Karting Tangavelou began his motorsport career in karting at the relatively late age of fourteen in France. 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 Vietnamese driver finished 12th in the championship with a best race result of fifth place at
Le Castellet.
2021 Tangavelou 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. 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. 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 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. 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. Tangavelou's main series that year would be the
Formula Regional European Championship, which he would contest with
G4 Racing. 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. 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. 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 twentieth in the standings.
2023 at the
Red Bull Ring. In 2023, Tangavelou moved to
Trident for his
second season in the series. He finished 14th in the championship, achieving two top-five finishes and seven top-ten results.
2024 To represent his family living in Vietnam, Tangavelou decided to compete under a Vietnamese licence from 2024 onwards. After spending two seasons in FRECA, Tangavelou switched to the
Eurocup-3 championship for the 2024 season, driving for
MP Motorsport. Tangavelou finished third in the Eurocup-3 Winter Series with one podium. In the main championship, he took a win at the
Red Bull Ring, three poles, three podiums and nine top-five finishes en route to fourth in the standings.
2025 Tangavelou returned to
Eurocup-3 in 2025 with
Drivex for the third round in
Paul Ricard, where he had a best finish of eleventh. He returned the next round in
Monza, moving over to Allay Racing where he once again had a best finish of eleventh. At the end of 2025, Tangavelou joined
Saintéloc Racing to race in the
FIA FR World Cup at
Macau. He became the first Vietnamese driver to race at the event. He qualified 21st and finished 17th.
USF Pro 2000 Tangavelou transitioned over to the
USF Pro 2000 Championship for 2025, racing with
Velocity Racing Development in his first season outside of Europe. He made a strong debut, finishing fifth in the second race at
St. Petersburg. In early May, it was announced that Tangavelou would join
DEForce Racing at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and
Road America events. == Racing record ==