Raul_Boesel

Raul Boesel

Brazilian racing driver (born 1957)

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

Quick Facts Born, Formula One World Championship career ...

Raul Boesel
Formula One World Championship career
Boesel at the 2007 Mil Milhas Brasil
Born	(1957-12-04) 4 December 1957 (age 66) Curitiba, Brazil
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

Quick Facts 24 Hours of Le Mans career, Years ...

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

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 Gabriela where they have resided since 1988. He owns a Cigarette 38 Top Gun boat.^[2]

Career

A March 821, formerly driven by Boesel in the 1982 season, being demonstrated at Mont-Tremblant in 2010.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Boesel ended his professional racing career in 2005 after returning to Stock Car Brasil, although he still competes in some races after his retirement.^{[citation needed]}

Afterwards, he often comments about various racing categories. In 2007, he started a career as a disc jockey.^[4]

Racing record

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
1982	March Grand Prix Team	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA 15																NC
1982	Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 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	Équipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS21	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 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

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

CART

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Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1985	Dick Simon Racing	March 85C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	LBH 20	INDY 18	MIL	POR 11	MEA 11	CLE 12	MCH 28	ROA 8	POC	MDO 23	SAN	MCH	LAG 20	PHX	MIA 23						28th	10	^[5]
1986	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T86/00	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX 13	LBH 19	INDY 13	MIL 14	POR 8	MEA 23	CLE 6	TOR 7	MCH 5	POC 5	MDO 7	SAN 9	MCH 15	ROA 8	LAG 14	PHX 13	MIA 19				13th	54	^[6]
1987	Vince Granatelli Racing	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG 16	MIA 6						26th	8	^[7]
1988	Shierson Racing	March 88C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX 5	LBH 4		MIL 4	POR 26																8th	89	^[8]
1988	Shierson Racing	Lola T88/00	Cosworth DFX V8 t			INDY 7			CLE 5	TOR 8	MEA 9	MCH 11	POC 5	MDO 6	ROA 14	NAZ 5	LAG 21	MIA 22						8th	89	^[8]
1989	Shierson Racing	Lola T89/00	Judd AV V8 t	PHX 14	LBH 6	INDY 3	MIL 4	DET 28	POR 7	CLE 8	MEA 6	TOR 7	MCH 20	POC 20	MDO 23	ROA 9	NAZ 11	LAG 10						11th	68	^[9]
1990	Truesports	Lola T89/00	Judd AV V8 t	PHX 18	LBH 8	INDY 28	MIL 6	DET 6	POR 18	CLE 20	MEA 13	TOR 10	MCH 9	DEN 28	VAN 19	MDO 9	ROA 10	NAZ 8	LAG 11					11th	42	^[10]
1992	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A V8 t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 7	DET 2	POR 9	MIL 10	NHA 18	TOR 22	MCH 3	CLE 6	ROA 8	VAN 11	MDO 7	NAZ 6	LAG 6					9th	80	^[11]
1993	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8 t	SRF 8	PHX 2	LBH 12	INDY 4	MIL 2	DET 2	POR 7	CLE 7	TOR 7	MCH 4	NHA 21	ROA 4	VAN 9	MDO 4	NAZ 9	LAG 11					5th	132	^[12]
1994	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T94/00	Ford XB V8 t	SRF 27	PHX 8	LBH 4	INDY 21	MIL 8	DET 28	POR 23	CLE 6	TOR 12	MCH 9	MDO 8	NHA 4	VAN 23	ROA 6	NAZ 4	LAG 2					7th	90	^[13]
1995	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola T95/00	Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8 t	MIA 6	SRF 8	PHX 6	LBH 16	NAZ 10	INDY 20	MIL 11	DET DNS	POR 5	ROA 22	TOR 6	CLE 20	MCH 24	MDO 20	NHA 18	VAN 10	LAG 12				16th	48	^[14]
1996	Team Green	Reynard 96i	Ford XB V8 t	MIA 14	RIO 7	SRF 13	LBH 16	NAZ 21	500 24	MIL 26	DET 8	POR 28	CLE 26	TOR 24	MCH 7	MDO 22	ROA 14	VAN 23	LAG 20					22nd	17	^[15]
1997	Patrick Racing	Reynard 97i	Ford XB V8 t	MIA 17	SRF 7	LBH 8	NAZ 8	RIO 5	GAT 14	MIL 4	DET 6	POR 3	CLE 16	TOR 8	MCH 18	MDO 4	ROA 21	VAN 6	LAG 8	FON 20				10th	91	^[16]
1999	Team Green	Reynard 99i	Honda HRS V8 t	MIA 27	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MCH	DET	MDO							32nd	1	^[17]
1999	All American Racers	Eagle 997	Toyota RV8D V8 t															CHI 12	VAN	LAG	HOU	SRF	FON 17	32nd	1	^[17]

