Raul Boesel

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

Raul Boesel
	Boesel at the 2007 Mil Milhas Brasil
Born	4 December 1957 (age 66)
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

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 record

Complete Formula One results

(key)

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	Equipe 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

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
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
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
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
1988	Shierson Racing	March 88C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX 5	LBH 4		MIL 4	POR 26																8th	89
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1999	All American Racers	Eagle 997	Toyota RV8D V8 t															CHI 12	VAN	LAG	HOU	SRF	FON 17	32nd	1

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts
1998	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force GF01B	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
1999	McCormack Motorsports	G-Force GF01B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW 5	PHX 19	CLT C													23rd	98
1999	Brant Racing	Riley & Scott MkV	Oldsmobile Aurora V8				INDY 12	TXS 23	PPR 18	ATL 11	DOV	PPR	LVS	TXS					23rd	98
2000	Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY 16	TXS	PPR	ATL	KTY	TXS							37th	14
2001	Treadway-Hubbard Racing	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS			NA	-
2002	Team Menard	Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY 21	TXS 13	PPR	RIR								19th	158
2002	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara IR-02	Infiniti VRH35ADE V8									KAN 11	NSH 5	MCH 15	KTY 13	GAT 8	CHI 11	TXS 22	19th	158

Indianapolis 500

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)

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

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:^[5]

References

^ "Raul Boesel: Before Formula One". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Raul Boesel: After Formula One". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Raul Boesel". richardsf1.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "DJ Raul Boesel" (in Portuguese). Descubra o Brasil. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-12-06.^{[dead link]}
^ "All Results of Raul Boesel". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

External links

Raul Boesel official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Derek Bell	World Sportscar Championship Champion 1987	Succeeded by Martin Brundle

[beforef1-1] "Raul Boesel: Before Formula One". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Raul Boesel: After Formula One". f1rejects.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[richardsf1-3] "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Raul Boesel". richardsf1.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "DJ Raul Boesel" (in Portuguese). Descubra o Brasil. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-12-06.^{[dead link]}

[5] "All Results of Raul Boesel". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona
run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63) Daytona 2000 (1964–65) 6 Hours of Daytona (1972) 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)
Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett
Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek
Three-time	João Barbosa Derek Bell Hélio Castroneves Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace
Two-time	Filipe Albuquerque Max Angelelli Mauro Baldi Tom Blomqvist Terry Borcheller Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Kamui Kobayashi Jan Lammers Ken Miles Simon Pagenaud John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr. Renger van der Zande
One-time	Allmendinger Alonso Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Bourdais Boutsen Braun Briscoe Brown Brundle Buckler Cameron Campbell Collard Dalziel Derani Dismore D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Gordon Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jarvis Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kanaan Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Larson Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin McMurray Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Nasr Neerpasch Negri Newgarden Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Rossi Schneider Schrom Siffert Suzuki Unser Sr. Van der Merwe Van Overbeek Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson