Claudio Langes (born 4 August 1961) is a former

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from Italy. In 1978 he won the Italian 125 cc go-kart championship. In subsequent years he competed in

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and in

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, where his best result was a second place at Pergusa-Enna, achieved in 1989 with a Lola Formula 3000. Reaching

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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

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entries, and at times Bertrand Gachot's Coloni, Langes was always the next slowest, often several seconds slower than his teammate

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before the cash-strapped team was closed. Langes later raced in touring cars.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Complete Formula One results

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

References

Profile at F1 Rejects
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