Owen Tangavelou (born 4 March 2005) is a French–Vietnamese racing driver who is currently racing in the 2024 Eurocup-3 season with MP Motorsport. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with Trident, having previously raced with RPM.[2]
| Owen Tangavelou | |
|---|---|
 Tangavelou racing in the 2024 Eurocup-3 season at the Red Bull Ring. | |
| Nationality |  French Vietnamese[1] |
| Born | 4 March 2005 Clamart, France |
| Eurocup-3 career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | MP Motorsport |
| Car number | 26 |
| Starts | 3 (3 entries) |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | TBD in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2023 2022–2023 2022 2020–2021 | FR Middle East Championship FR European Championship FR Asian Championship French F4 Championship |
Career
editKarting
editTangavelou started his career at the relatively late age of fourteen in France.[3] He raced in several regional competitions before stepping up to Formula 4.
Formula 4
edit2020
editIn 2020 Tangavelou made his car racing debut in the French F4 Championship. Due to a lack of testing prior to the season, as well as him stating that he had "not enough experience" in racing at the time, the Vietnamese driver finished 12th in the championship with a best race result of fifth place at Le Castellet.[4]
2021
editTangavelou remained in French F4 for 2021. The Vietnamese driver started his season out strongly with his first podium in single-seaters at the opening race in Nogaro.[5] He scored a further podium later in the season in the reversed-grid race at the Circuit Paul Ricard and finished fifth in the standings, having also set two fastest laps.[6][7][8] In the FIA standings of the championship Tangavelou also finished fifth, with a total of nine podiums, including three third places at the Hungaroring.
Formula Regional
edit2022
editMoving into 2022, Tangavelou made his debut in the Formula Regional category by racing in the final three rounds of the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Hitech Grand Prix.[9] He had a best finish of 13th in the final race, one in which he scored a rookie podium, and ended up 31st in the standings.
Owen’s main series that year would be the Formula Regional European Championship, which he would contest with G4 Racing.[10][11] Following the first half of the season, which yielded a best finish of 14th at Le Castellet, Tangavelou switched to the RPM team to partner Pietro Delli Guanti.[12] His results would improve almost instantly, with him getting his first points at the Hungaroring and scoring two further ninth places at the next round in Spa-Francorchamps.[13] Another point came at the Red Bull Ring, before Tangavelou scored a season-best finish of sixth place at the season finale in Mugello, thereby taking the rookie victory within that race, which elevated him to 20th in the standings.[14]
2023
editIn 2023, Tangavelou moved to Trident for his second season in the series.[15]
Eurocup-3
editAfter spending two seasons in Formula Regional, Tangavelou switched to the Eurocup-3 for 2024, driving for MP Motorsport.[16]
Racing record
editRacing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12th |
| 2021 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 160 | 5th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional Asian Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
| Formula Regional European Championship | G4 Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20th | |
| RPM | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd |
| Formula Regional European Championship | Trident | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14th | |
| 2024 | Eurocup-3 | MP Motorsport | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 80* | 3rd* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results
edit(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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | NOG 1 12 |
NOG 2 13 |
NOG 3 9 |
MAG 1 10 |
MAG 2 Ret |
MAG 3 12 |
ZAN 1 Ret |
ZAN 2 9 |
ZAN 3 9 |
LEC1 1 10 |
LEC1 2 Ret |
LEC1 3 9 |
SPA 1 DNS |
SPA 2 11 |
SPA 3 10 |
LEC2 1 5 |
LEC2 2 8 |
LEC2 3 13 |
LEC3 1 10 |
LEC3 2 9 |
LEC3 3 7 |
12th | 28 |
| 2021 | NOG 1 2 |
NOG 2 11 |
NOG 3 Ret |
MAG1 1 Ret |
MAG1 2 10 |
MAG1 3 4 |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 5 |
