Boris Derichebourg

Boris Derichebourg (born 16 March 1978 in Enghien-les-Bains) is a retired professional race car driver from France. Derichebourg began his racing career in karts in 1992 before moving to the French Formula Three Championship in 1995 and 1996. He moved up to International Formula 3000 in 1997, earning two podiums in two seasons. In 1999, he ran two Indy Lights races and two Formula 3000 races.[1]

Boris Derichebourg
NationalityFrench
Born16 March 1978 (1978-03-16) (age 46)
Enghien-les-Bains, France
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2000–2002
TeamsPaul Belmondo Racing, Pescarolo Sport, Courage Compétition
Best finish15th (2002)

In 2000, Derichebourg raced for Paul Belmondo Racing in the FIA GT Championship, and at Le Mans. For the 2001 season, he continued with Belmondo in FIA GT, and raced a prototype for Pescarolo Sport at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1000 kilometers of Estoril. In 2002, Derichebourg raced sparingly in the FIA GT Championship for Belmondo and the FIA Sportscar Championship for Courage Compétition. He also ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Courage, finishing 15th overall and 11th in class.[1]

Boris Derichebourg driving in the F3000 race for Super Nova Racing at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1998.

Derichebourg moved to the French GT Championship in 2003, again driving Paul Belmondo Racing's Chrysler Viper. After two starts in the World Series by Nissan in 2004, he retired from auto racing.[1] Derichebourg is currently an executive at several of his family's companies.[2][3]

Racing results

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Small number denotes finishing position)

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
1999PacWest LightsMIALBHNAZMILPORCLETORMISDET
16
CHI
DNS
LAG
9
FON21st4

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2000 Paul Belmondo Racing Guy Martinolle
Jean-Claude Lagniez
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGTS180DNFDNF
2001 Pescarolo Sport Emmanuel Clérico
Didier Cottaz
Courage C60-PeugeotLMP90042DNFDNF
2002 Courage Compétition Didier Cottaz
Thed Björk
Courage C60-JuddLMP90032215th11th

References