Indy Racing League

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Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1998	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force GF01B	30	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW 18	PHX 8	INDY 19	TXS 28	NHA 19	DOV 14	CLT 24	PPR 25	ATL 10	TXS 17	LVS 18					20th	132	^[18]
1999	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force GF01B	30		WDW 5	PHX 19	CLT C													23rd	98	^[19]
1999	Brant Motorsports	Riley & Scott MkV	3					INDY 12	TXS 23	PPR 18	ATL 11	DOV	PPR	LVS	TXS					23rd	98	^[19]
2000	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF01C	5		WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY 16	TXS	PPR	ATL	KTY	TXS							37th	14	^[20]
2002	Team Menard	Dallara IR-02	2	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY 21	TXS 13	PPR	RIR								19th	158	^[21]
2002	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara IR-02	12	Infiniti VRH35ADE V8									KAN 11	NSH 5	MCH 15	KTY 13	GAT 8	CHI 11	TXS 22	19th	158	^[21]

Indianapolis 500

More information Year, Chassis ...

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

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1982	Dome Co. Ltd.	C	Dome RC82	Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8	MNZ	SIL Ret	NÜR	LMS	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH				NC	0
1987	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	Jaguar XJR-8	Jaguar 7.0 V12	JAR 3	JER 1	MNZ Ret	SIL 1		NOR 4	BRH 1	NÜR 1	SPA 1	FUJ 2		1st	127
1987	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	Jaguar XJR-8	Jaguar 6.9 V12					LMS 5							1st	127
1988	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	Jaguar XJR-9	Jaguar 7.0 V12	JER	JAR	MNZ	SIL	LMS Ret	BRN	BRH	NÜR	SPA	FUJ	SAN	NC	0
1990	Konrad Motorsport	C	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6 t	SUZ	MNZ Ret	SIL	SPA	DIJ	NÜR 11	DON	CGV	MEX			NC	0
1991	Silk Cut Jaguar	C2	Jaguar XJR-12	Jaguar 7.4 V12	SUZ	MNZ	SIL	LMS 2	NÜR	MAG	MEX	AUT				21st	15

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1987	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Eddie Cheever Jan Lammers	Jaguar XJR-8LM	C1	325	5th	5th
1988	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Watson Henri Pescarolo	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	129	DNF	DNF
1991	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Michel Ferté	Jaguar XJR-12	C2	360	2nd	2nd
Source:^[22]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2007	Dener Motorsport	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	MNZ	VAL	NÜR	SPA	SIL	INT 5	40th	4

References

[1]
"Raul Boesel: Before Formula One". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
[2]
"Raul Boesel: After Formula One". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
[3]
"EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Raul Boesel". richardsf1.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
[4]
"DJ Raul Boesel" (in Portuguese). Descubra o Brasil. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.^{[dead link]}
[5]
"Raul Boesel – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[6]
"Raul Boesel – 1986 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[7]
"Raul Boesel – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[8]
"Raul Boesel – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[9]
"Raul Boesel – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[10]
"Raul Boesel – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[11]
"Raul Boesel – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[12]
"Raul Boesel – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[13]
"Raul Boesel – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[14]
"Raul Boesel – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[15]
"Raul Boesel – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[16]
"Raul Boesel – 1997 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[17]
"Raul Boesel – 1999 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
[18]
"Raul Boesel – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
[19]
"Raul Boesel – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
[20]
"Raul Boesel – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
[21]
"Raul Boesel – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
[22]
"All Results of Raul Boesel". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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