Thierry Boutsen Thierry Boutsen Boutsen during practice for the 1985 European Grand Prix Born 1993 Belgian Grand Prix Thierry Marc Boutsen (born 13 July 1957 in Brussels , Belgium) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows , Benetton , Williams , Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One . He competed in 164 World Championship Grands Prix (163 starts), winning three races, achieving 15 podiums and scoring 132 career points. His best finish in the World Drivers’ Championship was fourth in 1988 whilst driving for Benetton. He also twice finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race (in 1993 in a Peugeot 905 and in 1996 in a Porsche 911 GT1 ).

Contents Career Junior Formulae & Sportscars After winning the “Volant V” in 1977 at the André Pilette Racing School, Zolder, Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford 1600 championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races. [1] He also entered the 1978 Spa 24 Hours race, the very last auto race on the old 14 km (8.7 mi) Spa-Francorchamps circuit- driving a Toyota Trueno. [2] For 1979 he moved to Formula 3 , winning three races in 1980 and second place in the European title race , behind Michele Alboreto . [1] In 1981 he moved to Formula 2 and was again second in the European championship , including winning at the 14-mile Nürburgring - this time behind Geoff Lees . [1] He also entered the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans . The race started at 3pm – one hour earlier than usual due to the Parliamentary elections held on the same weekend.

At 4:06pm Boutsen suffered a massive accident just after the Hunaudières kink, some 400 metres (0.25 mi) before the Mulsanne bosse (the “hump”) when his WM P81-Peugeot was travelling at some 350 km/h (217 mph). A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but the debris field of hurled parts and bodywork was spread over 150 metres (490 ft). Three marshals were struck by the debris. One of them, Thierry Mabillat, was killed – struck in the chest by a detached piece of the guard rail. Two of his colleagues, Claude Hertault and Serge David (who lost an arm), were seriously injured. In 1983 Boutsen drove in the European Touring Car Championship and in World Sportscar races, [1] where he won the very first Group C race, the Monza 1000 km with Bob Wollek driving a Porsche 956.

He also won the famous Daytona 24 hour race in 1985, co-driving the Porsche 956 from the Preston Henn Racing with Bob Wollek, AJ Foyt and Al Unser Sr. Formula One Boutsen was considered a promising driver, testing for McLaren and Brabham . He was briefly attached to the Spirit Honda F1 project before losing out to his Formula Two team-mate Stefan Johansson . Boutsen driving for Arrows at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix . In 1983 he paid $500,000 for a drive in Formula One and made his debut with Arrows at his home race, the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix at the shortened 7 km (4.3 mi) Spa . [1] While he scored no points in 1983 his careful handling and close performance compared to experienced team-mate Marc Surer . With backing from Barclay cigarettes he remained with the team for a further three seasons. The first saw Arrows struggle with their difficult first turbocharged car, with powerful BMW turbo engines but poor handling.

Boutsen scored points twice in the old Cosworth DFV powered A6 and once in the turbo machine. His second season saw several notable results, including 2nd place at Imola . Boutsen crossed the line third, behind Alain Prost and Elio de Angelis but after the race, Prost was disqualified because his car was 2 kg underweight. Three more points scores saw him 11th overall in the standings. A final season with Arrows saw no points for Boutsen in an uncompetitive car, but in parallel to F1 he drove for the Walter Brun team in Group C and clinched the World Championship title with them in 1986, winning Spa 1000 km. Boutsen driving for Benetton at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix . He got his big chance when he switched to the works Ford F1 team, Benetton, for the 1987 season. While the package wasn’t a race winner it did allow him to run regularly in the top 6.

