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.

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.

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.

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.

Racing career

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	Points
1982	March Grand Prix Team	March 821	Cosworth 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	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS21	Cosworth V8	BRA	USW	FRA	SMR	MON	BEL	DET	CAN	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	RSA		NC	0

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1985	Dick Simon Racing	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS1	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MIS2	LS	PHX	MIA						30th	10
1986	Dick Simon Racing	PHX1	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MIS1	POC	MDO	SAN	MIS2	ROA	LS	PHX2	MIA				13th	54
1987	Granatelli Racing	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MIS	POC	ROA	MDO	NZR	LS	MIA						27th	8
1988	Shierson Racing	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MIS	POC	MDO	ROA	NZR	LS	MIA						8th	89
1989	Shierson Racing	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	POC	MDO	ROA	NZR	LS						11th	68
1990	Truesports	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NZR	LS					12th	42
1992	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MIS	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS					9th	80
1993	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS					5th	132
1994	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NZR	LS					7th	90
1995	Rahal-Hogan Racing	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO	NHA	VAN	LS				16th	48
1996	Team Green	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH	NZR	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS					22nd	17
1997	Patrick Racing	MIA	SRF	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	FON				10th	91
1999	Team Green	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET	MDO							32nd	1
	All American Racers															CHI	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON

CART career summary

Year	Team	Wins	Points	Championship Finish
1985	Dick Simon Racing	0	10	30th
1986	Dick Simon Racing	0	54	13th
1987	Granatelli	0	8	27th
1988	Shierson Racing	0	89	8th
1989	Shierson Racing	0	68	11th
1990	Truesports	0	42	12th
1992	Dick Simon Racing	0	80	9th
1993	Dick Simon Racing	0	132	5th
1994	Dick Simon Racing	0	90	7th
1995	Rahal-Hogan Racing	0	48	16th
1996	Team Green	0	17	22nd
1997	Patrick Racing	0	91	10th
1999	Green/All American Racers	0	1	32nd

171 starts, 0 wins, 3 poles, 321 laps led over 11 races, best finish: 2nd (5 times)

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
1998	McCormack Motorsports	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHM	DOV	CLT	PPI	ATL	TX2	LVS					20th	132
1999	McCormack Motorsports	WDW	PHX	CLT													23rd	98
	Brant Motorsports				INDY	TXS	PPI	ATL	DOV	PP2	LVS	TX2
2000	Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY	TXS	PPI	ATL	KTY	TX2							37th	14
2001	Treadway/Hubbard Racing	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2			NC	-
2002	Team Menard	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY	TXS	PPI	RIR								19th	158
	Bradley Motorsports									KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2

Indy Racing League career summary

Year	Team	Wins	Points	Championship Finish
1998	McCormack Motorsports	0	132	20th
1999	McCormack/Brant	0	98	23rd
2000	Treadway-Vertex Cunningham	0	14	37th
2002	Bradley Motorsports	0	158	19th

27 starts, 0 Wins, 59 laps led over 4 races, best finish: 5th (twice)

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1985	March 85C	Ford Cosworth DFX	23	18	Simon
1986	Lola T86/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	22	13	Simon
1988	Lola T88/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	20	7	Shierson
1989	Lola T89/00	Judd	9	3	Shierson
1990	Lola T89/00	Judd	17	28	Truesports
1992	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A	27	7	Simon
1993	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	3	4	Simon
1994	Lola T94/00	Ford XB	2	21	Simon
1995	Lola T95/00	Mercedes-Benz IC108B	22	20	Rahal/Hogan
1998	G-Force	Oldsmobile	30	19	McCormack
1999	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	33	12	Brant
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	24	16	Treadway
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Raced by F. Giaffone		Treadway
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	3	21	Menard

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1987	C1	4	D	Jaguar XJR-8LM Jaguar 6.9L V12	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Eddie Cheever Jan Lammers	325	5th	5th
1988	C1	3	D	Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Watson Henri Pescarolo	129	DNF	DNF
1991	C2	35	G	Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4L V12	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Michel Ferté	360	2nd	2nd

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