Thierry Boutsen (born with Brussels the July 13rd 1957) is a Belgian pilot which reached the top of the hierarchy of its sport, the Formule 1.

It begins its sporting career in 1975 in Formula VW by gaining the wheel from the flying school of Andre Pilette over the circuit of Zolder, and gains its first races. In 1976, it obtains three more successes, and passes, the same year, in Formule Ford, in which it garners 13 victories in 1978. The following year, it passes in Formule 3 and goes up on the first walk of the podium to Zolder. It gains the title of vice-champion of Europe in 1980, thanks to its victories with the Nürburgring, with Zolder and Magny-Course.

In 1981, it approaches the Formule 2. It enters two victories and finishes the championship of Europe in second position. It leaves the Formule 2 the following year, after three victories (Nürburgring, Francorchamps and Enna).

In 1983, Thierry Boutsen carries out his acknowledged dream: it runs in Formule 1 and gains even three successes there. He triumphs in 1989 in the Grand Prix over Canada and Australia and gains, the following year, the Grand Prix of Hungary. He leaves the F1 in 1993.

In 1985, it disputes for Walter Brun the test of Sport-Protos of the 1000 kilometers Spa (Bellof-Boutsen crew). Bellof leads the test to the 72e turn but, following a supply a little too long, Porsche official of Farmhouse-Ickx takes the leadership. Bellof absolutely wishes to gain with its car deprived in front of the official machine of Jacky Ickx. With the 75e turn, Bellof, returned in the exhausts of the Belgian, tries to exceed it in the raidillon Red Water, but it hangs it. Its car is then embedded face in the angle of a platform and blazes up at once. The German pilot will not survive his wounds.

Thierry Boutsen, his friend of F2 and fellow-member saw the crash landing on line and will remain marked forever: " The death of Stefan is the worst memory of my career, and by far. This day, I lost a formidable team-member, but I especially lost a friend. It took me years for going back some. And still… "

Thereafter, he still exerted his talents of pilot in other categories. He puts a term at his career following a terrible accident, to nearly 300 km/h at the time of the 24 hours of Mans 1999.

He directs today to Monaco a specialized company in the purchase and the sale of business aircrafts, and in the related activities (management of fleet, financing, insurance).