at
Hockenheim. Merhi was born in
Castellón de la Plana, Spain to a
Brazilian father of
Lebanese descent and a Spanish mother of Austrian descent.
Formula Renault In 2007, Merhi mainly competed in
Italian Formula Renault and the
Formula Renault Eurocup, finishing fourth and 18th respectively. In 2008, he competed in the
West European Series, where he was runner-up, and he finished fourth in the Eurocup. He also did five races in the
Spanish Formula Three Championship.
Formula Three Merhi made the full-time step-up to Formula Three in
2009 when he was signed by
Manor Motorsport for their
Formula 3 Euro Series campaign, finishing seventh, with four podiums. He moved to
Mücke Motorsport for the
2010 season, improving on his debut season by finishing fifth in the standings, with four podiums, including his maiden win at Hockenheim. 2011 saw another change in teams for Merhi, this time joining
Prema Powerteam. Merhi subsequently won the championship, getting 20 top-three finishes, including eleven wins.
DTM 2012 during the
2012 DTM season. On 3 April 2012, Mercedes announced the revival of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Team that has guided several notable drivers in their racing careers like
Heinz-Harald Frentzen,
Karl Wendlinger and
Michael Schumacher. With that announcement came the news that Merhi, together with the reigning
Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion
Robert Wickens and DTM-sophomore
Christian Vietoris, would become a part of the new Junior Team and that the three of them would drive for the Junior Team in the
2012 DTM season. In addition to that, seven-time F1 World Champion
Michael Schumacher would be involved with the three drivers by serving as a mentor. Merhi's entry into the DTM meant that he would be one of two Spaniards in the drivers field, together with
Miguel Molina. Merhi scored no points in 2012 for
Persson Motorsport.
2013 during the
2013 DTM season. In his second season, Merhi switched to
HWA Team. He collected a seventh place at the
Norisring and two tenth-place finishes. In the final race of the season he recorded his best finish of second to end the season 15th in the standings.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series thumb|left|Merhi during Race 1 of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season</a> at Nürburgring. Merhi moved to
Formula Renault 3.5 Series in
2014 with
Zeta Corse. He finished third in the championship. Merhi switched to
Pons Racing for the
2015 season. He competed in the first round at Aragon, but was replaced by
Alex Fontana so as to focus on his commitments with Marussia during the second round in Monaco, which had their races on the same date. He rejoined the team following the event. In round five in Austria, Merhi was deemed at fault for a massive collision with
Nicholas Latifi when Merhi slowed at the finish line. He was disqualified from the race and banned from the next two events, and has since not returned to the series.
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2017 during the
2017 Formula 2 Championship. In 2017, Merhi replaced
Stefano Coletti at Campos Racing for the Barcelona round of the championship. He also competed at the
Spa,
Monza and
Yas Marina rounds, for
Rapax Team.
2018 during the
2018 Spielberg Formula 2 round. Merhi scored a full-time drive for the
2018 Formula 2 season with
MP Motorsport. Before the
Belgian round, he left the team and was replaced by their
GP3 Series driver
Dorian Boccolacci. He then joined
Campos for the final two rounds of the season, replacing
Roy Nissany.
2022 during the
2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round. Merhi made his Formula 2 return for
Campos Racing at the
Austrian round of 2022, replacing an injured
Ralph Boschung. He retired from the sprint race, but scored third position in the feature race, coming back from 21st position. After his good result in Austria and the fact that Ralph Boschung was still injured, Merhi also competed in the
Le Castellet round but he had to retire from both races. He also competed at the
Budapest round.
S5000 Tasman Series In 2021, Merhi competed in the Australian single-seater championship, the
S5000 Tasman Series, racing for
Team BRM. He got three podiums, one of them a victory, thus proclaiming himself runner-up.
Super GT For 2022, Merhi would compete in
Super GT for the Team LeMans in an
Audi R8 LMS GT3 alongside drivers
Yoshiaki Katayama and
Shintaro Kawabata, making his debut at the second round of the championship at
Fuji.
Super Formula Lights In September 2022, Merhi announced that he would compete in the final round at
Okayama of the
2022 Super Formula Lights.
Other racing In April 2026, it was announced that Merhi would be taking part in the first round of the
2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with
Comtoyou Racing, alongside
Mari Boya and
Lance Stroll. == Formula One ==