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Raul de Mesquita Boesel (, born 4 December 1957) is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced for the March and Equipe 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.
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.
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 Team 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 Champ Car.
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.
| 1982 ! nowrap | March Grand Prix Team !rowspan=2 nowrap | March 821 !rowspan=2 nowrap | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | !rowspan=2 NC !rowspan=2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 ! nowrap | Équipe Ligier Gitanes ! nowrap | Equipe Ligier JS21 ! nowrap | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | BRA | USW | FRA | SMR | MON | BEL | DET | CAN | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | EUR | RSA | ! NC ! 0 |
| 1985 ! nowrap | Dick Simon Racing ! rowspan=2 | 22 ! nowrap | March 85C ! nowrap | Cosworth DFX V8Turbocharger | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MCH | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | LAG | PHX | Tamiami Park | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 28th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 10 ! | |
| 1986 ! nowrap | Dick Simon Racing ! nowrap | Lola Cars ! nowrap | Cosworth DFX V8Turbocharger | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | ROA | LAG | PHX | Tamiami Park | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 13th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 54 ! |
| 1987 ! nowrap | Vince Granatelli Racing ! 4 ! nowrap | March 87C ! nowrap | Cosworth DFX V8Turbocharger | LBH | PHX | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | ROA | MDO | NAZ | LAG | Tamiami Park | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 26th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 8 ! | ||
| 1988 !rowspan=2 nowrap | Shierson Racing !rowspan=3 | 30 !nowrap | March 88C !rowspan=2 nowrap | Cosworth DFX V8Turbocharger | PHX | LBH | MIL | POR | !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFEAFF;" 8th !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 89 ! rowspan=2 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 ! nowrap | Shierson Racing ! nowrap | Lola Cars ! nowrap | Judd AV V8Turbocharger | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 11th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 68 ! | ||
| 1990 ! nowrap | Truesports ! 8 ! nowrap | Lola Cars ! nowrap | Judd AV V8Turbocharger | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 11th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 42 ! | |
| 1992 ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Dick Simon Racing ! 11 ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Lola Cars ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Chevrolet 265A V8Turbocharger | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | DET | POR | MIL | NHA | MCH | !style="background:#CFEAFF;" rowspan=2 9th !style="background:#CFEAFF;" rowspan=2 | 80 ! rowspan=2 | ||||||||
| 1993 ! nowrap | Dick Simon Racing ! 9 ! nowrap | Lola Cars ! nowrap | Ford XB V8Turbocharger | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | NHA | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | !style="background:#DFFFDF;" 5th !style="background:#DFFFDF;" | 132 ! | |
| 1994 ! nowrap | Dick Simon Racing ! 5 ! nowrap | Lola Cars ! nowrap | Ford XB V8Turbocharger | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | ROA | NAZ | LAG | !style="background:#CFEAFF;" 7th !style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 90 ! | |
| 1995 ! nowrap | Team Rahal ! 11 ! nowrap | Lola Cars ! nowrap | Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8Turbocharger | MIA | SRF | PHX | LBH | NAZ | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | ROA | TOR | CLE | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | LAG | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 16th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 48 ! |
| 1996 ! nowrap | Team Green ! 1 ! nowrap | Reynard 96i ! nowrap | Ford XB V8Turbocharger | MIA | RIO | SRF | LBH | NAZ | 500 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 22nd !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 17 ! | |
| 1997 ! nowrap | Patrick Racing ! 40 ! nowrap | Reynard 97i ! nowrap | Ford XB V8Turbocharger | MIA | SRF | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | Milwaukee Mile | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | FON | !style="background:#CFEAFF;" 10th !style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 91 ! |
| 1999 ! nowrap | Team Green ! 26 ! nowrap | Reynard 99i ! nowrap | Honda HRS V8Turbocharger | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | Milwaukee Mile | POR | CLE | ROA | TOR | MCH | DET | MDO | !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;" 32nd !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 1 !rowspan=2 | |||
| 1998 !rowspan=2 | !rowspan=2 G-Force GF01B !rowspan=2 | 30 ! rowspan="5" | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | NHA | DOV | CLT | PPR | ATL | TXS | LVS | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 20th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 132 ! | ||||
| 1999 | WDW | PHX | CLT | !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;" 23rd !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 98 !rowspan=2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 ! Treadway Racing !rowspan=1 | G-Force GF01C ! 5 | WDW | PHX | LVS | INDY | TXS | PPR | ATL | KTY | TXS | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" 37th !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14 ! | |||||||
| 2001 !Treadway Racing ! rowspan="1" | G-Force GF01C !5T | PHX | HMS | ATL | INDY | TXS | PPR | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS | !style="background:#CFCFFF;" NC !style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 0 ! | |||
| 2002 ! Team Menard !rowspan=2 | Dallara ! 2 ! Chevrolet Indy V8 | HMS | PHX | FON | NAZ | INDY | TXS | PPR | RIR | !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;" 19th !rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 158 !rowspan=2 | ||||||||
| 1985 | March 85C | Ford Cosworth DFX | 23 | 18 | Dick Simon Racing |
| 1986 | Lola Cars | Ford Cosworth DFX | 22 | 13 | Dick Simon Racing |
| 1988 | Lola Cars | Ford Cosworth DFX | 20 | 7 | Shierson Racing |
| 1989 | Lola Cars | Judd | 9 | 3 | Shierson Racing |
| 1990 | Lola Cars | Judd | 17 | 28 | Truesports |
| 1992 | Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet Ilmor | 27 | 7 | Dick Simon Racing |
| 1993 | Lola T93/00 | FordXB | 3 | 4 | Dick Simon Racing |
| 1994 | Lola T94/00 | FordXB | 2 | 21 | Dick Simon Racing |
| 1995 | Lola T95/00 | Mercedes-Benz Ilmor | 22 | 20 | Team Rahal |
| 1998 | Panoz | Oldsmobile | 30 | 19 | McCormack Motorsports |
| 1999 | Riley & Scott | Oldsmobile | 33 | 12 | Brant Racing |
| 2000 | Panoz | Oldsmobile | 24 | 16 | Treadway Racing |
| 2001 | Panoz | Oldsmobile | Replaced by Felipe Giaffone | Treadway Racing | |
| 2002 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 3 | 21 | Team Menard |
| 1982 ! Dome Co. Ltd. ! C ! Dome RC82 ! Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 | MNZ | SIL | NÜR | LMS | SPA | Mugello Circuit | Fuji Speedway | Brands Hatch | ! NC ! 0 | ||||||
| 1987 !rowspan=2 | Silk Cut Jaguar Cars !rowspan=2 | C1 !rowspan=2 | Jaguar Cars XJR-8 ! Jaguar Cars 7.0 V12 | JAR | JER | MNZ | SIL | NOR | BRH | NÜR | SPA | FUJ | !rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st !rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 127 | |
| 1988 ! Silk Cut Jaguar Cars ! C1 ! Jaguar Cars XJR-9 ! Jaguar Cars 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 F6Turbocharger | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | SPA | DIJ | NÜR | DON | CGV | MEX | ! NC ! 0 | |||||
| 1991 ! Silk Cut Jaguar Cars ! C2 ! Jaguar Cars XJR-12 ! Jaguar Cars 7.4 V12 | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | LMS | NÜR | MAG | MEX | AUT | ! 21st ! 15 |
| 2002 ! AC Delco ! 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 21 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 |
| 2007 ! Dener Motorsport ! GT2 ! Porsche 997 GT3 RSR ! Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | MNZ | VAL | NÜR | SPA | SIL | INT ! 40th ! 4 |
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