HUN 3 4 |
LÉD 1 6 |
LÉD 2 5 |
LÉD 3 4 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 5 |
MNZ 3 C |
LEC 1 7 |
LEC 2 2 |
LEC 3 7 |
MAG2 1 5 |
MAG2 2 8 |
MAG2 3 5 |
5th | 160 |
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
edit(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 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | G4 Racing | MNZ 1 22 |
MNZ 2 26 |
IMO 1 31† |
IMO 2 16 |
MCO 1 DNQ |
MCO 2 19 |
LEC 1 14 |
LEC 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 17 |
ZAN 2 19 |
20th | 15 | ||||||||||
| RPM | HUN 1 19 |
HUN 2 9 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 9 |
RBR 1 14 |
RBR 2 11 |
CAT 1 17 |
CAT 2 Ret |
MUG 1 DNS |
MUG 2 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Trident | IMO 1 16 |
IMO 2 13 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 16 |
HUN 1 18 |
HUN 2 13 |
SPA 1 23 |
SPA 2 22 |
MUG 1 13 |
MUG 2 8 |
LEC 1 15 |
LEC 2 8 |
RBR 1 10 |
RBR 2 6 |
MNZ 1 5 |
MNZ 2 8 |
ZAN 1 17 |
ZAN 2 17 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 5 |
14th | 43 |
† – Driver did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP | DUB1 1 |
DUB1 2 |
DUB1 3 |
KUW1 1 |
KUW1 2 |
KUW1 3 |
KUW2 1 |
KUW2 2 |
KUW2 3 |
DUB2 1 |
DUB2 2 |
DUB2 3 |
ABU 1 13 |
ABU 2 17 |
ABU 3 Ret |
33rd | 0 |
Complete Eurocup-3 results
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MP Motorsport | SPA 1 DNS |
SPA 2 C |
RBR 1 1 |
RBR 2 3 |
POR 1 3 |
POR 2 4 |
POR 3 5 |
LEC 1 5 |
LEC 2 5 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 4 |
ARA 1 Ret |
ARA 2 6 |
JER 1 6 |
JER 2 8 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
4th* | 150* |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "OWEN TANGAVELOU chính thức thi đấu dưới màu cờ Việt Nam 🇻🇳 kể từ mùa giải 2024". Instagram (in Vietnamese). Vietnamese Motorsports Association. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Team, Media. "Owen Tangavelou steps up to FRECA with G4 Racing – G4 Racing". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Whatsapping with Owen Tangavelou: 'Late start to my career was real hard'". F1 Feeder Series. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ P.W (2 April 2022). "Derrière la visière de... Owen Tangavelou". FORMULA (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "F4 Academy: Masson and Sutumno kick off the 2021 season with success". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "F4 Academy: Capietto and Vayron continue successfully". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "French F4 Championship standings confirm Esteban Masson's title". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Un top-5 final en conclusion d'un brillant parcours en F4". Owen Tangavelou (in French). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Hitech confirm 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship driver line-up". Hitech Grand Prix. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Owen Tangavelou joins G4 Racing for the 2022 season". Formula Regional by Alpine (in Italian). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Hensby, Paul (8 March 2022). "F4 Stars Zagazeta and Tangavelou Join G4 Racing for 2022 FRECA Campaign". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Owen Tangavelou rebondit après son départ de G4 Racing". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Fasano, Emanuele (10 July 2022). "Hadrien David converts pole position to victory in the Hungaroring Race 2". Formula Regional by Alpine (in Italian). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Minì signs the last race of the year and Fornaroli wins the rookie title". KartXpress. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (24 January 2023). "Owen Tangavelou completes Trident's 2023 FREC line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Owen Tangaveloy inks Eurocup-3 deal with MP Motorsport". MP Motorsport. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
19) https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=8b56fe5c6ccda03141610c647&id=7657a7cf2b 20) https://mailchi.mp/8e44eac384e9/tangavelou-to-fly-vietnamese-flag-on-road-to-f-14152640?e=c1bfe94b6b 21) https://mailchi.mp/80883623958a/tangavelou-to-fly-vietnamese-flag-on-road-to-f-13924912?e=c1bfe94b6b
External links
edit- Owen Tangavelou career summary at DriverDB.com