🇩🇪 Thierry Boutsen

Thierry Boutsen is an established professional who spent his career in single-seater racing at the highest level. He competed in Formula 1 across eleven seasons from 1983 to 1993, driving for Jordan, and made a single-season appearance in the FIA GT Championship in 1997, racing shared-driver endurance cars for Porsche AG.[1]

Boutsen took 163 Formula 1 starts and recorded 3 wins and 15 podiums across his decade in the sport. He finished 16th in the 1993 Formula 1 championship standings in his final season. In 1997 he contested the FIA GT Championship, adding 10 starts and a single podium to his total career record of 173 starts and 16 podiums. His longest spell came with Arrows, which fielded him for 57 of those starts; the team won no races during his time there.[2]

Boutsen raced regularly against two established professionals who would compile far longer careers than his own. He was closely matched with Riccardo Patrese across their shared Formula 1 seasons, while he usually finished ahead of Andrea de Cesaris. His record also included six podium finishes ahead of Alain Prost, a four-time Formula 1 champion, and thirteen finishes ahead of Nelson Piquet, a three-time champion.