Wladimiro "Tony" de Tommaso (born 1 February 1951) is an Italian former racing driver from

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. De Tommaso began his career in regional

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in the late 1970s. He competed in the

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from 1981 to 1983 without a podium finish. He returned to racing in 1988 to race in

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but in three attempts he failed to qualify for any races so for 1989 he returned to Italian F3 for two races. In 1991 he attempted to make his

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debut in

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but he failed to qualify. The following year he qualified for the CART race at

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but crashed out 48 laps into the 84 lap event.Tony de Tommaso
''Champ Car Stats'', Retrieved 2011-01-12 He is now a racing instructor in Italy.

Racing career

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Complete CART/Indycar results

References

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