Yani Stevenheydens
| Yani Stevenheydens | |
|---|---|
 Stevenheydens driving at the Red Bull Ring during the 2025 Eurocup-3 season | |
| Nationality | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgian |
| Born | 22 February 2006 |
| GT4 European Series career | |
| Debut season | 2026 |
| Current team | Elite Motorsport with Entire Racing Engineering |
| Car number | 77 |
| Starts | 6 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBD in 2026 |
| Previous series | |
| 2025–2026 2025 2025–2026 2025 2023–2024 | F4 Spanish Eurocup-3 Eurocup-3 Winter Eurocup-4 Winter French F4 |
Yani Stevenheydens (born 22 February 2006) is a Belgian racing driver who competes in the GT4 European Series for Elite Motorsport.
Stevenheydens was the 2024 French F4 vice-champion.
Career
Formula 4
2023
After winning the IAME series shootout, Stevenheydens was announced to be making his single-seater debut in the French F4 Championship.[1] In only his second race in Nogaro, he was able to take his first podium with third place.[2] This was followed by a double rostrum at the Pau Grand Prix.[3] His first win of the campaign came during the penultimate round in Lédenon having defended against Hiyu Yamakoshi for the win.[4] Stevenheydens would triumph once again during the season finale at the Circuit Paul Ricard, placing him seventh in the standings with 107 points.[5]
2024
Stevenheydens remained in French F4 for 2024.[6] He started the season with two poles in Nogaro,[7] and took a lights-to-flag victory during the first race.[8] More podiums and a double pole in Spa-Francorchamps followed,[9] before he dominated the Nürburgring with a double victory, putting him into the lead of the standings.[10] He duelled with title rival Jules Caranta in the second Magny-Cours race,[11] but managed to take a fifth win the next day with a dominant performance.[12] However, a double win in Dijon-Prenois for rival Taito Kato reduced Stevenheydens' points lead to a mere six points.[13] A second and third place podium in the Paul Ricard final round meant that Stevenheydens initially clinched the title,[14] but a post-race penalty for him in the final race dropped him behind Kato in the standings, forcing him Stevenheydens to settle as runner-up behind Kato by six points.[15]
2025
Stevenheydens was set up for a step up to Eurocup-3 in 2025 after a successful 2024 season.[16] However, a lack of budget forced him to compete in a third F4 season, moving over to the F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport.[17] He joined the team for the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship, where he finished 13th overall, taking one win in the sprint race at Navarra.[18]
Eurocup-3
Despite earlier announcements that he would not be competing in the 2025 Eurocup-3 season, GRS Team announced in May 2025 that Stevenheydens would be racing for them.[19] He joined the same team for the final round of the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship, where he took a best finish of 11th in race two.[20] After being away from the championship since round two in Portimão, he would return during the final round in Barcelona.[21]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini | Eyckmans GP | 55th |
| WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini | |||
| WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini | 51st | ||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini | Eyckmans GP | 95th |
| KNAF Cup IAME Benelux Open - X30 Mini | 27th | ||
| KNAF Cup IAME Benelux Open - X30 Cadet | 16th | ||
| 2019 | IAME Series Benelux - X30 Junior | 3rd | |
| IAME International Games - X30 Junior | 31st | ||
| 2020 | IAME Series Benelux - X30 Junior | 1st | |
| IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior | Eurokarting | 7th | |
| 2021 | IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior | Eurokarting | 23rd |
| IAME Warriors Final - X30 Senior | 10th | ||
| 2022 | IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior | Euro Karting | 10th |
| IAME Warriors Final - X30 Senior | Eurokarting | 2nd |
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 107 | 7th |
| 2024 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 274 | 2nd |
| 2025 | Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship | MP Motorsport | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13th |
| Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship | GRS Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| Eurocup-3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th | ||
| F4 Spanish Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| 2026 | Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship | GRS Team | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14th |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th* | ||
| Eurocup-3 | |||||||||
| GT4 European Series - Silver | Elite Motorsport with Entire Racing Engineering | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13th* |
* Season still in progress.
