Arnaud Tanguy: "When you're a pilot, you have to be a positive critic."

Driver, track engineer, and team owner, Arnaud Tanguy has lived many lives in motorsport. Now specializing in the development of young drivers, particularly with the Mercedes academy, he is dedicated to launching and building careers in single-seaters.

Published 08/02/2026 à 12:34

Mathieu Chambenoit

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Arnaud Tanguy: "When you're a pilot, you have to be a positive critic."

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Hello Arnaud! We're here near Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique. Editor's note), home of Sodikart, a flagship of the karting internationally. Is it through this discipline that your passion for motorsport was born?

I come from a family in which my father was passionate about the rally regional and slalom racing. I started karting in the French championship at ten years old. I had a dream when I entered engineering school: to do motorsport. I had to stop karting for more than three years because of my studies in preparatory classes for engineering school (maths-spé). I started car racing by participating in the Elf Volant series, then I arrived in Formula Campus (the predecessor of the current French F4 series - Ed.) in 2001, at 22 years old. I finished ninth in the championship with a few podium finishes, but I lacked consistency in my results. On the other hand, it served me well, and still does today. Being good once...

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Mathieu Chambenoit

Responsible for the single-seater categories (F2, F3, FRECA, Eurocup-3, F4...), I enjoy discussing F1, Endurance, or MotoGP.

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