Raul Boesel

Raul Boesel
Formula One World Championship career
Boesel at the 2007 Mil Milhas Brasil
Born	4 December 1957 (1957-12-04) (age 54)
Nationality	Brazilian
Active years	1982 - 1983
Teams	March, Ligier
Races	30 (23 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1982 South African Grand Prix
Last race	1983 South African Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1987 - 1988, 1991
Teams	Tom Walkinshaw Racing (Silk Cut Jaguar)
Best finish	2nd (1991)
Class wins	0

Raul de Mesquita Boesel (Portuguese pronunciation: [raˈuw boˈɛzew], born 4 December 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a former racing driver who raced for the March and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League.

He won the 1987 World Sportscar Championship and the 1988 24 Hours of Daytona. Thus, he took more successful results in sports car racing.

1 Biography
2 Racing career
3 References
4 External links

Biography

Although an outstanding participant in equestrian show jumping, he studied engineering, gave up his degree and went on to motor racing. He entered into first ever season of the Brazilian Stock Car championship in 1979.

He moved to Britain in 1980 to race in Formula Ford 1600 and in 1981 entered Formula 3 and finished third in the championship. In November 1981 he tested for McLaren and entered the March team, only to switch in 1983 to Ligier. At the end of the year he went to the United States to race in CART.

In 1987 he switched to World Sportscar Championship with Jaguar and won the title with five victories. In 1988 he won the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Jaguar XJR-9, along with Martin Brundle and John Nielsen. That year he also returned to CART and finished third at Indianapolis in 1989. In 1991 he finished second in Le Mans 24 Hours with Jaguar and returned to CART, finishing fifth in the 1993 series, although never winning a race. He raced in CART until 1998, when he went to Indy Racing League. Because of this, he has multiple starts in the Indy 500. His last race in CART was at the 1999 Marlboro 500 at Fontana.

Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, a racing circuit in Curitiba, is officially nicknamed "Circuito Raul Boesel" (Raul Boesel circuit) in honour of his success in Europe.

Boesel retired his professional racing career in 2005 after returning to Stock Car Brasil though he competes in some races after his retiring.

Afterwards, he often comments about various racing categories. In 2007, he started a career as a disc jockey.^[1]

Racing career

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC
1982	March Grand Prix Team	March 821	Cosworth V8	RSA 15																NC
1982	Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	March 821	Cosworth V8		BRA Ret	USW 9	SMR	BEL 8	MON DNPQ	DET Ret	CAN Ret	NED Ret	GBR DNQ	FRA DNQ	GER Ret	AUT DNQ	SUI Ret	ITA DNQ	CPL 13	NC
1983	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS21	Cosworth V8	BRA Ret	USW 7	FRA Ret	SMR 9	MON Ret	BEL 13	DET 10	CAN Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT DNQ	NED 10	ITA DNQ	EUR 15	RSA NC		NC

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1985	Dick Simon Racing	LBH Ret	INDY Ret	MIL	POR 11	MEA 11	CLE 12	MIS1 Ret	ROA 8	POC	MDO Ret	SAN	MIS2	LS Ret	PHX	MIA Ret						30th	10
1986	Dick Simon Racing	PHX1 Ret	LBH Ret	INDY 13	MIL 14	POR 8	MEA Ret	CLE 6	TOR 7	MIS1 5	POC 5	MDO 7	SAN 9	MIS2 15	ROA 8	LS Ret	PHX2 Ret	MIA Ret				13th	54
1987	Granatelli Racing	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MIS	POC	ROA	MDO	NZR	LS Ret	MIA 6						27th	8
1988	Shierson Racing	PHX 5	LBH 4	INDY 7	MIL 4	POR Ret	CLE 5	TOR 8	MEA Ret	MIS Ret	POC 5	MDO 6	ROA Ret	NZR 5	LS Ret	MIA Ret						8th	89
1989	Shierson Racing	PHX 14	LBH 6	INDY 3	MIL 4	DET Ret	POR 7	CLE 8	MEA 6	TOR 7	MIS Ret	POC Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 9	NZR 11	LS 10						11th	68
1990	Truesports	PHX Ret	LBH 8	INDY Ret	MIL 6	DET 6	POR Ret	CLE Ret	MEA Ret	TOR 10	MIS 9	DEN Ret	VAN 19	MDO 9	ROA 10	NZR 8	LS 11					12th	42
1992	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 7	DET 2	POR 9	MIL 10	NHA Ret	TOR Ret	MIS 3	CLE 6	ROA 8	VAN Ret	MDO 7	NZR 6	LS 6					9th	80
1993	Dick Simon Racing	SRF 8	PHX 2	LBH Ret	INDY 4	MIL 2	DET 2	POR 7	CLE 7	TOR 7	MIS 4	NHA Ret	ROA 4	VAN 9	MDO 4	NZR 9	LS Ret					5th	132
1994	Dick Simon Racing	SRF Ret	PHX 8	LBH 4	INDY Ret	MIL 8	DET Ret	POR 23	CLE 6	TOR 12	MIS Ret	MDO 8	NHA 4	VAN Ret	ROA 6	NZR 4	LS 2					7th	90
1995	Rahal-Hogan Racing	MIA 6	SRF 8	PHX 6	LBH 16	NZR 10	INDY Ret	MIL 11	DET DNS	POR 5	ROA Ret	TOR 6	CLE Ret	MIS Ret	MDO Ret	NHA 18	VAN 10	LS 12				16th	48
1996	Team Green	MIA 14	RIO 7	SRF Ret	LBH 16	NZR Ret	500 Ret	MIL Ret	DET 8	POR Ret	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIS 7	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	VAN Ret	LS Ret					22nd	17
1997	Patrick Racing	MIA Ret	SRF 7	LBH 8	NZR 8	RIO 5	STL 14	MIL 4	DET 6	POR 3	CLE 16	TOR 8	MIS Ret	MDO 4	ROA Ret	VAN 6	LS 8	FON Ret				10th	91
1999	Team Green	MIA Ret	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET	MDO							32nd	1
1999	All American Racers															CHI 12	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON Ret	32nd	1

