Raul Boesel

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Raul Boesel
Raul Boesel 2007
Nation: BrazilBrazil Brazil
Formula 1 world championship
First start: 1982 South African Grand Prix
Last start: 1983 Grand Prix of South Africa
Constructors
1982  March 1983  Ligier
statistics
World Cup balance: no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR
30th - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Raúl de Mesquita Boesel (born December 4, 1957 in Curitiba ) is a former Brazilian automobile racing driver .

Career

Raul Boesel comes from a wealthy family. He originally intended to follow his brother into equestrian sports . He was an extraordinary show jumper. But he began to be interested in motorsport, started karting in 1974 and won the local championship the next year. In 1978 he made his debut in the Brazilian stock car series, in which he finished fourth in the championship in 1979 and was "Rookie of the year".

In 1980 he went to England to compete in the Formula Ford there. He drove for Van Diemen and finished second in the RAC and Townsend Thoresen championships. He won 9 out of 27 races. In 1981 he got promoted to Formula 3 and was third in the English championship with three wins and twelve podium finishes. He drove for Murray Taylor Racing .

In November he tested for McLaren . He made his Formula 1 debut the following year at RAM Racing with a non-competitive March 821 . His best results this year were a ninth place in Long Beach and an eighth place in Zolder . In 1983 he drove his second Formula 1 season in the underfunded Ligier team. At the US Grand Prix in Long Beach, he achieved his best career placement with seventh place.

In 1984 he started in the South American Formula 2 Championship and won a race in Rio de Janeiro .

In 1985 he moved to the US and made his Champ Cars debut for Dick Simon Racing . He became the fastest rookie in an Indianapolis 500 qualification on his first experience on an oval course. His best finish that season was eighth in Elkhart Lake . In 1986 he drove 17 races for Dick Simon Racing and was 13th in the championship. He achieved eight top ten placements. His best results were fifth in each of the 500-mile races in Michigan and Pocono . At the season finale in Miami, he started the race from position two.

In 1987 he moved to the World Sports Car Championship and won the title with Jaguar . He won the races at Jerez , Silverstone , Brands Hatch , the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps . The following year he won along with Martin Brundle and John Nielsen in a Jaguar XJR-9 , the 24 Hours of Daytona . That year he also started the Champ Car series for Shierson . In 1989 he finished third in Indianapolis and in 1990 he moved to Truesports .

In 1991 he drove a Jaguar in the IMSA racing series and came second in the Le Mans 24 Hours . In 1993 he returned to Dick Simon Racing in the Champ Car series and finished fifth overall. He drove at the Champ Cars until 1998 for Team Green , among others , then switched to the Indy Racing League , but soon left and went back to his native Brazil. In 2005 he ended his active racing career.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1987 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR8-LM NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers United StatesUnited States Eddie Cheever Rank 5
1988 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR9-LM FranceFrance Henri Pescarolo United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Watson failure Gearbox damage
1991 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR12 FranceFrance Michel Ferté United StatesUnited States Davy Jones Rank 2

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1988 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-9D United KingdomUnited Kingdom Martin Brundle DenmarkDenmark John Nielsen failure Engine failure
1990 GermanyGermany Duration racing Porsche 962C GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck failure accident
1991 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bud Light Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-12D United StatesUnited States Davy Jones DenmarkDenmark John Nielsen Rank 5

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11
1982 Amada Dome Dome RC82 ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MUG JapanJapan FUJ United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH
DNF
1987 jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 SpainSpain JAR SpainSpain JER ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL FranceFrance LEM GermanyGermany NOW United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH GermanyGermany ONLY BelgiumBelgium SPA JapanJapan FUJ
3 1 DNF 1 5 4th 1 1 1 2
1988 jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 SpainSpain JER SpainSpain JAR ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL FranceFrance LEM Czech RepublicCzech Republic BRÜ United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH GermanyGermany ONLY BelgiumBelgium SPA JapanJapan FUJ AustraliaAustralia SAN
DNF
1990 Duration racing Porsche 962 JapanJapan SUZ ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance DIJ GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom DON CanadaCanada MOT MexicoMexico MEX
DNF 11
1991 jaguar Jaguar XJR-12 JapanJapan SUZ ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL FranceFrance LEM GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LIKE MexicoMexico MEX JapanJapan AUT
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