He scored points in six races, his best being awarded 3rd place in Adelaide after the disqualification of Ayrton Senna ‘s Lotus and moved to 8th overall. For 1988 Benetton switched to normally aspirated Cosworth engines in anticipation of the banning of turbos in 1989. Boutsen’s consistency, mechanical sympathy and speed saw him score points in 10 of the 16 races – with five 3rd-place finishes – and place 4th overall as the best non-turbo driver in the table. His reputation as a reliable, fast driver with good development skills saw Frank Williams sign him on a two-year contract to drive the new Williams Renault car. 1989 began with Boutsen on the back foot as veteran team-mate Riccardo Patrese had a major resurgence in form, but at the Canadian Grand Prix Boutsen drove well in wet conditions and took his maiden victory after Senna suffered a late engine failure. Three more podium finishes came before Boutsen rounded the year off with a second victory at the rain-soaked Australian Grand Prix . Boutsen had been one of the drivers protesting about the conditions at the circuit before the race.

1990 saw more consistent points scoring drives, including his third and final Grand Prix victory – a lights-to-flag victory in Hungarian Grand Prix where he took his first pole position and held off sustained pressure from Alessandro Nannini and Ayrton Senna to win. However, Nigel Mansell was available in 1991 and Williams Renault felt they needed a ‘star’ driver to put together a championship bid. Despite Boutsen winning three races in two years to Patrese’s one they decided to keep the Italian to drive alongside Mansell. With no vacancies among the top teams Boutsen had to drop down to the Ligier team. Despite having a sizeable budget and Lamborghini V12 engines the car was uncompetitive and Boutsen was frequently unable to disguise his disgust with the machinery given to him. The arrival of Renault engines in 1992 improved matters a little and in his final race for the team he scored 5th place, his first points since leaving Williams. Initially he was unable to find a drive for 1993 but Barclay secured him a slot at Jordan , replacing Ivan Capelli .

Boutsen was rusty, too tall for the car and largely outpaced by young team-mate Rubens Barrichello , failing to score any points in ten races. With Eddie Jordan keen to bring in younger, well-sponsored drivers to the seat the decision was taken to turn Boutsen’s home race into a farewell event, though he retired on the first lap. Sportscars Boutsen then drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche 911 GT1, alongside Bill Adam and Hans Stuck . The trio finished 2nd in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1997, Boutsen won the GT-One US Championship with the Champion Racing in 1998. After a crash at Le Mans in 1999 at the wheel of a Toyota GT-One he retired from racing altogether. [1] Helmet Boutsen’s helmet on display at the Williams team’s museum Boutsen’s helmet was black with a red, orange and yellow ribbon design surrounding the visor and the rear area. The colours used are the colours of the Belgian flag (except for orange). Business Today Boutsen runs his own company, Boutsen Aviation, in Monaco .

[3] Its business is the “Sale and Acquisition of Business Jets”. He founded the company in 1997 with his wife Daniela and up to May 2011, the company had sold 205 aircraft, ranging from Airbus Corporate Jets to Cessna Citation. He is also co-owner of Boutsen Energy Racing alongside his brother-in-law Olivier Lainé and Georges Kaczka. The team competes in the Formula Le Mans class in the Le Mans Series . Boutsen also runs cars in Formula Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy . Racing record Complete European Formula Two Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Thierry Boutsen brought to you by F1inPictures.com Last race 1993 Belgian Grand Prix Thierry Marc Boutsen (born 13 July 1957 in Brussels, Belgium) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One.

Career After winning the "Volant V" in 1977 at the André Pilette Racing School, Zolder, Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford 1600 championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races. He also entered the 1978 Spa 24 Hours race, the very last auto race on the old 14 km (8.7 mi) Spa-Francorchamps circuit- driving a Toyota Trueno. For 1979 he moved to Formula 3, winning three races in 1980 and second place in the European title race, behind Michele Alboreto. In 1981 he moved to Formula 2 and was again second in the European championship, including winning at the 14-mile Nürburgring- this time behind Geoff Lees. He also entered the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race started at 3pm – one hour earlier than usual due to the Parliamentary elections held on the same weekend.

