Anthony Beltoise

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Anthony Beltoise

| image =Anthony Beltoise.jpg

| caption =

| nationality = {{flag|FRA|name=French}}

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 July 1971}}

| birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold {{small|(until 2021)}}
12px FIA Silver {{small|(2022–)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/11/10/fia-publish-provisional-2021-driver-rankings-2.html|title=Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published|website=Dailysportscar|last=Goodwin|first=Graham|date=10 November 2021|access-date=21 February 2025}}

| module1 =

{{Infobox Le Mans driver|subbox=yes

| Years = {{24hLM|2000}} - {{24hLM|2001}}, {{24hLM|2011}}

| Team(s) = Viper Team Oreca
SMG Compétition
Luxury Racing

| Best Finish = 9th ({{24hLM|2000}})

| Class Wins = 0

}}

Anthony Jean-Pierre 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

=Single-seaters=

Beltoise began his career in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 1993, finishing tenth, and improving to seventh in 1994.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/602/career/ Career Statistics at Driver Database He competed in the French Formula Three Championship in 1995 and 1996, finishing eleventh in 1995 and runner-up to Soheil Ayari in 1996. Beltoise competed in the 1997 International Formula 3000 season, although failed to score any points in seven races.

=After single-seaters=

Beltoise competed in the 1998 International Sports Racing Series season, finishing the season tenth. He then competed in the Renault Sport Clio Trophy between 1999 and 2002, finishing 4th, 11th, 3rd and 6th over the four years. He made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans appearance in {{24hLM|2000}}, finishing second in the GTS class in an Oreca Chrysler Viper. He also drove for SMG in the LMP900 class in {{24hLM|2001}}. Since 2004 he has competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, winning it in 2005, 2006 and 2008. He has also regularly competed in the FFSA GT Championship. 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, and in 2008 he was test and reserve driver for the Team Peugeot Total LMP1 programme.{{cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/peugeot-confirm-le-mans-line-up-4417824/4417824/|title=Peugeot confirm Le Mans line-up|website=Autosport|publisher=Motorsport Network|last=Noble|first=Jonathan|date=15 February 2008|access-date=7 April 2025}}

=24 Hours of Le Mans results=

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Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|Class Pos.\|Class Position}}
{{24hLM\|2000}} \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Viper Team Oreca \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} David Donohue {{flagicon\|PRT}} Ni Amorim \|align="left"\| Chrysler Viper GTS-R \| GTS \| 328 \| 9th \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| 2nd
{{24hLM\|2001}} \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} SMG Compétition \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Philippe Gache {{flagicon\|FRA}} Jérôme Policand \|align="left"\| Courage C60-Judd \| LMP900 \| 51 \| DNF \| DNF
{{24hLM\|2011}} \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Luxury Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} François Jakubowski {{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Thiriet \|align="left"\| Ferrari 458 Italia GTC \| GTE Pro \| 136 \| DNF \| DNF
colspan="8"\|{{center\|{{small\|Sources:{{cite web\|title=Anthony Beltoise\|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/anthony-beltoise-550\|publisher=Automobile Club de l'Ouest\|access-date=13 May 2023}}{{cite web\|title=Anthony Beltoise Results\|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/anthony-beltoise/results\|publisher=Motorsport Stats\|access-date=13 May 2023}}}}}}

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Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Viper Team Oreca

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} David Donohue
{{flagicon|PRT}} Ni Amorim

|align="left"| Chrysler Viper GTS-R

| GTS

| 328

| 9th

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} SMG Compétition

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Gache
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérôme Policand

|align="left"| Courage C60-Judd

| LMP900

| 51

| DNF

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Luxury Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Jakubowski
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Thiriet

|align="left"| Ferrari 458 Italia GTC

| GTE
Pro

| 136

| DNF

colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Sources:{{cite web|title=Anthony Beltoise|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/anthony-beltoise-550|publisher=Automobile Club de l'Ouest|access-date=13 May 2023}}{{cite web|title=Anthony Beltoise Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/anthony-beltoise/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=13 May 2023}}}}}}

Other activities

Anthony Beltoise regularly appears in the French Tv show AutoMoto (TF1). He is portrayed as the in-house racing driver and does high speed testing (comparing cars on a fixed piece of track) and testing of race cars.