history of Autosports Academy to compete in the French F4 championship.

In 2017, Michael signed with the French racing team ‘Race GP’ and won the 2017 Formula Renault FR 2.0 NEC championship becoming by that the first driver from the MENA region to win such a prize. In 2017, he joined the Venturi E team for the 2018 season as a test driver.

Later in 2018, he participated in his first-ever Formula E rookie test. The test took place at Moulay El Hassan international circuit in Marrakech.

In the 2019 season, Michael switched from Euro Formula Open with RP Motorsport to GT racing, where he secured a seat under the McLaren DDP program after an intense evaluation.