Owen Tangavelou
Tangavelou racing in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.
NationalityFrance French
Vietnam Vietnamese[lower-alpha 1][1]</ref>
Born (2005-03-04) 4 March 2005
France
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamTrident
Car number43
Former teamsG4 Racing, RPM
Starts38 (40 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2023
Previous series
2020-2021French F4 Championship

Owen Tangavelou (born 4 March 2005) is a Vietnamese-French racing driver who most recently competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with Trident, having previously raced with Race Performance Motorsport.[2]

Career

Karting

Tangavelou 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

2020

In 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 Frenchman finished 12th in the championship with a best race result of fifth place at Le Castellet.[4]

2021

Tangavelou remained in French F4 for 2021. The French 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

2022

Tangavelou racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Moving 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.

The Frenchman'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

In 2023, Tangavelou moved to Trident for his second season in the series.[15]

Racing record

Racing career summary

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

* Season still in progress.

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 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

(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

(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

Notes

  1. ↑ Tangavelou has previously competed under a French racing licence through all his career. He is set to switch to a Vietnamese licence in 2024.

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Team, Media. "Owen Tangavelou steps up to FRECA with G4 Racing – G4 Racing". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Whatsapping with Owen Tangavelou: 'Late start to my career was real hard'". F1 Feeder Series. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ↑ P.W (2 April 2022). "Derrière la visière de... Owen Tangavelou". FORMULA (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "F4 Academy: Masson and Sutumno kick off the 2021 season with success". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "F4 Academy: Capietto and Vayron continue successfully". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "French F4 Championship standings confirm Esteban Masson's title". Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Un top-5 final en conclusion d'un brillant parcours en F4". Owen Tangavelou (in French). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hitech confirm 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship driver line-up". Hitech Grand Prix. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Owen Tangavelou joins G4 Racing for the 2022 season". Formula Regional by Alpine (in Italian). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Hensby, Paul (8 March 2022). "F4 Stars Zagazeta and Tangavelou Join G4 Racing for 2022 FRECA Campaign". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Owen Tangavelou rebondit après son départ de G4 Racing". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "Minì signs the last race of the year and Fornaroli wins the rookie title". KartXpress. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  15. ↑ Wood, Ida (24 January 2023). "Owen Tangavelou completes Trident's 2023 FREC line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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