- Paul Belmondo
Former F1 driver
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Name = Paul Belmondo
Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = F1|1992, F1|1994
Team(s) = March, Pacific
Races = 27 (7 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1992 South African Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1994 Australian Grand Prix Paul Belmondo (born
April 23 1963 inBoulogne-Billancourt ,Hauts-de-Seine ) is a Frenchracing driver who raced inFormula One for the March andPacific Racing teams. He is the son ofactor Jean-Paul Belmondo and grandson of sculptor Paul Belmondo. Around 1981, Paul gained publicity for becoming the lover ofPrincess Stéphanie of Monaco .Through 1987 he participated in
Formula 3 andFormula 3000 , although he was never a top 10 championship finisher in either. In 1992 he joined the March F1 team as apay 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 byEmanuele 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 team-mateBertrand Gachot . Thereafter he concentrated on GT racing, at the wheel of aChrysler Viper GTS-R . He started his own team, "Paul Belmondo Racing" which raced in theFIA GT Championship andLe Mans Endurance Series championship before folding in 2007.Complete Formula One results
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External links
* [http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/belmondo/index.html Biography on F1 Rejects]
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