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Anthony Beltoise

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Anthony Beltoise
Nationality French
Born21 July 1971 (1971-07-21) (age 54)
Related toJean-Pierre Beltoise (father)
François Cevert (nephew)
Racing licence FIA Gold (until 2021)
FIA Silver (2022–)[1]
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2000 - 2001, 2011
TeamsViper Team Oreca
SMG Compétition
Luxury Racing
Best finish9th (2000)
Class wins0

Anthony Jean-Pierre Beltoise (born 21 July 1971, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French auto racing driver. He is the son of former Grand Prix motorcycle racer and Formula One driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise and nephew of fellow Formula One driver François Cevert, as his mother is Cevert's sister.

Career

Single-seaters

Beltoise began his career in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 1993, finishing tenth, and improving to seventh in 1994.[2] He competed in the French Formula Three Championship in 1995 and 1996, finishing eleventh in 1995 and runner-up to Soheil Ayari in 1996.[2] Beltoise competed in the 1997 International Formula 3000 season, although failed to score any points in seven races.[2]

After single-seaters

Beltoise competed in the 1998 International Sports Racing Series season, finishing the season tenth.[2] He then competed in the Renault Sport Clio Trophy between 1999 and 2002, finishing fourth, 11th, third and sixth over the four years.[2] He made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans appearance in 2000, finishing second in the GTS class in an Oreca Chrysler Viper. He also drove for SMG in the LMP900 class in 2001.[2] Since 2004, he has competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, winning it in 2005, 2006 and 2008.[2] He has also regularly competed in the FFSA GT Championship.[2] In 2007. he made a one-off appearance for Exagon Engineering in the World Touring Car Championship at Pau. Since 2007, he has often raced in the Le Mans Series,[2] and in 2008, he was test and reserve driver for the Team Peugeot Total LMP1 programme.[3]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2000 France Viper Team Oreca United States David Donohue
Portugal Ni Amorim
Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 328 9th 2nd
2001 France SMG Compétition France Philippe Gache
France Jérôme Policand
Courage C60-Judd LMP900 51 DNF DNF
2011 France Luxury Racing France François Jakubowski
France Pierre Thiriet
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
136 DNF DNF
Sources:[4][5]

Other activities

Beltoise regularly appears in the French Tv show AutoMoto (TF1). He is portrayed as the in-house racing driver and does high speed testing (comparing cars on a fixed piece of track) and testing of race cars.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Goodwin, Graham (10 November 2021). "Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/602/career/ Career Statistics at Driver Database
  3. ^ Noble, Jonathan (15 February 2008). "Peugeot confirm Le Mans line-up". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Anthony Beltoise". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Anthony Beltoise Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 May 2023.