Boris Patrice Daniel Derichebourg (born 16 March 1978 in

Enghien-les-Bains Enghien-les-Bains () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departements of France, department of Val-d'Oise, France. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Enghien-les-Bains is famous as a s ...

) is a retired professional race car driver from

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. Derichebourg began his racing career in

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in 1992 before moving to the

French Formula Three Championship The French Formula Three Championship was a motor racing series for Formula Three cars held in France between 1964 and 2002. The series was merged with the German Formula Three Championship in 2003 to form the Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula 3 ...

in 1995 and 1996. He moved up to

International Formula 3000 The Formula 3000 International Championship was a motor racing series created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 1985 to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter Formula One. Formula Two had become to ...

in 1997, earning two podiums in two seasons. In 1999, he ran two

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races and two Formula 3000 races. In 2000, Derichebourg raced for Paul Belmondo Racing in the

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, and at

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. For the 2001 season, he continued with Belmondo in FIA GT, and raced a

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for

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at the

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and the 1000 kilometers of Estoril. In 2002, Derichebourg raced sparingly in the

for Belmondo and the

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for

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. He also ran the

for Courage, finishing 15th overall and 11th in class. BorisDerichebourg-SuperNovaRacingF3000-98es

Derichebourg moved to the French GT Championship in 2003, again driving Paul Belmondo Racing's

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. After two starts in the

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in 2004, he retired from auto racing. Derichebourg is currently an executive at several of his family's companies.

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

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