† As Stevenheydens 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | NOG 1 10 |
NOG 2 3 |
NOG 3 Ret |
MAG 1 18 |
MAG 2 5 |
MAG 3 6 |
PAU 1 4 |
PAU 2 3 |
PAU 3 3 |
SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 6 |
SPA 3 14 |
MIS 1 9 |
MIS 2 Ret |
MIS 3 19 |
LÉD 1 8 |
LÉD 2 1 |
LÉD 3 Ret |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 1 |
LEC 3 22 |
7th | 107 |
| 2024 | NOG 1 1 |
NOG 2 C |
NOG 3 7 |
LÉD 1 3 |
LÉD 2 2 |
LÉD 3 4 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 4 |
SPA 3 2 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 1 |
NÜR 3 1 |
MAG 1 2 |
MAG 2 17 |
MAG 3 1 |
DIJ 1 2 |
DIJ 2 Ret |
DIJ 3 2 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 7 |
LEC 3 11 |
2nd | 274 |
Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MP Motorsport | JER 1 20 |
JER 2 8 |
JER 3 8 |
POR 1 Ret |
POR 2 8 |
POR 3 29 |
NAV 1 13 |
NAV 2 1 |
NAV 3 15 |
13th | 27 |
Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | GRS Team | JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
ARA 1 17 |
ARA 2 11 |
NC† | 0 | |
| 2026 | GRS Team | POR 1 7 |
POR 2 5 |
POR 3 16 |
JAR 1 14 |
JAR 2 10 |
JAR 3 9 |
ARA 3 Ret |
ARA 2 16 |
ARA 3 Ret |
14th | 15 |
† As Stevenheydens was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Eurocup-3 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | GRS Team | RBR 1 7 |
RBR 2 9 |
POR 1 9 |
POR SR 12 |
POR 2 13 |
LEC 1 WD |
LEC SR WD |
LEC 2 WD |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
ASS 1 |
ASS 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CAT 1 8 |
CAT 2 11 |
16th | 16 |
Complete F4 Spanish 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GRS Team | CRT 1 |
CRT 2 |
CRT 3 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
ARA 1 18 |
ARA 2 17 |
ARA 3 14 |
JAR 1 |
JAR 2 |
JAR 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
NAV 1 |
NAV 2 |
NAV 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
28th* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete GT4 European Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Elite Motorsport with Entire Race Engineering |
McLaren Artura GT4 | Silver | LEC 1 7 |
LEC 2 36 |
MNZ 1 10 |
MNZ 2 24 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 13 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
13th* | 25* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ Wood, Ida (1 December 2022). "RACB National Team names winner of Road to F4 programme". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Allen, Peter (9 April 2023). "Lopez passes Schlesser for French F4 Nogaro race two win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (16 May 2023). "The inside story of the 2023 Pau Grand Prix". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (23 September 2023). "Peugeot takes French F4 lead with Ledenon win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (8 October 2023). "Giltaire cuts into French F4 lead with victory, Stevenheydens weaves to win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (12 January 2024). "French F4 publishes entry list and calendar for 2024 season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (30 March 2024). "Stevenheydens starts his second French F4 season with two poles". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Gascoigne, Roger (31 March 2024). "Stevenheydens takes lights-to-flag win in French F4 opener at Nogaro". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (21 June 2024). "Stevenheydens claims French F4 pole double at Spa-Francorchamps". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (28 July 2024). "Yani Stevenheydens stuns at the Nurburgring in French F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Scout, Formula (24 August 2024). "Caranta wins Stevenheydens duel in French F4 at Magny-Cours". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Allen, Peter (25 August 2024). "Stevenheydens regains French F4 lead with dominant Magny-Cours win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Allen, Peter (15 September 2024). "Kato does Dijon double ahead of Stevenheydens in French F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (6 October 2024). "Stevenheydens clinches French F4 title in dramatic Paul Ricard finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "Kato: Stevenheydens and I 'respected each other' despite French F4 title drama". Feeder Series. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "French F4 runner-up Stevenheydens: 'I'm working every day to drive in single-seaters'". Feeder Series. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (21 February 2025). "French F4 runner-up Yani Stevenheydens heads to Spanish F4 with MP". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-03-08). "Stevenheydens takes reversed-grid Navarra win in Spanish F4 WC". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ "Road to Success on Instagram: 'Welcome aboard, Yani Stevenheydens The 19-year-old Belgian driver joins the Road To Success team and is set to kick off his Eurocup-3 season this weekend in Spielberg with @grsteam_ .'". Instagram. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ "GRS Team on Instagram: '🚨DRIVER NEWS 🇺🇸@yanistevenheydens joins GRS Team to race in the EuroCup-3 @swchofficial season finale, which will be held this weekend at @motorlandaragon'". Instagram. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (12 November 2023). "Stevenheydens returns to Eurocup-3, Rinicella sets Barcelona test pace". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
External links
- Yani Stevenheydens career summary at DriverDB.com