CART career summary

Year	Team	Points	Championship Finish
1985	Dick Simon Racing	10	30th
1986	Dick Simon Racing	54	13th
1987	Granatelli	8	27th
1988	Shierson Racing	89	8th
1989	Shierson Racing	68	11th
1990	Truesports	42	12th
1992	Dick Simon Racing	80	9th
1993	Dick Simon Racing	132	5th
1994	Dick Simon Racing	90	7th
1995	Rahal-Hogan Racing	48	16th
1996	Team Green	17	22nd
1997	Patrick Racing	91	10th
1999	Green/All American Racers	1	32nd

171 starts, 0 wins, 3 poles, 321 laps led over 11 races, best finish: 2nd (5 times)

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
1998	McCormack Motorsports	WDW 18	PHX 8	INDY 19	TXS 28	NHM 19	DOV 14	CLT 24	PPI 25	ATL 10	TX2 17	LVS 18					20th	132
1999	McCormack Motorsports	WDW 5	PHX 19														23rd	98
1999	Brant Motorsports			INDY 12	TXS 23	PPI 18	ATL 11	DOV	PP2	LVS	TX2						23rd	98
2000	Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY 16	TXS	PPI	ATL	KTY	TX2							37th	14
2001	Treadway/Hubbard Racing	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2			NC	–
2002	Team Menard	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 21	TXS 13	PPI	RIR								19th	158
2002	Bradley Motorsports									KAN 11	NSH 5	MIS 15	KTY 13	STL 8	CHI 11	TX2 22	19th	158

Indy Racing League career summary

Year	Team	Points	Championship Finish
1998	McCormack Motorsports	132	20th
1999	McCormack/Brant	98	23rd
2000	Treadway-Vertex Cunningham	14	37th
2002	Bradley Motorsports	158	19th

27 starts, 0 Wins, 59 laps led over 4 races, best finish: 5th (twice)

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1985	March 85C	Ford Cosworth DFX	23	18	Simon
1986	Lola T86/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	22	13	Simon
1988	Lola T88/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	20	7	Shierson
1989	Lola T89/00	Judd	9	3	Shierson
1990	Lola T89/00	Judd	17	28	Truesports
1992	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A	27	7	Simon
1993	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	3	4	Simon
1994	Lola T94/00	Ford XB	2	21	Simon
1995	Lola T95/00	Mercedes-Benz IC108B	22	20	Rahal/Hogan
1998	G-Force	Oldsmobile	30	19	McCormack
1999	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	33	12	Brant
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	24	16	Treadway
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Raced by F. Giaffone		Treadway
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	3	21	Menard

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1987	C1	4	D	Jaguar XJR-8LM Jaguar 6.9L V12	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Eddie Cheever Jan Lammers	325	5th	5th
1988	C1	3	D	Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Watson Henri Pescarolo	129	DNF	DNF
1991	C2	35	G	Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4L V12	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Michel Ferté	360	2nd	2nd

References

^ "DJ Raul Boesel" (in Portuguese). Descubra o Brasil. 2007-11-24. http://www.descubracuritiba.com.br/?s=shows&ss=show&id=567. Retrieved 2007-12-06.

External links

Raul Boesel official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Derek Bell	World Sportscar Championship Champion 1987	Succeeded by Martin Brundle

3/6/24 hrs + 2000km winners at Daytona

Five-time	Hurley Haywood

Four-time	Peter Gregg · Scott Pruett · Pedro Rodríguez · Rolf Stommelen · Bob Wollek

Three-time	Derek Bell · Butch Leitzinger · Brian Redman · Andy Wallace

Two-time	Mauro Baldi · Terry Borcheller · Elliott Forbes-Robinson · A. J. Foyt · Al Holbert · Jan Lammers · Ken Miles · Juan Pablo Montoya · John Paul, Jr. · Memo Rojas · Lloyd Ruby · Wayne Taylor · Didier Theys · Al Unser, Jr.

One-time	Amon · J. Andretti · Ma. Andretti · Angelelli · Ballot-Léna · Bandini · Barber · Barbosa · Beretta · Bergmeister · Bernhard · Boesel · Bouchut · Boutsen · Brundle · Buckler · Collard · Dalziel · Dismore · Dixon · D. Donohue · M. Donohue · Dupuy · Durán · Duxbury · Dyson · Elford · Fellows · Field · Fittipaldi · Fitzpatrick · Franchitti · Fréon · García · Garretson · Gentilozzi · Graves · Gurney · Hand · Hasemi · Helmick · Henn · Herrmann · Hezemans · Hill · Hoshino · Ickx · Jelinski · Joest · D. Jones · P. Jones · Kinnunen · Kneifel · Krages · Lässig · Lavaggi · Law · Lienhard · Luyendyk · Martin · Mears · Merl · Millen · Moran · Moretti · Neerpasch · Nielsen · O'Connell · Oliver · Ongais · Pace · Papis · Parsons · Paul, Sr. · Pescarolo · Pilgrim · B. Rahal · G. Rahal · Rice · Robinson · Rockenfeller · Schneider · Schrom · Sharp · Siffert · Suzuki · Unser, Sr. · van der Merwe · Weaver · Wendlinger · Werner · Wheldon

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Name	Boesel, Raul
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Date of birth	1957-12-04
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