Mikaël Grenier

Mikaël Grenier
Mikaël Grenier
Nationality	Canadian
Born	17 October 1992 (age 32); Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Québec, Canada
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	88
Starts	14 (16 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 2022

Mikaël Grenier (born October 17, 1992) is a Canadian racing driver from Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury.

Career

After karting, Grenier moved to Formula BMW Americas in 2008 with Apex-HBR Racing Team, finishing fourth in points with a pole at Road America and six podium finishes. In 2009 he made six starts in Star Mazda for Andersen Racing, good enough for 18th in points. In 2010 he drove the full Star Mazda schedule for Andersen and finished eighth in points, finishing second from the pole at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis and winning from the pole in race one at Autobahn Country Club.^[1]

In 2011 Grenier made four Firestone Indy Lights starts O2 Racing Technology and one start for Team Moore Racing with a best finish of fifth at Barber Motorsports Park. He finished 16th in points. In 2013 he made a single start with Team Moore at Long Beach. He participated in his first IndyCar Series test with KV Racing Technology in November 2013 at Sebring Raceway.^[2]

He returned to racing in 2016 when he signed to drive in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia with Tsunami Racing. After a 3rd-place finished in his first outing at Monza he consistently made top 5 with a few podium finishes. The last race of the season was the turning point of his season with a win at Mugello in damp conditions. This secured 4th place in the driver Championship on his return to racing after a 2-year absence.

For the 2023 season, Grenier joined Team Korthoff Motorsports in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving in the GTD class alongside Mike Skeen.^[3] He was also added to the Mercedes-AMG factory roster for the 2023 season.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula BMW Americas	Apex-HBR Racing Team	15	0	1	1	5	126	4th
2008	Formula BMW World Final	Apex-HBR Motorsport USA	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2009	Star Mazda Championship	Andersen Racing	6	0	0	0	2	189	18th
2010	Star Mazda Championship	Andersen Racing	12	1	2	0	3	366	8th
2011	Indy Lights	O2 Racing Technology	4	0	0	0	0	121	16th
2011	Indy Lights	Team Moore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	121	16th
2013	Indy Lights	Team Moore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	26	15th
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Tsunami Racing Team	16	1	0	0	3	150	4th
2017	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Antonelli Motorsport	12	6	1	0	9	142	1st
	International GT Open	Antonelli Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing	5	0	0	0	0	22	21st
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing	2	0	0	0	0	3	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	SunEnergy1 Racing	3	0	0	0	0	67	32nd
2019	International GT Open	Emil Frey Racing	14	4	1	1	7	116	2nd
2019	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Emil Frey Racing	10	0	3	3	3	45.5	8th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	2	20th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Emil Frey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	2	20th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Winward Motorsport
	GT World Challenge America	Winward Racing	6	1	1	2	4	73	6th
	Michelin Pilot Challenge	Winward Racing	1	0	0	0	0	170	56th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Winward Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	16th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing	2	0	0	0	0	10	16th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	SunEnergy1 Racing	5	0	0	0	1	778	30th
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	14	0	0	0	0	17	20th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	13	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	SPS Automotive Performance	4	0	0	0	0	2	15th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	WeatherTech Racing	2	0	0	0	0	559	18th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Winward Racing	1	0	1	0	0	285	54th
	24H GT Series - GT3	SunEnergy1 by SPS automotive performance
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Team Korthoff Motorsports	9	0	1	1	2	2773	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Korthoff Preston Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	2773	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	7	20th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	4	1	3	1	2	46	8th
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Triple Eight JMR	4	0	0	0	2	42	17th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-X	Schnitzelalm Racing	1	0	1	1	1	N/A	2nd
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Korthoff/Preston Motorsports	10	1	2	0	3	2661	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	4	0	0	0	0	6	26th
	International GT Open	Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	3	2	0	1	2	53	11th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	National Storage Racing	1	0	0	0	0	40	3rd
		Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0
		Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	1
		Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	1
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Asia	Triple Eight JMR	2	0	0	?	1	23	26th

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

Star Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2009	Andersen Racing	SEB	VIR 8	MMP 7	NJ1 3	NJ2 3	WIS 12	IOW	ILL	ILL	QUE 4	ONT	ATL	LAG	18th	189
2010	Andersen Racing	SEB 4	STP 6	LAG 3	ORP 2	IOW 15	NJ1 5	NJ2 21	ACC 1	ACC 4	TRO 10	ROA 16	MOS 6	ATL	8th	366

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2011	O2 Racing Technology	STP 7	ALA 5	LBH 7	INDY 10	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM1	EDM2						15th	134
2011	Team Moore Racing										TRO 11	NHM	BAL	KTY	LVS	15th	134
2013	Team Moore Racing	STP	ALA	LBH 7	INDY	MIL	IOW	POC	TOR	MDO	BAL	HOU	FON			15th	26

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2017	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 50	SPA 12H 39	SPA 24H 35	CAT	NC	0
2018	Emil Frey Racing	Jaguar XK Emil Frey GT3	Silver	MNZ 5	SIL 44	LEC 16	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 35	SPA 24H 28	CAT 4	1st	103
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2020	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO 11	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 39	SPA 12H 31	SPA 24H 16	LEC 11		NC	0
2021	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	MON 7	LEC 20	SPA 6H 21	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 24	CAT 29	15th	32
2022	AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 10	SPA 12H 9	SPA 24H 4	HOC	CAT	23rd	13
2023	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H 19	SPA 12H 3	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	CAT	20th	7
2024	AlManar Racing by GetSpeed	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Gold	LEC 15	SPA 6H 30	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 7	NÜR	MNZ	JED	2nd*	62*

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2018	SunEnergy1 Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 8	SEB 10	MOH	DET	WGL 8	MOS	LRP	ROA	VIR	LAG	PET		32nd	67
2021	SunEnergy1 Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 9	MDO	DET 10	WGL 14	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET	30th	778
2022	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 6	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	54th	285
2022	WeatherTech Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL 5	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET 6			18th	559
2023	Team Korthoff Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 15	SEB 10	LBH 4	MON 15	WGL 12	MOS 3	LIM 10	ELK 3	VIR 11	IMS 9	PET 6		7th	2773
2024	Korthoff/Preston Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB 21	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			13th*	403*

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2022	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	ALG 1 15	ALG 2 Ret	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 Ret	IMO 1 19	IMO 2 15	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 8	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 6	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 DNS	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	20th	17

References

^ Mikaël Grenier - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-03-22
^ Mikael Grenier to get IndyCar test time with KV Racing at Sebring, AutoWeek, November 12, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-19
^ Dagys, John (6 January 2023). "Grenier Joins Korthoff Mercedes Squad as Full Season Driver". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Grenier & Schiller Added To Mercedes Performance Driver Stable For 2023". Dailysportscar. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

External links

Mikaël Grenier official website Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Silver Cup Champion 2018 With: Alex Fontana & Adrian Zaugg	Succeeded by Nico Bastian Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga

[1] Mikaël Grenier - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-03-22

[2] Mikael Grenier to get IndyCar test time with KV Racing at Sebring, AutoWeek, November 12, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-19

[3] Dagys, John (6 January 2023). "Grenier Joins Korthoff Mercedes Squad as Full Season Driver". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[4] "Grenier & Schiller Added To Mercedes Performance Driver Stable For 2023". Dailysportscar. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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