Claudio Langes

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Claudio Langes : biography

20 July 1960 –

Claudio Langes (born 20 July 1960 in Brescia) is a racing driver from Italy.

In 1978 he won the Italian 125 cc go-kart championship. In subsequent years he competed in Formula 3 and in Formula 3000, where his best result was a second place at Pergusa-Enna, achieved in 1989 with a Lola Formula 3000.

Reaching Formula One in 1990, he failed to pre-qualify for all 14 of the grands prix that he entered with EuroBrun (still a record). Aside from Gary Brabham and Bruno Giacomelli in the hopeless Life car, and at times Bertrand Gachot’s Coloni, Langes was always the next slowest, often around a dismal 15 seconds slower than his teammate Roberto Moreno before the cash-strapped team was closed. Langes later raced in touring cars. From a statistical point of view, those fourteen failures to pre-qualify make Langes the least successful driver in the history of Formula One.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1985 Barron Racing Tyrrell 012 Cosworth SILRet THR15 EST VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ZEL ZAN DON 0
1986 BS Automotive Lola T86/50 Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG9 PER5 ZELRet BIRRet BUG6 JAR11 17th 3
1987 First Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL VAL SPA PAU DONDNQ PERRet BRHRet BIR10 IMO BUG JARRet 0
1988 GA Motorsports Lola T88/50 Cosworth JER7 VALRet PAU10 SILRet MNZ5 PER4 BRHRet BIRRet BUGRet ZOL10 15th 5
Barcelona Motorsport DIJRet
1989 Forti Corse Lola T89/50 Cosworth SIL12 VALRet PAURet JER7 PER2 BRH6 BIR9 SPA15 BUG9 DIJ7 12th 7

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1990 EuroBrun Racing EuroBrun ER189 Judd V8 USADNPQ BRADNPQ NC 0
EuroBrun ER189B SMRDNPQ MONDNPQ CANDNPQ MEXDNPQ FRADNPQ GBRDNPQ GERDNPQ HUNDNPQ BELDNPQ ITADNPQ PORDNPQ ESPDNPQ JPN AUS