Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak

Tasanapol "Tern" Inthraphuvasak (Thai: ทัศนพล อินทรภูวศักดิ์, RTGS: Thatsanaphon Inthonphuwasak, pronounced [tʰát.sà.ná.pʰon ʔin.tʰɔːn.pʰuːwá.sàk], born 14 November 2005) is a Thai racing driver, who is set to compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing.

Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak
Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak in 2023
Nationality	Thai
Born	(2005-11-14) 14 November 2005 (age 19) Thailand
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Campos
Car number	11
Former teams	AIX
Starts	20 (20 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	24th in 2024
Previous series
2023 2023–2024 2022 2021–2022 2021 2021	Eurocup-3 FR Middle East Championship F4 Spanish Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship F4 British Championship French F4 Championship

He made his car racing debut in the 2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship, and has competed in various other Formula 4 championships such as French F4, British F4 and Spanish F4, with wins in the latter two. He competed in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Pinnacle VAR. He progressed to FIA Formula 3 in 2024 with AIX.

Career

Karting

Inthraphuvasak began karting in 2013, and competed in karting championships across Asia and his native Thailand until 2017, when he began karting in the United States and Europe as well.^[1] His father, Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak, was a GT racing driver.^[2] He was vice champion of the 2017 Asian Kart Open Championship and the 2018 IAME Asia Series. He competed in the OK Junior class of the 2019 FIA Karting European Championship with KR Motorsport.

Formula 4

2021

Inthraphuvasak made his car racing debut in January 2021, competing in the 2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Xcel Motorsport.^[3] He finished 5th in the standings, with three podiums and a best finish of second place.

On 12th March 2021, it was announced that Inthraphuvasak would drive for Carlin in the 2021 F4 British Championship.^[4][5] He was disqualified from race 3 at the opening round at Thruxton Circuit after failing to comply to a black and orange flag.^[6] Throughout the rest of the season, he finished on the podium three times, including a win during the reverse-grid race at the final round at Brands Hatch.^[7] He finished 10th in the overall standings, with 123 points.

He also appeared as a guest driver at the third round of the 2021 French F4 Championship at the Hungaroring.^[8] He took two podium finishes over the weekend.^[9]

2022

Inthaphuvasak returned for the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship with MP Motorsport, for his second campaign in the series. He took pole position for race 1 in the first round at Yas Marina Circuit,^[10] and inherited the race 3 win after post-race penalties were given.^[11] He finished 7th in the overall standings.

This year, he switched to the F4 Spanish Championship, also with MP Motorsport.^[12][13] He took pole position for race 3 at round 1 at Algarve International Circuit,^[14] and converted it into a race win,^[15] his only of the season.

Formula Regional

2022

In late 2022, in preparation for a full Formula Regional campaign the following year, Inthraphuvasak paired up with Graff to take part in two rounds of the Ultimate Cup Series' single-seater category. The Thai starred on debut, taking pole and winning lights to flag in his first race at the Hockenheimring.^[16] He went on to win five of his six races in the championship, in a field that included Formula E race winner and former Formula One test driver Nico Prost.^[17]

2023

Inthraphuvasak was revealed as one of the drivers for Pinnacle VAR in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.^[18] He finished on the podium once throughout the season, finishing in 3rd place in the third race of the first round at Dubai Autodrome.^[19] With three other points finishes during the season, he came 19th in the overall standings with 19 points, and 8th in the rookie standings.

2024

In 2024, he was announced to be returning to the Formula Regional Middle East Championship for the 2024 season, driving for PHM AIX Racing.^[20]

Eurocup-3

Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak during the 2023 Eurocup-3 race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

For his main 2023 campaign, Inthraphuvasak signed with Campos Racing to compete in the newly formed Eurocup-3 series.^[21] He picked up his first pole position not long after at the first race at second round in MotorLand Aragón, where he retired from the race and didn't start the next race. In Circuit Zandvoort he picked up his first podium in the first race, and picked up his second podium at the following round in Circuito de Jerez at the second race. Inthraphuvasak bagged a second pole position at Circuito do Estoril, and got two second place positions in the final round in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, he finished the championship in 6th with 142 points.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2024

Inthraphuvasak driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Inthraphuvasak was promoted to FIA Formula 3 for 2024, joining AIX Racing he scored a Podium at the Hungary Sprint Race right behind his winning teammate Nikita Bedrin getting AIX Racing's first 1-2 in Formula 3.^[22]

2025

Inthraphuvasak moved to Campos Racing for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship, his sophomore season in the category.^[23]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2015	Asian Kart Open Championship - Mini ROK
2016	Thailand Karting Championship - Mini Kart
2017	SKUSA SuperNationals XXI - Mini Swift		24th
	Trofeo Delle Industrie - 60 Mini	Gamoto ASD	11th
	Asian Kart Open Championship		2nd
2018	IAME Asia Series - Junior		2nd
2019	WSK Open Cup - OK Junior	KR Motorsport
	German Junior Kart Championship
	CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - OK Junior
	WSK Euro Series - OK Junior		25th
	WSK Super Master Series - OK Junior
	South Garda Winter Cup - OK Junior		12th
	IAME International Final - X30 Junior		33rd
	IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior	Piers Sexton Racing	28th
	DKM German Championship		3rd
	IAME Asia Cup - Junior	I.S. Racing	3rd
	IAME Asia Final - Junior		5th
2020	South Garda Winter Cup - OK	KR Motorsport	30th
	WSK Super Master Series - OK		54th
	WSK Champions Cup - OK		26th
	IAME Asia Final - Senior	I.S. Racing	4th
Sources:[1][24]

