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Owen Tangavelou (R)

#84 VRD Racing 

 

Birthdate:March 4, 2005
Hometown:  Clamart, France
Residence:Clamart, France
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Nationality: Vietnamese

Languages spoken: French, English, Russian (learning for five years), Italian and Spanish (a little), Vietnamese (learning)

Height/weight: 5’7” / 133 lbs.

Education: Business School of Management in Paris-La Defense, France

Hobbies: Training, sim racing, sprinting

Favorite sports to play: Sprinting

Favorite food: Vietnamese food

Guilty food pleasure: Hamburger

Best meal I can cook myself: Eggs

Favorite places to visit: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the United States

Persons I would like to meet: Jeff Seid and Nick Romero

Racing goal: Become an INDYCAR driver

Interesting note: I have the support of two-time Formula 1 World Champion and two times Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi.

 

Career results:

2024

  • Finished fourth in the Eurocup-3 Championship with one win (at the Red Bull Ring in Austria), two additional podium finishes, 11 top-fives, three pole position and one fastest race lap
  • Finished third in the preceding Eurocup-3 Winter Series at MotorLand Aragon in Spain

2023

  • Finished 14th in the Formula Regional European Championship with two top-five finishes and seven top-10s
  • Competed in the final round of the Formula Regional Middle East Championship at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi

2022

  • Finished 20th in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine with five top-10 finishes and a best result of sixth in the season finale at Mugello, Italy
  • Competed in the Formula Regional Asian Championship Certified by FIA

2021

  • Finished Finished fifth in the French F4 Championship with one win at Circuit Paul Ricard and five podium finishes

2020

  • Finished 12th in his rookie season of French F4 with a best finish of fifth at Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours

2019

  • Local karting races in France in KFS 145.