Claudio Langes : biography
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 |
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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 |
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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 |