Racing record

Esports career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2020	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Virtual Edition - Pro	AAS Motorsport	6	0	0	0	1	52	10th

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2021	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Xcel Motorsport	20	0	0	0	3	154	5th
	F4 British Championship	Carlin	30	1	0	0	3	123	10th
	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	3	0	0	0	2	0	NC†
2022	Formula 4 UAE Championship	MP Motorsport	20	1	2	1	3	163	7th
	F4 Spanish Championship		21	1	1	0	2	63	9th
	Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace - F3R	Graff	6	5	3	6	6	164	12th
	Thailand Super Series - GTC	AAS Motorsport	2	1	0	1	2	35	8th
	Thailand Super Series - GTM		2	0	0	0	0	16	11th
2023	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	Pinnacle VAR	14	0	0	0	1	19	19th
	Eurocup-3	Campos Racing	15	0	2	0	4	142	6th
	Thailand Super Series - GT3	AAS Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2024	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	PHM AIX Racing	15	0	0	2	3	86	9th
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	AIX Racing	20	0	0	0	1	9	24th
2025	Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship	Griffin Core by Campos	3	0	0	0	0	12*	9th*
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Campos Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD

^* Season still in progress.
^† As Inthraphuvasak was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 UAE 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	Pos	Points
2021	Xcel Motorsport	DUB1 1 7	DUB1 2 8	DUB1 3 6	DUB1 4 3	YMC1 1 6	YMC1 2 7	YMC1 3 7	YMC1 4 3	DUB2 1 4	DUB2 2 7	DUB2 3 9	DUB2 4 6	YMC2 1 6	YMC2 2 Ret	YMC2 3 10	YMC2 4 2	DUB3 1 4	DUB3 2 6	DUB3 3 10	DUB3 4 5	5th	154
2022	MP Motorsport	YMC1 1 14	YMC1 2 4	YMC1 3 1	YMC1 4 4	DUB1 1 2	DUB1 2 3	DUB1 3 4	DUB1 4 17	DUB2 1 6	DUB2 2 6	DUB2 3 6	DUB2 4 8	DUB3 1 5	DUB3 2 5	DUB3 3 Ret	DUB3 4 12	YMC2 1 7	YMC2 2 8	YMC2 3 6	YMC2 4 9	7th	163

Complete F4 British 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2021	Carlin	THR1 1 14	THR1 2 4	THR1 3 DSQ	SNE 1 12	SNE 2 8	SNE 3 7	BHI 1 13	BHI 2 10	BHI 3 14	OUL 1 17	OUL 2 21	OUL 3 13	KNO 1 6	KNO 2 44	KNO 3 10	THR2 1 6	THR2 2 Ret	THR2 3 9	CRO 1 10	CRO 2 25	CRO 3 6	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 52	SIL 3 6	DON 1 11	DON 2 Ret	DON 3 11	BHGP 1 13	BHGP 2 1	BHGP 3 9	10th	123

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
2021	NOG 1	NOG 2	NOG 3	MAG1 1	MAG1 2	MAG1 3	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 4	HUN 3 3	LÉD 1	LÉD 2	LÉD 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	MAG2 1	MAG2 2	MAG2 3	NC†	0

^† As Inthraphuvasak was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 Spanish 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	21	DC	Points
2022	MP Motorsport	ALG 1 2	ALG 2 5	ALG 3 1	JER 1 12	JER 2 8	JER 3 12	CRT 1 8	CRT 2 11	CRT 3 11	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 8	SPA 3 23	ARA 1 Ret	ARA 2 15	ARA 3 17	NAV 1 Ret	NAV 2 16	NAV 3 21	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 8	CAT 3 15	9th	63

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	Pinnacle VAR	DUB1 1 16	DUB1 2 10	DUB1 3 3	KUW1 1 DNS	KUW1 2 16	KUW1 3 12	KUW2 1 11	KUW2 2 9	KUW2 3 21	DUB2 1 23	DUB2 2 14	DUB2 3 10	ABU 1 16	ABU 2 14	ABU 3 20†	19th	19
2024	PHM AIX Racing	YMC1 1 7	YMC1 2 5	YMC1 3 Ret	YMC2 1 9	YMC2 2 2	YMC2 3 14	DUB1 1 8	DUB1 2 2	DUB1 3 8	YMC3 1 15	YMC3 2 13	YMC3 3 8	DUB2 1 9	DUB2 2 2	DUB2 3 Ret	9th	86

Complete Eurocup-3 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	DC	Points
2023	Campos Racing	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 5	ARA 1 Ret	ARA 2 DNS	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 7	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 4	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 3	EST 1 10	EST 2 4	CRT 1 4	CRT 2 6	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 2	6th	142

Complete FIA Formula 3 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	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2024	PHM AIX Racing AIX Racing	BHR SPR 16	BHR FEA 19	MEL SPR Ret	MEL FEA Ret	IMO SPR Ret	IMO FEA 28	MON SPR 17	MON FEA 18	CAT SPR 25	CAT FEA 26	RBR SPR 27	RBR FEA 26	SIL SPR 20	SIL FEA 20	HUN SPR 2	HUN FEA 14	SPA SPR 29	SPA FEA 15	MNZ SPR 21	MNZ FEA 11	24th	9
2025	Campos Racing	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	MEL SPR	MEL FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MON SPR	MON FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	TBD	TBD

* Season still in progress.

Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter 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	DC	Points
2025	Griffin Core by Campos	JER 1 11	JER 2 12	JER 3 4	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	ARA 1	ARA 2	ARA 3	9th*	12*

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External links

• Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak career summary at DriverDB.com