At 4:06pm Boutsen suffered a massive accident just after the Hunaudières kink, some 400 metres (0.25 mi) before the Mulsanne bosse (the "hump") when his WM P81-Peugeot was travelling at some 350 km/h (217 mph). A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but the debris field of hurled parts and bodywork was spread over 150 metres (490 ft). Three marshals were struck by the debris. One of them, Thierry Mabillat was killed, struck in the chest by a detached piece of the guard rail. Two of his colleagues were seriously injured, Claude Hertault and Serge David, who lost an arm. In 1983 Boutsen drove in the European Touring Car Championship and in World Sportscar races, where he won the very first Group C race, the Monza 1000km with Bob Wollek driving a Porsche 956.

He also won the famous Daytona 24 hour race in 1985, co-driving the Porsche 956 from the Preston Henn Racing with Bob Wollek, AJ Foyt and Al Unser Sr. In 1983 he paid $500,000 for a drive in Formula One, and made his debut with Arrows at his home race, the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix at the shortened 7 km (4.3 mi) Spa, but a greater opportunity came when he moved to Benetton in 1987 where he scored six 3rd place finishes for the team. In parallel to F1 he drove for the Walter Brun team in Group C and clinched the World Championship title with them in 1986, winning Spa 1000km. In 1989 Frank Williams signed him on a two-year contract, where he had his three Grand Prix wins. In 1989 and he won the rain-soaked Canadian and Australian Grands Prix and in 1990 he scored a victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix over his friend Ayrton Senna's McLaren-Honda.

In 1991 he moved to Ligier and from there to replace Ivan Capelli at Jordan in 1993, after which he retired from Formula One. Boutsen then drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche GT-One, alongside Bill Adam and Hans Stuck. The trio finished 2nd in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1997, Boutsen won the GT-One US Championship with the Champion Racing in 1998. After a crash at Le Mans in 1999 at the wheel of a Toyota Gt-one he retired from racing altogether. Today Boutsen runs his own company, Boutsen Aviation, in Monaco. Its business is the "Sale and Acquisition of Business Jets". He founded the company in 1997 with his wife Daniela and, to date (5-2011) the company has sold 205 aircraft, ranging from Airbus Corporate Jets to Cessna Citation. He also runs his own racing team called Boutsen Energy Racing. The team compete in the Formula Le Mans class in the Le Mans Series.

Boutsen also runs cars in Formula Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy. Helmet Boutsen's helmet was dark blue with a red, orange and yellow ribbon design surrounding the visor and the rear area. Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Thierry Boutsen - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Thierry Boutsen Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Top rankings for Thierry Boutsen 167th From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thierry Boutsen Formula One World Championship career Active years Thierry Marc Boutsen (born July 13, 1957 in Brussels , Belgium ) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows , Benetton , Williams , Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One . Career Boutsen driving for Benetton at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix .

In 1977 Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford 1600 championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races. For 1979 he moved to Formula 3 , winning three races in 1980 and second place in the European title race , behind Michele Alboreto . In 1981 he moved to Formula 2 and was again second in the European championship , this time behind Geoff Lees . He also entered the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans . The race started at 3pm - one hour earlier than usual due to the Parliamentary elections held on the same weekend. At 4:06pm Thierry Boutsen suffered a massive accident just after the Hunaudières kink, some 400 metres before the Mulsanne bosse (the "hump") when his WM P81-Peugeot was travelling at some 350 km/h. A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but the debris field of hurled parts and bodywork was spread over 150 metres.

Three marshals were struck by the debris. One of them, Thierry Mabillat was killed, struck in the chest by a detached piece of the guard rail. Two of his colleagues were seriously injured, Claude Hertault and Serge David, who lost an arm. In 1983 Boutsen drove in the European Touring Car Championship and in World Sportscar races, where he won at Monza with Bob Wollek . In 1983 he paid $500,000 for a drive in Formula One, and made his debut with Arrows at the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix , but a greater opportunity came when he moved to Benetton in 1987 where he scored six 3rd place finishes for the team. In 1989 Frank Williams signed him on a two-year contract, where he had his three Grand Prix wins. In 1989 and he won the rain-soaked Canadian and Australian Grands Prix and in 1990 he scored a victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix over his friend Ayrton Senna 's McLaren - Honda .

