Passed away fairly recently in Kortrijk. His last brush with motorsport was via a magazine article in late 2001 about his career. He started racing in the early 1950's and carried on until the first year of the next decade. Goethals was mainly a sportscar driver, often in a Porsche Spyder. He came 2nd in class at the 1956 Reims 12 Hours and won the Forez Six Hours at St. Etienne in 1957. In 1958 Christian attempted a year of single-seaters in his Cooper T43-Climax before - bar a F2 effort in 1960 - finishing his career back in sportscars.

Biography last updated 13 Dec 2015