Luca Rangoni

{{short description|Italian auto racing driver (born 1968)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Luca Rangoni | image =Luca Rangoni - Alfa Romeo 156 at Melbourne at the 2004 ETCC rnds 11-12 at Donington (50898342446).jpg | imagesize =260px | caption =Rangoni in an Alfa Romeo 156 during the 2004 European Touring Car Championship season | nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bologna, Italy | racing_licence = 12px FIA Gold {{small|(until 2015)}} 12px FIA Silver {{small|(2016–2024)}} 12px FIA Bronze {{small|(2025–)}} | current_series = World Touring Car Championship | first_year = 2006 | current_team = | car_number = | former_teams = Proteam Motorsport | starts = 41 | wins = 0 | poles = 0 | fastest_laps = 0 | best_finish = 14th | year = 2007 | prev_series = Italian F3 Championship International F3000 Championship European Touring Car Championship | prev_series_years = 1995 1996 2004 | titles = Italian F3 Championship Renault Sport Clio International Trophy | title_years = 1995 2000-2003}}

'''Luca Rangoni''' (born 23 September 1968 in Bologna) is an Italian auto racing driver. He is a married man with one son and one daughter.

==Early career== Like many racing drivers, Rangoni's first taste of racing was in karts, where he spent four years. He made his debut in circuit racing in the 1989 Italian Formula Alfa Boxer Championship, where he finished sixth on points. This was followed by two years in the Italian F2000 Trophy, which he won in his second year in 1991.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

In 1993, Rangoni competed in the Italian Formula Three Championship, winning the title in 1995 in a Dallara-Fiat. His success the previous year led to a drive in the 1996 FIA International F3000 Championship. Despite only entering one round in Pau, he ended the year in seventeenth after coming sixth in the race. After his time in Formula 3000 he took a break from racing due to a family tragedy.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.lucarangoni.it/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLuca%2BRangoni%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGIK_enGB273GB273 Career on Official website]; accessed 17 July 2015.</ref>

==Touring cars== Rangoni returned to racing in 1999, switching to touring cars with the Renault Sport Clio International Trophy. He dominated the championship, winning four back to back titles between 2000 and 2003.<ref>[http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/personnews_prs23180.shtml Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106125458/http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/personnews_prs23180.shtml |date=2009-01-06 }}, fiawtcc.com; accessed 17 July 2016.</ref>

In 2004, Rangoni found a drive in the FIA European Touring Car Championship. Entereing an Alfa Romeo 156, he finished the series in 16th position overall. He returned to the newly named FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2006 for Proteam Motorsport in a BMW 320i. He ended the season in 19th overall, including a podium finish in Valencia, and was runner-up the Yokohama Independents Trophy, behind Tom Coronel, with two wins.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

For 2007, Rangoni stayed with Proteam, finishing the year in 14th after another overall podium, one place ahead of works BMW driver and fellow Italian Alessandro Zanardi, and lost the title to the Yokohama Independents Trophy to Stefano D'Aste by two points, in spite of scoring nine wins (including the double points rounds at Macau) to D'Aste's three. For 2008, he raced in the Italian Porsche Carrera Cup, finishing as runner-up, and also raced in the Superstars Series.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

==Racing record==

===Complete International Formula 3000 results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! DC ! Points |- | 1996 ! Shannon Racing | NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PAU {{small|6}} | PER | HOC | SIL | SPA | MAG | EST | MUG | HOC ! 18th ! 1 |- |}

===Complete European Touring Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Pts |- | 2004 ! Oregon Team ! Alfa Romeo 156 GTA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MNZ 1 {{small|NC}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MNZ 2 {{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| VAL 1 {{small|19}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 2 {{small|8}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAG 1 {{small|18}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC 1 {{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC 2 {{small|7}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRN 1 {{small|10}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRN 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| DON 1 {{small|14}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SPA 1 {{small|13}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SPA 2 {{small|14}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO 2 {{small|9}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| OSC 1 {{small|24}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| OSC 2 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DUB 1 {{small|8}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| DUB 2 {{small|10}} | '''16th''' | '''6''' |}

===Complete World Touring Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! DC ! Points |- | 2006 ! Proteam Motorsport ! BMW 320si |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA 1 {{small|15}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA 1 {{small|12}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA 2 {{small|21}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR 1 {{small|20}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR 2 {{small|15}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER 1 {{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER 2 {{small|23}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA 1 {{small|17}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| BRA 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX 1 {{small|23}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX 2 {{small|12}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| CZE 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE 2 {{small|12}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| TUR 1 {{small|21}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| TUR 2 {{small|21}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ESP 1 {{small|2}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP 2 {{small|3}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC 1 {{small|20}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC 2 {{small|12}} | | ! 19th ! 14 |- | 2007 ! Scuderia Proteam Motorsport ! BMW 320si |style="background:#efcfff;"| BRA 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRA 2 {{small|7}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED 1 {{small|3}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED 2 {{small|6}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP 1 {{small|7}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP 2 {{small|7}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA 2 {{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE 1 {{small|18}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| CZE 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR 1 {{small|20}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR 2 {{small|12}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SWE 1 {{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SWE 2 {{small|20}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER 1 {{small|16}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER 2 {{small|18}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR 1 {{small|16}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR 2 {{small|21}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA 1 {{small|10}} | ITA 2 {{small|DNS}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC 1 {{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC 2 {{small|10}} ! 14th ! 15 |}

===Complete TCR International Series results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! DC ! Points |- | 2015 ! Top Run Motorsport ! Subaru Impreza STi TCR | MYS 1 | MYS 2 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | ESP 1 | ESP 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | RUS 1 | RUS 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIN 1 {{small|15}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIN 2 {{small|Ret}} | THA 1 | THA 2 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 ! NC ! 0 |- | 2016 ! Top Run Motorsport ! Subaru Impreza STi TCR | BHR 1 | BHR 2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR 2 {{small|15†}} | BEL 1 | BEL 2 | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | GER 1 | GER 2 | RUS 1 | RUS 2 | THA 1 | THA 2 | SIN 1 | SIN 2 | MYS 1 | MYS 2 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 ! NC ! 0 |} † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box|title=Italian Formula Three Champion|before=Giancarlo Fisichella|after=Andrea Boldrini|years=1995}} {{succession box|title=Renault Sport Clio Trophy Champion|before=Jérôme Policand|after=Jan Heylen (Eurocup Mégane Trophy)|years=2000-2003}} {{s-end}}

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