In 1991 he moved to Ligier and from there to replace Ivan Capelli at Jordan in 1993, after which he retired from Formula One. Boutsen briefly drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche, alongside Bill Adam and Hans Stuck. The trio finished 2nd in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1997. After a crash at Le Mans in 1999 he retired from racing altogether. Today Thierry Boutsen runs his own company, Boutsen Aviation, in Monaco .

Complete Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year F1 Classics – Thierry Boutsen – The last Belgian Race Winner in F1 - SportPulse SportPulse At the heart of Sport F1 Classics – Thierry Boutsen – The last Belgian Race Winner in F1 January 5, 2014 By Paul Hensby Leave a Comment At the end of the 1990 Formula One season, the Williams Renault team announced it had re-signed British driver Nigel Mansell for the 1991 season, meaning that one of its current drivers would have to leave. Despite winning three races over his two years within the team, Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen was ousted, while Riccardo Patrese, who had only won once in the same period, was retained. With what happened to Williams in the upcoming years, what could Boutsen have done with the quickest car in the field? Could he have given Mansell a bigger challenge than Patrese? It is entirely possible.

Comparing Boutsen and Patrese at Williams – 1989-1990 63 Thierry Boutsen began his Formula 1 career back in 1983, making his debut for the Arrows Racing Team mid-season at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. Qualifying 18th, he was forced to retire with a rear suspension failure, but he had done enough to keep his drive for the rest of the season. He ultimately stayed at Arrows until the end of the 1986 season. He officially scored his first point at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Rio in the opening race of the 1984 season, despite finishing seventh. He was promoted into sixth later in the season when fifth placed British driver Martin Brundle and his Tyrrell-Ford team were disqualified from all races for technical infringements. He got his first point on the road a few races later at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Boutsen grabbed a sensational podium at the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix, pushing his car across the line as it ran out of fuel approaching the line.

He was originally classified third, but was promoted to second when Alain Prost was disqualified ahead of him for having a car that was underweight. He would only score points on three other occasions in 1985, but his stock was rising. The 1986 season was very disappointing however for Boutsen, and he failed to score points in any of the races, mainly down to his car not being up to the task. It was not for the lack of trying however, his best finish was seventh, of which he did four times. Finally Boutsen got the promotion he deserved for the 1987 season, when he signed to the Benetton team alongside Italian Teo Fabi. He scored points in his first race for the team in Brazil, and his first podium for the team in the season finale in Australia. However it was his second season for the team in 1988 where he was to impress more. In a season dominated by turbo-charged cars, Boutsen was driving a normally aspirated Benetton Cosworth V8, and drove outstandingly.

He was generally best of the rest in a tidy Benetton, and grabbed no less than five third-place finishes, usually ahead of some of the turbo charged cars. It was a brilliant effort that saw him finish fourth in the championship. It was a season that got him noticed by the Williams team, who signed him up for 1989. Boutsen’s first victory, at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix, was the first for the Williams-Renault partnership, which ran until the end of the 1997 season. Ayrton Senna was leading for McLaren-Honda near the end of the race before his car failed, giving Boutsen the lead that he held until the chequered flag. It was a very topsy-turvy race that began wet, dried up a little, and then got wet again, causing multiple pit stops up and down the field. His second victory came in the very wet Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide at the end of the season. He managed to keep his car on the road when many others around him failed to do so, and won the race by almost half a minute ahead of Alessandro Nannini.

