Anthony Beltoise

Anthony Beltoise
Nationality French
Born21 July 1971 (1971-07-21) (age 53)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Racing licence FIA Silver
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2000 - 2001, 2011
TeamsViper Team Oreca
SMG Compétition
Luxury Racing
Best finish9th (2000)
Class wins0

Anthony 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.[1] He competed in the French Formula Three Championship in 1995 and 1996, finishing eleventh in 1995 and runner-up to Soheil Ayari in 1996.[1] Beltoise competed in the 1997 International Formula 3000 season, although failed to score any points in seven races.[1]

After single-seaters

Beltoise competed in the 1998 International Sports Racing Series season, finishing the season tenth.[1] He then competed in the Renault Sport Clio Trophy between 1999 and 2002, finishing 4th, 11th, 3rd and 6th over the four years.[1] 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.[1] Since 2004 he has competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, winning it in 2005, 2006 and 2008.[1] He has also regularly competed in the FFSA GT Championship.[1] 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.[1]

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:[2][3]

Other activities

Anthony 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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/602/career/ Career Statistics at Driver Database
  2. ^ "Anthony Beltoise". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Anthony Beltoise Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion
2005-2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion
2008 		Succeeded by