Christian Goethals, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian Goethals

Belgian racing driver

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1928

Place of Birth: Kortrijk, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 26-Feb-2003

Profession: engineer, racing driver, Formula One driver

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Christian Roger Xavier Marie Joseph Ghislain Goethals (4 August 1928 in Heule – 26 February 2003 in Kortrijk) was a racing driver from Belgium.
Goethals competed as an amateur in sports car races, driving a Porsche Spyder during the 1950s.
His best results were a second-place finish with his brother in the 1956 1500cc class event in Reims, and a win in the same class the following year at Forez.
Goethals acquired a Cooper-Climax and entered it in the Formula Two class of the 1958 German Grand Prix, but retired from the race.
He did not participate in another Formula One Grand Prix, and returned to sports cars, with notable finishes in 1960 of fifth in the Buenos Aires 1000 km and second in the GP de Spa.
He retired from racing later in the season.
He established a racing team called Écurie Éperon d'Or to participate in the 1958 German Grand Prix where he raced in a Cooper T43.Goethals was the youngest child of René Goethals (1876-1928), a nobleman and mayor of Heule near Kortrijk in Belgium and of Jeanne Mols (1884-1968).
He was married to Julie Opsomer.