His three other podiums in 1989 saw him finish fifth in the championship. His third and final career F1 win was at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 1990, where he also managed his first and only pole position. He would lead the race from start to finish, holding off the advances of Nannini, Senna and Nigel Mansell brilliantly. He finished twice more on the podium during the season and claimed sixth in the championship. However it was not enough to keep his drive, despite outscoring his team-mate by 34 points to 23. While Riccardo Patrese was to go on and win the 1991 Mexican and Portuguese Grand Prix, along with the 1992 Japanese Grand Prix, Boutsen joined the Ligier team in 1991, which had the dreadful underpowered Lamborghini engine; he failed to trouble the points-paying positions. It was almost the same story in 1992 as Boutsen stayed with Ligier, now with Renault Engines, but only scoring two points for a fifth place in the season finale in Australia.

A move to Jordan in place of Ivan Capelli in 1993 did not work out as planned either. Pointless, he drifted away from Formula 1 for good after his home grand prix at Spa-Francorchamps, the scene ironically also of his first grand prix. Post Formula 1, Boutsen tried his hand at Sports Car racing, winning the Daytona 24 hour race before retiring after the 1999 Le Mans 24 hour race. He is co-owner of GT Racing team Boutsen Ginion Racing along with his brother-in-law Olivier Lainé, running primarily in the Blancpain Endurance series with two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 super cars, but also in the European Le Mans series with an Oreca 03 LMP2 car. Boutsen also runs his own aviation company – Boutsen Aviation – in Monaco. Again and again in his Formula 1 career Thierry Boutsen showed just how good he was. It was a shame how his Formula 1 career came to an end after showing so much promise for Arrows, Benetton and Williams. Ultimately leaving Williams threw Boutsen into a downward spiral that he never recovered from.

Had he been retained instead of Patrese, it is quite possible that he could and should have won more Grand Prix than the three he ended up with. He was certainly good enough. Thierry Boutsen Explained Thierry Boutsen Explained 1993 Belgian Grand Prix Thierry Marc Boutsen (born 13 July 1957 in Brussels , Belgium) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows , Benetton , Williams , Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One . He competed in 164 World Championship Grands Prix (163 starts), winning three races, achieving 15 podiums and scoring 132 career points. His best finish in the World Drivers' Championship was fourth in whilst driving for Benetton. He also twice finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race (in in a Peugeot 905 and in in a Porsche 911 GT1 ).

Career Junior Formulae & Sportscars After winning the "Volant V" in 1977 at the André Pilette Racing School, Zolder, Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford 1600 championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races. [1] He also entered the 1978 Spa 24 Hours race, the very last auto race on the old 14 km (8.7 mi) Spa-Francorchamps circuit- driving a Toyota Trueno. [2] For 1979 he moved to Formula 3 , winning three races in 1980 and second place in the European title race , behind Michele Alboreto . [1] In 1981 he moved to Formula 2 and was again second in the European championship , including winning at the 14-mile Nürburgring - this time behind Geoff Lees . [1] He also entered the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans . The race started at 3pm – one hour earlier than usual due to the Parliamentary elections held on the same weekend.

At 4:06pm Boutsen suffered a massive accident just after the Hunaudières kink, some 400m (1,300feet) before the Mulsanne bosse (the "hump") when his WM P81-Peugeot was travelling at some 3500NaN0. A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but the debris field of hurled parts and bodywork was spread over . Three marshals were struck by the debris. One of them, Thierry Mabillat, was killed - struck in the chest by a detached piece of the guard rail. Two of his colleagues, Claude Hertault and Serge David (who lost an arm), were seriously injured. In 1983 Boutsen drove in the European Touring Car Championship and in World Sportscar races, [1] where he won the very first Group C race, the Monza 1000 km with Bob Wollek driving a Porsche 956.

