Raul Boesel

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

Personal and early life

Raul Boesel was born on 4 December 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil as the son of Jorny and Elizadea de Mesquita Boesel. Boesel had a brief career in equestrian show jumping winning state championships and other competitions.^[1]

He lives in Key Biscayne, Florida with his wife Vera and children Raul Boesel Jr and Garbiela where they have resided since 1988. He owns a Cigarette 38 Top Gun boat.^[2]

Career

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Racing career

Complete Formula One results

(key)

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
	All American Racers															CHI 12	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON Ret

CART career summary

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	CLT C													23rd	98
	Brant Motorsports				INDY 12	TXS 23	PPI 18	ATL 11	DOV	PP2	LVS	TX2
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
	Bradley Motorsports									KAN 11	NSH 5	MIS 15	KTY 13	STL 8	CHI 11	TX2 22

Indy Racing League career summary

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

Indianapolis 500

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

External links

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