Raul Boesel
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Raul de Mesquita Boesel (born December 4, 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.
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[edit] 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.
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 enters 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]
[edit] Racing career
[edit] Complete Formula One results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | March Grand Prix Team | March 821 | Cosworth V8 | RSA 15 |
30th | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rothmans March Grand Prix Team | BRA Ret |
USW 9 |
SMR |
BEL 8 |
MON DNPQ |
USE Ret |
CAN Ret |
NED Ret |
GBR DNQ |
FRA DNQ |
GER Ret |
AUT DNQ |
SUI Ret |
ITA DNQ |
LVS 13 |
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| 1983 | Equipe Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS21 | Cosworth V8 | BRA Ret |
USW 7 |
FRA Ret |
SMR 9 |
MON Ret |
BEL 13 |
USE 10 |
CAN Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
AUT DNQ |
NED 10 |
ITA DNQ |
EUR 15 |
RSA NC |
24th | 0 |
[edit] Indy 500 results
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | March | Cosworth | 23rd | 18th |
| 1986 | Lola | Cosworth | 22nd | 13th |
| 1988 | March | Cosworth | 20th | 7th |
| 1989 | Lola | Judd | 9th | 3rd |
| 1990 | Lola | Judd | 17th | 28th |
| 1992 | Lola | Chevrolet | 27th | 7th |
| 1993 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | 3rd | 4th |
| 1994 | Lola | Ford-Cosworth | 2nd | 21st |
| 1995 | Lola | Ilmor-Mercedes-Benz | 22nd | 20th |
| 1998 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 30th | 19th |
| 1999 | Riley & Scott | Oldsmobile | 33rd | 12th |
| 2000 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 24th | 16th |
| 2001 | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 31st | Raced by Felipe Giaffone |
| 2002 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 3rd | 21st |
[edit] CART career results
| Year | Team | Wins | Points | Championship Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Dick Simon Racing | 0 | 10 | 30th |
| 1986 | Dick Simon Racing | 0 | 54 | 13th |
| 1987 | Granatelli | 0 | 8 | 27th |
| 1988 | Shierson Racing | 0 | 89 | 8th |
| 1989 | Shierson Racing | 0 | 68 | 11th |
| 1990 | Truesports | 0 | 42 | 12th |
| 1992 | Dick Simon Racing | 0 | 80 | 9th |
| 1993 | Dick Simon Racing | 0 | 132 | 5th |
| 1994 | Dick Simon Racing | 0 | 90 | 7th |
| 1995 | Rahal-Hogan Racing | 0 | 48 | 16th |
| 1996 | Team Green | 0 | 17 | 22nd |
| 1997 | Patrick Racing | 0 | 91 | 10th |
| 1999 | Green/All American Racers | 0 | 1 | 32nd |
171 starts, 0 wins, 3 poles, 321 laps led over 11 races, best finish: 2nd (5 times)
[edit] IRL IndyCar career results
| Year | Team | Wins | Points | Championship Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | McCormack Motorsports | 0 | 132 | 20th |
| 1999 | McCormack/Brant | 0 | 98 | 23rd |
| 2000 | Treadway-Vertex Cunningham | 0 | 14 | 37th |
| 2002 | Bradley Motorsports | 0 | 158 | 19th |
27 starts, 0 Wins, 59 laps led over 4 races, best finish: 5th (twice)
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Derek Bell |
World Sportscar Championship Champion 1987 |
Succeeded by Martin Brundle |
