Boris Derichebourg

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Boris Derichebourg
Boris Derichebourg in the Super Nova Formula 3000 Monoposto in 1998 at the race in Barcelona-Catalunya , where he finished third

Boris Derichebourg (born March 16, 1978 in Enghien-les-Bains ) is a French entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Entrepreneur

Boris Derichebourg is a member of the Derichebourg family, which is the majority owner of Derichebourg SA , which has been listed on the stock exchange since 1963 . The company is one of the world's leading recycling companies for steel scrap and non-ferrous metals . With all parts of the company that also deal with other forms of recycling, the company has 150 branches worldwide and generates an annual turnover of 4 billion euros with 4700 employees.

Boris Derichebourg has held a leading position in the group since retiring as a racing driver. He is General Manager of Derichebourg Multiservices.

Career in motorsport

Derichebourg began his motorsport career in karting and in 1994 switched to the French Formula Renault championship and thus to the Monopostos . Two years followed in the French Formula 3 championship , where the 12th place finish in 1996 (overall winner Soheil Ayari ) was his best place in the overall ranking.

In 1997 and 1998 he competed in the International Formula 3000 Championship for two seasons . 1997 drove together with Ayari for the Belgian team Astromega and finished the championship with four points in 15th place. He scored the four points in the race in Spa-Francorchamps , where he finished third behind Jason Watt and Max Wilson . In 1998 he became a teammate of Juan Pablo Montoya at Super Nova Racing . While Montoya was the overall winner with four wins of the season, Derichebourg had to be satisfied with 12th overall. His best result of the season was third place in the race in Barcelona-Catalunya . 1999 was a year of transition, with two races in the Indy Lights and two more inserts in Formula 3000 , the monoposto phase ended.

From 2000 he competed in GT and sports car races in Europe and North America. In 2000 and 2001 he competed in the FIA GT Championship . In 2002 he finished sixth overall in the FIA sports car championship and achieved his first finish in 15th place in his third appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . After a year in the French GT Championship in 2003 and two races in the World Series by Nissan in 2004, he retired from racing.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2000 FranceFrance Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R FranceFrance Jean-Claude Lagniez FranceFrance Guy Martinolle failure Engine failure
2001 FranceFrance Pescarolo sport Courage C60 FranceFrance Emmanuel Clérico FranceFrance Didier Cottaz failure accident
2002 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C60 SwedenSweden Thed Bjork FranceFrance Didier Cottaz Rank 15

Web links

Commons : Boris Derichebourg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Figures on the Derichebourg Group
  2. ^ French Formula 3 Championship 1996
  3. ^ International Formula 3000 season 1997
  4. ↑ International Formula 3000 season 1998
personal data
SURNAME Derichebourg, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Enghien-les-Bains