He also won the famous Daytona 24 hour race in 1985, co-driving the Porsche 956 from the Preston Henn Racing with Bob Wollek, AJ Foyt and Al Unser Sr. Formula One Boutsen was considered a promising driver, testing for McLaren and Brabham . He was briefly attached to the Spirit Honda F1 project before losing out to his Formula Two team-mate Stefan Johansson .thumb|left|Boutsen driving for Arrows at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix .In 1983 he paid $500,000 for a drive in Formula One and made his debut with Arrows at his home race, the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix at the shortened 7 km (4.3 mi) Spa . [1] While he scored no points in 1983 his careful handling and close performance compared to experienced team-mate Marc Surer . With backing from Barclay cigarettes he remained with the team for a further three seasons. The first saw Arrows struggle with their difficult first turbocharged car, with powerful BMW turbo engines but poor handling.

Boutsen scored points twice in the old Cosworth DFV powered A6 and once in the turbo machine. His second season saw several notable results, including 2nd place at Imola . Boutsen crossed the line third, behind Alain Prost and Elio de Angelis but after the race, Prost was disqualified because his car was 2 kg underweight. Three more points scores saw him 11th overall in the standings. A final season with Arrows saw no points for Boutsen in an uncompetitive car, but in parallel to F1 he drove for the Walter Brun team in Group C and clinched the World Championship title with them in 1986, winning Spa 1000 km. thumb|right|Boutsen driving for Benetton at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix .He got his big chance when he switched to the works Ford F1 team, Benetton, for the 1987 season. While the package wasn't a race winner it did allow him to run regularly in the top 6.

He scored points in six races, his best being awarded 3rd place in Adelaide after the disqualification of Ayrton Senna 's Lotus and moved to 8th overall. For 1988 Benetton switched to normally aspirated Cosworth engines in anticipation of the banning of turbos in 1989. Boutsen's consistency, mechanical sympathy and speed saw him score points in 10 of the 16 races - with five 3rd-place finishes - and place 4th overall as the best non-turbo driver in the table. His reputation as a reliable, fast driver with good development skills saw Frank Williams sign him on a two-year contract to drive the new Williams Renault car. 1989 began with Boutsen on the back foot as veteran team-mate Riccardo Patrese had a major resurgence in form, but at the Canadian Grand Prix Boutsen drove well in wet conditions and took his maiden victory after Senna suffered a late engine failure. Three more podium finishes came before Boutsen rounded the year off with a second victory at the rain-soaked Australian Grand Prix . Boutsen had been one of the drivers protesting about the conditions at the circuit before the race.

1990 saw more consistent points scoring drives, including his third and final Grand Prix victory - a lights-to-flag victory in Hungarian Grand Prix where he took his first pole position and held off sustained pressure from Alessandro Nannini and Ayrton Senna to win. However, Nigel Mansell was available in 1991 and Williams Renault felt they needed a 'star' driver to put together a championship bid. Despite Boutsen winning three races in two years to Patrese's one they decided to keep the Italian to drive alongside Mansell. With no vacancies among the top teams Boutsen had to drop down to the Ligier team. Despite having a sizeable budget and Lamborghini V12 engines the car was uncompetitive and Boutsen was frequently unable to disguise his disgust with the machinery given to him. The arrival of Renault engines in 1992 improved matters a little and in his final race for the team he scored 5th place, his first points since leaving Williams. Initially he was unable to find a drive for 1993 but Barclay secured him a slot at Jordan , replacing Ivan Capelli .

Boutsen was rusty, too tall for the car and largely outpaced by young team-mate Rubens Barrichello , failing to score any points in ten races. With Eddie Jordan keen to bring in younger, well-sponsored drivers to the seat the decision was taken to turn Boutsen's home race into a farewell event, though he retired on the first lap. Sportscars Boutsen then drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche 911 GT1, alongside Bill Adam and Hans Stuck . The trio finished 2nd in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1997, Boutsen won the GT-One US Championship with the Champion Racing in 1998. After a crash at Le Mans in 1999 at the wheel of a Toyota GT-One he retired from racing altogether. [1] Helmet thumb|right|Boutsen's helmet on display at the Williams team's museumBoutsen's helmet was black with a red, orange and yellow ribbon design surrounding the visor and the rear area. The colours used are the colours of the Belgian flag (except for orange).

