Thierry Boutsen: a trifecta of triumph for Belgium

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

During his ten year career, Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen delivered consistently. He stacked up 164 races, 15 podiums and 3 Grand Prix wins; even beating the legendary Ayrton Senna to the top of the podium when driving for Williams at the Hungaroring in 1990. Thierry has always been driven by his passions, his love of speed began racing motorbikes in rainy Belgian woodland where he would develop the skills that would eventually help him take his first victory in difficult conditions at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix. His Formula One debut was with Arrows at his home race in Spa in 1983, the same track it would end on a decade later when he briefly joined the Jordan team. Thierry tells Tom Clarkson all about his journey to F1, the race wins that define his career, his deep interest in engineering and his close bond with good friend Ayrton Senna.

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0:31.8	The circuit Jill Villeneuve in Montreal has seen a lot of drama over the years
0:37.0	and not least in 1989 when Terry Bootson won his first Grand Prix for Williams.
0:43.2	We had a very difficult race because we I think it came in with pits
0:47.2	four or five times to change tyres going from work to slicks to words to slicks
0:51.2	but it was a great moment.
0:52.8	First one is always the most difficult
0:54.8	but once you've done it you know how it works and everybody says
0:58.4	that the second one is a little bit easier and then the more you win the more it becomes a standard.
1:05.0	Terry enjoyed a 10 year Formula 1 career in which he drove 164 races.
1:10.6	He never had the best car yet he won three Grand Prix and took 15 podiums
1:15.8	and the last of those wins saw him beat none other than Ert & Senna.
1:20.4	Not many people have been able to consider that beaten Ert & Senna on a one-to-one fighter
1:28.2	and one of the few on very probably very very probably.
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