Christian Goethals is a racing driver from Belgium who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper. Goethals has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,955 ranks Goethals 2936th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1958-08-03 | Nürburgring | DNF | −26 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −26 | 2,955 |
Christian Goethals was a Belgian amateur racing driver whose career spanned the mid-1950s and centred on sports car competition. He raced Porsche Spyders during the 1950s in endurance and sprint events, where he scored a second-place finish alongside his brother in the 1500cc class at Reims in 1956 and a class win at Forez the following year. His single attempt at single-seater racing came in 1958, when he entered a Cooper-Climax in the Formula Two class of the German Grand Prix but retired from the race without scoring points.[1]
Goethals returned to sports cars after his Formula One outing and recorded fifth place in the Buenos Aires 1000 km and second place in the GP de Spa in 1960 before retiring from racing. His career remained amateur in character and was concentrated in sportscar racing; his brief Formula One appearance, mounted under his own team banner Écurie Éperon d'Or, represented an isolated venture into single-seater competition rather than a sustained campaign.[2]