Raul de Mesquita Boesel (, 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.

Boesel won the 1987 World Sportscar Championship and the 1988 24 Hours of Daytona.

Personal and early life 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.

Since 1988, Boesel resides in Key Biscayne, Florida with his wife Vera and children Raul Boesel Jr and Gabriela. He owns a Cigarette 38 Top Gun boat.

Career

Boesel studied engineering, gave up his degree and went on to motor racing. He entered into the first ever season of the Brazilian Stock Car championship in 1979.

Boesel 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, Boesel 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 ended his professional racing career in 2005 after returning to Stock Car Brasil, although he still competed in some races after his retirement.

Afterwards, Boesel often commented about various racing categories. In 2007, he started a career as a disc jockey.

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 Pts 1982 March Grand Prix Team March 821 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA NC 0 Rothmans March Grand Prix Team BRA USW SMR BEL MON DET CAN NED GBR FRA GER AUT SUI ITA CPL 1983 Équipe Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS21 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BRA USW FRA SMR MON BEL DET CAN GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR RSA NC 0

American open-wheel racing (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

CART Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 1985 Dick Simon Racing 22 March 85C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH LAG PHX MIA 28th 10 1986 Dick Simon Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC MDO SAN MCH ROA LAG PHX MIA 13th 54 1987 Vince Granatelli Racing 4 March 87C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIA 26th 8 1988 Shierson Racing 30 March 88C Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH MIL POR 8th 89 Lola T88/00 INDY CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG MIA 1989 Shierson Racing Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG 11th 68 1990 Truesports 8 Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG 11th 42 1992 Dick Simon Racing 11 Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA MCH 9th 80 23 TOR CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG 1993 Dick Simon Racing 9 Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG 5th 132 1994 Dick Simon Racing 5 Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAG 7th 90 1995 Rahal-Hogan Racing 11 Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8t MIA SRF PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG 16th 48 1996 Team Green 1 Reynard 96i Ford XB V8t MIA RIO SRF LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG 22nd 17 1997 Patrick Racing 40 Reynard 97i Ford XB V8t MIA SRF LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FON 10th 91 1999 Team Green 26 Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO 32nd 1 All American Racers 36 Eagle 997 Toyota RV8D V8t CHI VAN LAG HOU SRF FON

Indy Racing League Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 1998 G-Force GF01B 30 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPR ATL TXS LVS 20th 132 1999 WDW PHX CLT 23rd 98 Brant Motorsports 3 INDY TXS PPR ATL DOV PPR LVS TXS 2000 Treadway Racing G-Force GF01C 5 WDW PHX LVS INDY TXS PPR ATL KTY TXS 37th 142001Treadway-Hubbard Racing G-Force GF01C5TPHXHMSATLINDYTXSPPRRIRKANNSHKTYGATCHITXS NC 0 2002 Team Menard Dallara IR-02 2 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY TXS PPR RIR 19th 158 Bradley Motorsports 12 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 KAN NSH MCH KTY GAT CHI TXS

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 Replaced byFelipe Giaffone 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 Pts 1982 Dome Co. Ltd. C Dome RC82 Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 MNZ SIL NÜR LMS SPA MUG FUJ BRH NC 0 1987 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-8 Jaguar 7.0 V12 JAR JER MNZ SIL NOR BRH NÜR SPA FUJ 1st 127 Jaguar 6.9 V12 LMS 1988 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-9 Jaguar 7.0 V12 JER JAR MNZ SIL LMS BRN BRH NÜR SPA FUJ SAN NC 0 1990 Konrad Motorsport C Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6t SUZ MNZ SIL SPA DIJ NÜR DON CGV MEX NC 0 1991 Silk Cut Jaguar C2 Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4 V12 SUZ MNZ SIL LMS NÜR MAG MEX AUT 21st 15

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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

Partial Stock Car Brasil results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 1979 Valvoline Team Chevrolet Opala RIO CUR INT LON MOU INT RIO GUA BRA CUR LON INT CUR CUR 4th 141 2001 Sprint RC Chevrolet Vectra RIO CUR INT LON MOU INT RIO GUA BRA CUR LON INT 10th 43 2002 Sprint RC Chevrolet Vectra RIO CUR INT LON MOU INT RIO GUA BRA CUR LON INT 23rd 7 2003 Repsol-Boettger Chevrolet Vectra CUR MOU INT RIO LON INT CUR MOU RIO BRA CUR INT 7th 101 2004 Repsol-Boettger Chevrolet Astra CUR INT TAR LON RIO INT CUR LON RIO BRA MOU INT 6th 88 2005 RR/Embratel Motorsport Chevrolet Astra INT CUR RIO INT CUR LON BRA SCZ TAR ARG RIO INT 27th 19 2006 WB Motorsport Volkswagen Bora INT CUR MOU INT LON CUR SCZ BRA TAR ARG RIO INT NC 0

Complete European Le Mans Series 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 Pts 2007 Dener Motorsport GT2 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 MNZ VAL NÜR SPA SIL INT 40th 4

References

External links

Raul Boesel official website