Business Today Boutsen runs his own company, Boutsen Aviation, in Monaco . [3] Its business is the "Sale and Acquisition of Business Jets". He founded the company in 1997 with his wife Daniela and up to May 2011, the company had sold 205 aircraft, ranging from Airbus Corporate Jets to Cessna Citation. He is also co-owner of Boutsen Energy Racing alongside his brother-in-law Olivier Lainé and Georges Kaczka. The team competes in the Formula Le Mans class in the Le Mans Series . Boutsen also runs cars in Formula Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy . Racing record Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Thierry Boutsen - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos Thierry Boutsen NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 ..

100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Boutsen during practice for the 1985 European Grand Prix Born 1993 Belgian Grand Prix Thierry Marc Boutsen (born 13 July 1957 in Brussels , Belgium) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows , Benetton , Williams , Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One . He competed in 164 World Championship Grands Prix (163 starts), winning three races, achieving 15 podiums and scoring 132 career points. His best finish in the World Drivers' Championship was fourth in 1988 whilst driving for Benetton. He also twice finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race (in 1993 in a Peugeot 905 and in 1996 in a Porsche 911 GT1 ).

Contents Career[ edit ] Junior Formulae & Sportscars[ edit ] After winning the "Volant V" in 1977 at the André Pilette Racing School, Zolder, Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford 1600 championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races. [1] He also entered the 1978 Spa 24 Hours race, the very last auto race on the old 14 km (8.7 mi) Spa-Francorchamps circuit- driving a Toyota Trueno. [2] For 1979 he moved to Formula 3 , winning three races in 1980 and second place in the European title race , behind Michele Alboreto . [1] In 1981 he moved to Formula 2 and was again second in the European championship , including winning at the 14-mile Nürburgring - this time behind Geoff Lees . [1] He also entered the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans . The race started at 3pm – one hour earlier than usual due to the Parliamentary elections held on the same weekend.

At 4:06pm Boutsen suffered a massive accident just after the Hunaudières kink, some 400 metres (0.25 mi) before the Mulsanne bosse (the "hump") when his WM P81-Peugeot was travelling at some 350 km/h (217 mph). A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but the debris field of hurled parts and bodywork was spread over 150 metres (490 ft). Three marshals were struck by the debris. One of them, Thierry Mabillat, was killed - struck in the chest by a detached piece of the guard rail. Two of his colleagues, Claude Hertault and Serge David (who lost an arm), were seriously injured. In 1983 Boutsen drove in the European Touring Car Championship and in World Sportscar races, [1] where he won the very first Group C race, the Monza 1000 km with Bob Wollek driving a Porsche 956.

He also won the famous Daytona 24 hour race in 1985, co-driving the Porsche 956 from the Preston Henn Racing with Bob Wollek, AJ Foyt and Al Unser Sr. Formula One[ edit ] Boutsen was considered a promising driver, testing for McLaren and Brabham . He was briefly attached to the Spirit Honda F1 project before losing out to his Formula Two team-mate Stefan Johansson . Boutsen driving for Arrows at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix . In 1983 he paid $500,000 for a drive in Formula One and made his debut with Arrows at his home race, the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix at the shortened 7 km (4.3 mi) Spa . [1] While he scored no points in 1983 his careful handling and close performance compared to experienced team-mate Marc Surer . With backing from Barclay cigarettes he remained with the team for a further three seasons. The first saw Arrows struggle with their difficult first turbocharged car, with powerful BMW turbo engines but poor handling.

