Paul Belmondo

For his grandfather, the sculptor, see Paul Belmondo (sculptor).

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]

Paul Belmondo

Belmondo in July 2013
Born	(1963-04-23) 23 April 1963 (age 61) Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1992, 1994
Teams	March, Pacific
Entries	27 (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
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.

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1985	New Man-Joest Racing	Mauricio de Narváez Kenper Miller	Porsche 956	C1	277	DNF	DNF
1987	Brun Motorsport	Michel Trollé Pierre de Thoisy	Porsche 962C	C1	88	DNF	DNF
1988	Courage Compétition	François Migault Ukyo Katayama	Courage C22-Porsche	C1	66	DNF	DNF
1989	Obermaier Racing Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver	Porsche 962C	C1	61	DNF	DNF
1993	TWR Jaguar Racing	Jay Cochran Andreas Fuchs	Jaguar XJ220	GT	176	DNF	DNF
1995	Venturi Automobiles SA	Jean-Marc Gounon Arnaud Trévisol	Venturi 600LM	GT1	193	NC	NC
1996	Ennea SRL Igol	Jean-Marc Gounon Éric Bernard	Ferrari F40 GTE	GT1	40	DNF	DNF
1999	Paul Belmondo Racing	Tiago Monteiro Marc Rostan	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTS	299	17th	6th
2004	Paul Belmondo Racing	Claude-Yves Gosselin Marco Saviozzi	Courage C65-JPX	LMP2	80	DNF	DNF
2005	Paul Belmondo Racing	Didier André Rick Sutherland	Courage C65-Ford	LMP2	294	22nd	3rd
Sources:[3][4]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
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	18th	2
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	NC	0
1989	CDM	SIL 13	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	JER Ret	PER Ret	BRH 12	BIR Ret	SPA 10	BUG Ret	DIJ 18		NC	0
1990	Superpower	DON Ret	SIL DNQ	PAU DNQ	JER Ret	MNZ Ret	PER DNQ	HOC 11	BRH Ret	BIR Ret	BUG 6	NOG Ret	23rd	1
1991	Apomatox	VAL 14	PAU Ret	JER 14	MUG 13	PER Ret	HOC Ret	BRH DNQ	SPA 12	BUG Ret	NOG Ret		NC	0
Sources:[3][5]

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	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	NC	0
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	NC	0
Sources:[5][6]

Complete JGTC results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	DC	Pts	Ref
1997	Power Craft	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 11	FUJ Ret					15th	12	[7]
	Ryowa House Pacific Team Cerumo					SEN 8	FUJ 5	MIN Ret	SUG 11
Source:[8]

Personal life

Belmondo married Luana Tenca (born Rome, 18 March 1971) in 1990.^[9] Luana Belmondo is a former model who is now a TV chef and broadcaster.^[10] The couple have three children including Victor, an actor.^[11] In June 2024, Luana and Paul announced that they have separated in January and that they have filed for divorce.^[12]

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. "Paul Belmondo Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
4. "Paul Belmondo". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
5. "Paul Belmondo". Motor Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
6. Small, Steve (2000). "Paul Belmondo". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5. Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
7. "GT Championship 1997 – Series Ranking". Super GT. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
8. "All Results of Paul Belmondo". Racing Sports Cars. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
9. "Luana Belmondo". IMDb. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
10. "Luana Belmondo". Gala. 10 April 2024.
11. Colacello, Bob (9 January 2018). "Inside Paris's 25th Annual le Bal des Débutantes". Vanity Fair.
12. "EXCLU Paul et Luana Belmondo divorcent après 33 ans de mariage : les raisons de leur séparation". Voici. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

External links

• Biography on F1 Rejects