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Anthony Beltoise
Anthony Beltoise
Nationality	French
Born	21 July 1971 (age 52); Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2000 - 2001, 2011
Teams	Viper Team Oreca; SMG Compétition; Luxury Racing
Best finish	9th (2000)
Class wins	0

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 edit

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]

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]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2000	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Ni Amorim	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTS	328	9th	2nd
2001	SMG Compétition	Philippe Gache Jérôme Policand	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	51	DNF	DNF
2011	Luxury Racing	François Jakubowski Pierre Thiriet	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	136	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/602/career/ Career Statistics at Driver Database
^ "Anthony Beltoise". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "Anthony Beltoise Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

Sporting positions
Preceded by James Ruffier	Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2005-2006	Succeeded by Patrick Pilet
Preceded by Patrick Pilet	Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2008	Succeeded by Renaud Derlot