Boutsen scored points twice in the old Cosworth DFV powered A6 and once in the turbo machine. His second season saw several notable results, including 2nd place at Imola . Boutsen crossed the line third, behind Alain Prost and Elio de Angelis but after the race, Prost was disqualified because his car was 2 kg underweight. Three more points scores saw him 11th overall in the standings. A final season with Arrows saw no points for Boutsen in an uncompetitive car, but in parallel to F1 he drove for the Walter Brun team in Group C and clinched the World Championship title with them in 1986, winning Spa 1000 km. Boutsen driving for Benetton at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix . He got his big chance when he switched to the works Ford F1 team, Benetton, for the 1987 season. While the package wasn't a race winner it did allow him to run regularly in the top 6.

He scored points in six races, his best being awarded 3rd place in Adelaide after the disqualification of Ayrton Senna 's Lotus and moved to 8th overall. For 1988 Benetton switched to normally aspirated Cosworth engines in anticipation of the banning of turbos in 1989. Boutsen's consistency, mechanical sympathy and speed saw him score points in 10 of the 16 races - with five 3rd-place finishes - and place 4th overall as the best non-turbo driver in the table. His reputation as a reliable, fast driver with good development skills saw Frank Williams sign him on a two-year contract to drive the new Williams Renault car. 1989 began with Boutsen on the back foot as veteran team-mate Riccardo Patrese had a major resurgence in form, but at the Canadian Grand Prix Boutsen drove well in wet conditions and took his maiden victory after Senna suffered a late engine failure. Three more podium finishes came before Boutsen rounded the year off with a second victory at the rain-soaked Australian Grand Prix . Boutsen had been one of the drivers protesting about the conditions at the circuit before the race.

1990 saw more consistent points scoring drives, including his third and final Grand Prix victory - a lights-to-flag victory in Hungarian Grand Prix where he took his first pole position and held off sustained pressure from Alessandro Nannini and Ayrton Senna to win. However, Nigel Mansell was available in 1991 and Williams Renault felt they needed a 'star' driver to put together a championship bid. Despite Boutsen winning three races in two years to Patrese's one they decided to keep the Italian to drive alongside Mansell. With no vacancies among the top teams Boutsen had to drop down to the Ligier team. Despite having a sizeable budget and Lamborghini V12 engines the car was uncompetitive and Boutsen was frequently unable to disguise his disgust with the machinery given to him. The arrival of Renault engines in 1992 improved matters a little and in his final race for the team he scored 5th place, his first points since leaving Williams. Initially he was unable to find a drive for 1993 but Barclay secured him a slot at Jordan , replacing Ivan Capelli .

Boutsen was rusty, too tall for the car and largely outpaced by young team-mate Rubens Barrichello , failing to score any points in ten races. With Eddie Jordan keen to bring in younger, well-sponsored drivers to the seat the decision was taken to turn Boutsen's home race into a farewell event, though he retired on the first lap. Sportscars[ edit ] Boutsen then drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche 911 GT1, alongside Bill Adam and Hans Stuck . The trio finished 2nd in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1997, Boutsen won the GT-One US Championship with the Champion Racing in 1998. After a crash at Le Mans in 1999 at the wheel of a Toyota GT-One he retired from racing altogether. [1] Helmet[ edit ] Boutsen's helmet on display at the Williams team's museum Boutsen's helmet was black with a red, orange and yellow ribbon design surrounding the visor and the rear area. The colours used are the colours of the Belgian flag (except for orange).

Business[ edit ] Today Boutsen runs his own company, Boutsen Aviation , in Monaco . [3] Its business is the "Sale and Acquisition of Business Jets". He founded the company in 1997 with his wife Daniela and up to May 2011, the company had sold 205 aircraft, ranging from Airbus Corporate Jets to Cessna Citation. He is also co-owner of Boutsen Energy Racing alongside his brother-in-law Olivier Lainé and Georges Kaczka. The team competes in the Formula Le Mans class in the Le Mans Series . Boutsen also runs cars in Formula Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy . Complete European Formula Two Championship results[ edit ] ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year

Question: Belgian Thierry Boutsen, winner of the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix and the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix, drove for the Formula One teams of Benetton, Williams-Renault, Ligier, Jordan-Hart and what other?
Answer: Arrows