Paul Belmondo
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First start: | 1992 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1994 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
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1992 March • 1994 Pacific | |||||||||
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Paul Alexandre Belmondo (born April 23, 1963 in Boulogne-Billancourt , Île-de-France ) is a former French racing car driver and racing team owner who drove in Formula 1 for March Engineering and Pacific Racing .
Career
Monoposto
Belmondo was active in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 , but could not finish a race in the top ten in either of the two classes. In 1992 he drove as a " pay driver " (a driver who pays for his starts) for March in Formula 1; ninth place at the Hungarian Grand Prix was his best result.
In the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship he was able to qualify four more times before running out of money and being replaced by Emanuele Naspetti . Two years later he tried a comeback in Formula 1 with the non-competitive Pacific Racing team . He only qualified twice for one race and each performed worse than his team-mate Bertrand Gachot .
GT and sports cars
Belmondo later started in the FIA GT championship . He drove a Chrysler Viper GTS-R and took part in the Le Mans Series with his own racing team, Paul Belmondo Racing . He competed ten times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . His best place in the overall ranking was 17th in 1999 .
Private
Belmondo is the son of the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo . Around 1991 he was in a relationship with Princess Stéphanie of Monaco .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1985 |
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Porsche 956 |
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failure | accident |
1987 |
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Porsche 962C |
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1988 |
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Cougar C22 |
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1989 |
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Porsche 962C |
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1993 |
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Jaguar XJ220 |
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1995 |
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Venturi 600SLM |
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1996 |
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Ferrari F40 GTE |
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failure | Electrics | |
1999 |
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R |
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Rank 17 | |
2004 | Courage C65 |
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failure | accident | |
2005 |
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Rank 22 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1984 | DS Racing Team | Porsche 956 |
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1985 | Joest Racing |
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6th | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||
1987 | Brun Motorsport | Porsche 962 |
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1988 | Courage Compétition | Cougar C22 |
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DNF |
Web links
- Biography at F1 Rejects (English)
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Belmondo, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belmondo, Paul Alexandre (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-Billancourt , Île-de-France , France |