Raul Boesel is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in Formula 1 for Ligier. Boesel has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 23 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,623 ranks Boesel 627th 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.
| 1983-10-15 | Kyalami | DNF | +11 |
| 1983-09-25 | Brands Hatch | P15 | −3 |
| 1983-08-28 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | P10 | +60 |
| 1983-08-07 | Hockenheimring | DNF | −23 |
| 1983-07-16 | Silverstone Circuit | DNF | −50 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | ▸Formula 1 | Ligier | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +75 | 4,623 |
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | March | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −252 | 4,548 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 John Watson | 5,367 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,204 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg | 5,217 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Marc Surer | 5,035 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto | 4,733 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇮🇹 Bruno Giacomelli | 4,574 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell | 5,716 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever | 5,298 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite | 5,186 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇫🇷 René Arnoux | 4,563 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
Raul Boesel was a Brazilian driver who competed in Formula 1 across two seasons from 1982 to 1983, accumulating 23 starts for Ligier without a win or podium finish. His average classified finish of tenth place reflected a driver operating at the lower end of the grid; he raced consistently against strong competition including five-time champion Alain Prost, triple champion Niki Lauda, and other front-running professionals of the era, though he finished ahead of them only sparingly. Against John Watson, a leading driver of the period, Boesel failed to outqualify or outscore him across eight shared races.[1]
Within the Ligier team, which fielded 28 drivers over its history and produced nine race wins, Boesel's results were typical of the mid-field machinery available to him rather than exceptional. His single recorded victories over champions occurred in isolation: one finish ahead of Prost, one ahead of Niki Lauda, and two instances where he outran Nigel Mansell. These were outlier results in a season-by-season pattern dominated by higher-rated drivers. After his final Formula 1 round in 1983, Boesel retired from the sport at the professional level at which this database records activity, though he would later pursue racing in other formulas.[2]