page_title: Raul Boesel
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Raul Boesel / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Chris Bender driving a Ram-March 821 Formula One racing car at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, during the 2010 Legends of Motorsport meeting.
context_page_description: Raul de Mesquita Boesel
  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.
  He won the 1987 World Sportscar Championship and the 1988 24 Hours of Daytona.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: A March 821, formerly driven by Boesel in the 1982 season, being demonstrated at Mont-Tremblant in 2010.
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