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Yani Stevenheydens

{{Short description|Belgian racing driver (born 2006)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Yani Stevenheydens

| image = File:F4 France 2024 Nürburg Nr. 17 Stevenheydens.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Stevenheydens at the Nürburgring in 2024

| nationality = {{Flagicon|BEL}} Belgian

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mechelen, Belgium

| current series = Eurocup-3

| first year = 2025

| current team = GRS Team

| car number = 74

| former teams =

| starts = 3 (3 entries)

| wins = 0

| podiums = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = TBD

| year = 2025

| prev series = Eurocup-3 Winter
Eurocup-4 Winter
French F4 Championship

| prev series years = 2025
2025
2023–2024

}}

Yani Stevenheydens (born 22 February 2006) is a Belgian racing driver who is competing in the 2025 Eurocup-3 season for GRS Team. He 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.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=1 December 2022|title=RACB National Team names winner of Road to F4 programme|url=https://formulascout.com/racb-national-team-names-winner-of-road-to-f4-programme/101482|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} In only his second race in Nogaro, the Belgian was able to take his first podium with third place.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Peter|date=9 April 2023|title=Lopez passes Schlesser for French F4 Nogaro race two win|url=https://formulascout.com/lopez-passes-schlesser-for-french-f4-nogaro-race-two-win/105647|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} This was followed by a double rostrum at the Pau Grand Prix.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=16 May 2023|title=The inside story of the 2023 Pau Grand Prix|url=https://formulascout.com/the-inside-story-of-the-2023-pau-grand-prix/106943|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} His first win of the campaign came during the penultimate round in Lédenon having defended against Hiyu Yamakoshi for the win.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=23 September 2023|title=Peugeot takes French F4 lead with Ledenon win|url=https://formulascout.com/peugeot-takes-french-f4-lead-with-ledenon-win/111529|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} Stevenheydens would triumph once again during the season finale at the Circuit Paul Ricard, placing him seventh in the standings with 107 points.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=8 October 2023|title=Giltaire cuts into French F4 lead with victory, Stevenheydens weaves to win|url=https://formulascout.com/giltaire-cuts-into-french-f4-lead-with-victory-stevenheydens-weaves-to-win/111830|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}}

== 2024 ==

Stevenheydens remained in French F4 for 2024.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=12 January 2024|title=French F4 publishes entry list and calendar for 2024 season|url=https://formulascout.com/french-f4-publishes-entry-list-and-calendar-for-2024-season/114881|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} He started the season with two poles in Nogaro,{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=30 March 2024|title=Stevenheydens starts his second French F4 season with two poles|url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-starts-his-second-french-f4-season-with-two-poles/117427|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} and took a lights-to-flag victory during the first race.{{Cite web|last=Gascoigne|first=Roger|date=31 March 2024|title=Stevenheydens takes lights-to-flag win in French F4 opener at Nogaro|url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-takes-lights-to-flag-win-in-french-f4-opener-at-nogaro/117470|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} More podiums and a double pole in Spa-Francorchamps followed,{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=21 June 2024|title=Stevenheydens claims French F4 pole double at Spa-Francorchamps|url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-claims-french-f4-pole-double-at-spa-francorchamps/120355|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} before he dominated the Nürburgring with a double victory, putting him into the lead of the standings.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=28 July 2024|title=Yani Stevenheydens stuns at the Nurburgring in French F4|url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-stuns-on-sunday-at-the-nurburgring-in-french-f4/122182|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} He duelled with title rival Jules Caranta in the second Magny-Cours race,{{Cite web|last=Scout|first=Formula|date=24 August 2024|title=Caranta wins Stevenheydens duel in French F4 at Magny-Cours|url=https://formulascout.com/caranta-wins-stevenheydens-duel-in-french-f4-at-magny-cours/122747|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} but managed to take a fifth win the next day with a dominant performance.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Peter|date=25 August 2024|title=Stevenheydens regains French F4 lead with dominant Magny-Cours win|url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-extends-french-f4-with-dominant-magny-cours-win/122796|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} However, a double win in Dijon-Prenois for rival Taito Kato reduced Stevenheydens' points lead to a mere six points.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Peter|date=15 September 2024|title=Kato does Dijon double ahead of Stevenheydens in French F4|url=https://formulascout.com/kato-does-dijon-double-ahead-of-stevenheydens-in-french-f4/123762|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} A second and third place podium in the Paul Ricard final round meant that Stevenheydens initially clinched the title,{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=6 October 2024|title=Stevenheydens clinches French F4 title in dramatic Paul Ricard finale|url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-clinches-french-f4-title-in-dramatic-paul-ricard-finale/124525|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Kato: Stevenheydens and I ‘respected each other’ despite French F4 title drama|date=25 November 2024|url=https://feederseries.net/2024/11/25/kato-stevenheydens-and-i-respected-each-other-despite-french-f4-title-drama/|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Feeder Series|language=en}}

== 2025 ==

Stevenheydens was set up for a step up to Eurocup-3 in 2025 after a successful 2024 season.{{Cite web|title=French F4 runner-up Stevenheydens: ‘I’m working every day to drive in single-seaters’|date=11 January 2025|url=https://feederseries.net/2025/01/11/french-f4-runner-up-stevenheydens-im-working-every-day-to-drive-in-single-seaters/|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Feeder Series|language=en}} However, a lack of budget forced him to compete in a third F4 season, moving over to the F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport.{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=21 February 2025|title=French F4 runner-up Yani Stevenheydens heads to Spanish F4 with MP|url=https://formulascout.com/french-f4-runner-up-yani-stevenheydens-heads-to-spanish-f4-with-mp/128488|access-date=22 February 2025|website=Formula Scout|language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2025-03-08 |title=Stevenheydens takes reversed-grid Navarra win in Spanish F4 WC |url=https://formulascout.com/stevenheydens-takes-reversed-grid-navarra-win-in-spanish-f4-wc/128865 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}} He was not present for the first two rounds of the main season.

