Paul Belmondo

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Paul Belmondo
Paul Belmondo par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2013.jpg
Belmondo in July 2013
Born (1963-04-23) 23 April 1963 (age 59)
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Active years 1992, 1994
Teams March, Pacific
Entries27 (7 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1992 South African Grand Prix
Last entry 1994 Australian Grand Prix
Belmondo driving for Pacific at the 1994 British Grand Prix. Paul Belmondo - Pacific PR01 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32162214940).jpg
Belmondo driving for Pacific at the 1994 British Grand Prix.

Paul Alexandre Belmondo (born 23 April 1963) is a French racing driver who raced in Formula One for the March and Pacific Racing teams. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, the son of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and grandson of sculptor Paul Belmondo. Around 1981, Paul gained publicity for becoming the lover of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. [1]

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Through 1987, he participated in Formula 3 and Formula 3000, although he was never a top 10 championship finisher in either. [2] In 1992, he joined the March F1 team as a pay driver, getting a ninth place at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but only qualifying 4 more times before he ran out of money and was replaced by Emanuele Naspetti. Two years later he became a member of the uncompetitive Pacific Grand Prix team, where he only qualified for two races and was usually behind teammate Bertrand Gachot. Thereafter he concentrated on GT racing, at the wheel of a Chrysler Viper GTS-R. He started his own team, Paul Belmondo Racing, which raced in the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans Endurance Series championship before folding in 2007.[ citation needed ]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1985 Flag of Germany.svg New Man-Joest Racing Flag of Colombia.svg Mauricio de Narváez
Flag of the United States.svg Kenper Miller		 Porsche 956 C1277DNFDNF
1987 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Brun Motorsport Flag of France.svg Michel Trollé
Flag of France.svg Pierre de Thoisy		 Porsche 962C C188DNFDNF
1988 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of France.svg François Migault
Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Katayama 		Courage C22-Porsche C166DNFDNF
1989 Flag of Germany.svg Obermaier Racing
Flag of France.svg Primagaz Competition		 Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Lässig
Flag of France.svg Pierre Yver 		Porsche 962C C161DNFDNF
1993 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TWR Jaguar Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jay Cochran
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Fuchs		 Jaguar XJ220 GT176DNFDNF
1995 Flag of France.svg Venturi Automobiles SA Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
Flag of France.svg Arnaud Trévisol		 Venturi 600LMGT1193NCNC
1996 Flag of Italy.svg Ennea SRL Igol Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard 		Ferrari F40 GTEGT140DNFDNF
1999 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo Racing Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro
Flag of France.svg Marc Rostan 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS29917th6th
2004 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo Racing Flag of France.svg Claude-Yves Gosselin
Flag of France.svg Marco Saviozzi		 Courage C65-JPXLMP280DNFDNF
2005 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo Racing Flag of France.svg Didier André
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Sutherland		 Courage C65-Ford LMP229422nd3rd

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1987 GBDA Motorsport SIL
18		 VAL
16		 SPA
11		 PAU
5		 DON
15		 PER
Ret		 BRH
12		 BIR
12		 IMO
DNQ		 BUG
Ret		 JAR
11		18th2
1988 Lola Motorsport JER
Ret		 VAL
14		 PAU
Ret		 SIL
DNQ		 MNZ
8		 PER
DNQ		 BRH
DNQ		 BIR
9		 BUG
8		 ZOL
Ret		 DIJ
11		NC0
1989 CDM SIL
13		 VAL
Ret		 PAU
Ret		 JER
Ret		 PER
Ret		 BRH
12		 BIR
Ret		 SPA
10		 BUG
Ret		 DIJ
18		NC0
1990 Superpower DON
Ret		 SIL
DNQ		 PAU
DNQ		 JER
Ret		 MNZ
Ret		 PER
DNQ		 HOC
11		 BRH
Ret		 BIR
Ret		 BUG
6		 NOG
Ret		23rd1
1991 Apomatox VAL
14		 PAU
Ret		 JER
14		 MUG
13		 PER
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 BRH
DNQ		 SPA
12		 BUG
Ret		 NOG
Ret		NC0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDC Points
1992 March F1 March CG911 Ilmor V10 RSA
DNQ		 MEX
DNQ		 BRA
DNQ		 ESP
12		 SMR
13		 MON
DNQ		 CAN
14		 FRA
DNQ		 GBR
DNQ		 GER
13		 HUN
9		 BEL ITA POR JPN AUS NC0
1994 Pacific Grand Prix Pacific PR01 Ilmor V10 BRA
DNQ		 PAC
DNQ		 SMR
DNQ		 MON
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 CAN
DNQ		 FRA
DNQ		 GBR
DNQ		 GER
DNQ		 HUN
DNQ		 BEL
DNQ		 ITA
DNQ		 POR
DNQ		 EUR
DNQ		 JPN
DNQ		 AUS
DNQ		NC0

Complete JGTC results

(key)

YearTeamCarClass123456DCPts
1997 Power Craft Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
11		 FUJ
Ret		15th12
Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo SEN
8		 FUJ
5		 MIN
Ret		 SUG
11

Personal life

Belmondo married Luana Tenca (born Rome, 18 March 1971) in 1990. [3] Luana Belmondo is a former model who is now a TV chef and broadcaster. [4] The couple has three children. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Diliberto, Gioia (7 February 1983). "After Tragedy, a Healing Love". People.
  2. ↑ "Paul Belmondo, F1 driver". Formula 1 Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Luana Belmondo". IMDb. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Luana Belmondo". Gala.
  5. ↑ Colacello, Bob (9 January 2018). "Inside Paris's 25th Annual le Bal des Débutantes". Vanity Fair.
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