= 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.{{Cite web |date=14 May 2025 |title=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_ .' |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DJo2P6Wsc46/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Instagram}} 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.{{Cite web |date=25 March 2025 |title=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' |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DHngbgPt9c0/ |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Instagram}}

Karting record

= Karting career summary =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Position

rowspan="3"| 2016

| align="left" | WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini

| rowspan="3" align="left" | Eyckmans GP

| 55th

align="left" | WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini

|

align="left" | WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini

| 51st

rowspan="3" | 2017

| align="left" | WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Eyckmans GP

| 95th

align="left" | KNAF Cup IAME Benelux Open - X30 Mini

| 27th

align="left" | KNAF Cup IAME Benelux Open - X30 Cadet

| align="left" |

| 16th

rowspan="2"| 2019

| align="left" | IAME Series Benelux - X30 Junior

| align="left" |

| style="background:#FFDF9F"|3rd

align="left" | IAME International Games - X30 Junior

| align="left" |

| 31st

2020

| align="left" | IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior

| align="left" | Eurokarting

| 7th

rowspan="2" | 2021

| align="left" | IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Eurokarting

| 23rd

align="left" | IAME Warriors Final - X30 Senior

| 10th

rowspan="2" | 2022

| align="left" | IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior

| align="left" | Euro Karting

| 10th

align="left" | IAME Warriors Final - X30 Senior

| align="left" | Eurokarting

| style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd

Racing record

= Racing career summary =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2023

|align=left| French F4 Championship

|align=left nowrap| FFSA Academy

| 21

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 5

| 107

| 7th

2024

|align=left| French F4 Championship

|align=left| FFSA Academy

| 20

| 4

| 8

| 6

| 12

| 274

|style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd

rowspan="3" |2025

|align=left nowrap| Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship

|align=left nowrap| MP Motorsport

| 9

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 27

| 13th

align=left| Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship

| rowspan="2" align="left" | GRS Team

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 21st

align="left" |Eurocup-3

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 7

| 10th*

{{asterisk}} Season still in progress.

= Complete French F4 Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |NOG
1
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |NOG
2
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |NOG
3
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |MAG
1
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MAG
2
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MAG
3
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |PAU
1
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |PAU
2
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |PAU
3
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |SPA
1
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SPA
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |SPA
3
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |MIS
1
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |MIS
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |MIS
3
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LÉD
1
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |LÉD
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |LÉD
3
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LEC
1
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |LEC
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |LEC
3
{{small|22}}

!style="background:#;" | 7th

!style="background:#;" | 107

2024

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |NOG
1
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" |NOG
2
{{small|C}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |NOG
3
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |LÉD
1
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |LÉD
2
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LÉD
3
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |SPA
1
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SPA
2
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |SPA
3
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR
1
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |NÜR
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |NÜR
3
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |MAG
1
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |MAG
2
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |MAG
3
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |DIJ
1
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" |DIJ
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |DIJ
3
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |LEC
1
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LEC
2
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |LEC
3
{{small|11}}

! style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd

! style="background:#DFDFDF"|274

= Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! DC

! Points

2025

!nowrap| MP Motorsport

| style="background:#CFCFFF"|JER
1
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"|JER
2
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"|JER
3
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF"|POR
1
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"|POR
2
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"|POR
3
{{small|29}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"|NAV
1
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF"|NAV
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF"|NAV
3
{{small|15}}

! 13th

! 27

= Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! DC

! Points

2025

!GRS Team

|JER
1

|JER
2

|JER
3

|POR
1

|POR
2

|POR
3

| style="background:#CFCFFF"|ARA
1
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF"|ARA
2
{{small|11}}

! 21st

! 1

= Complete Eurocup-3 results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!Year

!Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! DC

! Points

2025

!nowrap| GRS Team

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |RBR
1
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |RBR
2
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |POR
1
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"|POR
SR
{{small|12}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |POR
2
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" |LEC
1
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" |LEC
SR
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" |LEC
2
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#;" |MNZ
1
{{small

}

| style="background:#;" |MNZ
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |ASS
1
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |ASS
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |SPA
1
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |SPA
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |JER
1
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |JER
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |CAT
1
{{small|}}

| style="background:#;" |CAT
2
{{small|}}

! 15th*

! 10*

|}

{{asterisk}} Season still in progress.

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{DriverDB|yani-stevenheydens}}

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Category:2006 births

Category:Living people

Category:Belgian racing drivers

Category:Sportspeople from Mechelen

Category:French F4 Championship drivers

Category:Spanish F4 Championship drivers

Category:MP Motorsport drivers

Category:Eurocup-3 drivers