Alain Ferté Explained

Alain Ferté
Nationality: France
Birth Date:8 October 1955
Birth Place:Falaise, France
Related To:Michel Ferté (brother)
Racing Licence: FIA Bronze
Last Series:International Formula 3000
Years Active:1985–1989
Teams:Lola, non-works March, non-works AGS, non-works Reynard
Starts:25
Wins:0
Best Finish:2nd
Year:1985 (Spa)
Prev Series:Championnat de France Formule Renault
French Formula Three Championship
European Formula Two Championship
Prev Series Years:?–1979

1980–?

1982–1984
Titles:Championnat de France Formule Renault
French Formula Three Championship
Title Years:1979

1980
Record Template1:
Child:yes
Years:1983-2012
Team(S):Ford France-Rondeau, Brun Motorsport-Porsche, non-works Nissan, Tom Walkinshaw Racing-Jaguar, Sauber-Mercedes, Peugeot, Courage, SARD-Toyota, non-works Ferrari, non-works Porsche, non-works Rondeau
Class Wins:0

Alain Serge Ferté[1] (born 8 October 1955 in Falaise, Calvados) is a French professional racing driver. He is the elder brother of Michel Ferté, who was also a professional racing driver.[2]

Alain Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 1985–1989. He won the 1979 French Formula Renault Championship and the 1980 French F3 championship.[3]

He has also competed in GT racing for many years, driving cars such as the Porsche 911 GT1, Toyota MR2-based SARD MC8R, and Maserati MC12 GT1.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213PosPts
Maurer MotorsportMaurer MM82SILHOCTHRNÜRMUGVALPAUSPAHOC
DONMANPERMISNC0
Maurer MotorsportMaurer MM83SIL
THR
HOC
NÜR
VAL
PAU
JAR
DON
MISPERZOLMUG14th4
Martini RacingMartini 002SILHOCTHRVALMUGPAU
HOCMISPERDONBRH14th2

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pts
1985Lola MotorsportLola T950CosworthSIL
THR
EST
NÜR
VAL
9th10
Corbari ItaliaMarch 85BPAU
SPA
DIJ
PERÖSTZAN
Equipe OrecaDON
1986March 86BSIL
VAL
PAU
SPA
IMO
MUG
PER
ÖST14th4
Oreca MotorsportBIR
Equipe DanielsonAGS JH20BBUG
JAR
1987First RacingMarch 87BSILVALSPAPAUDONPERBRHBIRIMOBUG
JARNC0
1988First RacingMarch 88BJuddJERVALPAUSILMNZPERBRHBIRBUG
ZOLDIJNC0
1989CoBRa MotorsportReynard 89DSILVAL
PAU
JERPERBRHBIRSPA
BUG
DIJ
16th3

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1983 Ford France Jean Rondeau
Michel Ferté
Rondeau M482-Ford CosworthC90DNFDNF
1984 McCormack and Dodge Jim Mullen
Walt Bohren
Rondeau M482-Ford CosworthC129313th10th
1986 Brun Motorsport Thierry Boutsen
Didier Theys
Porsche 956C189DNFDNF
1987 Italya Sports Anders Olofsson
Patrick Gonin
Nissan R86VC186DNFDNF
1989 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Michel Ferté
Eliseo Salazar
Jaguar XJR-9LMC13688th7th
1990 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Martin Brundle
David Leslie
Jaguar XJR-12C1220DNFDNF
1991 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Mercedes-Benz C11C2319DNFDNF
1992 Peugeot Talbot Sport Karl Wendlinger
Eric van de Poele
Peugeot 905 Evo 1BC1208DNFDNF
1994 Courage Compétition Henri Pescarolo
Franck Lagorce
Courage C32LM-PorscheLMP1
C90
142DNFDNF
1995 SARD Co. Ltd. Kenny Acheson
Tomiko Yoshikawa
SARD MC8-R-ToyotaGT114DNFDNF
1996 Team Menicon SARD Co. Ltd. Mauro Martini
Pascal Fabre
SARD MC8-R-ToyotaGT125624th15th
1997 JB Racing Jürgen von Gartzen
Olivier Thévenin
Porsche 911 GT1GT1236DNFDNF
2008 JMB Racing
Aucott Racing
Ben Aucott
Stéphane Daoudi
Ferrari F430 GT2GT231225th4th
2012 JMB Racing Philippe Illiano
Manuel Rodrigues
Ferrari 458 Italia GTCGTE
Am
29232nd7th

Complete JGTC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Alain Serge Ferté . www.24h-en-piste.com . fr. 3 July 2023.
  2. Web site: L'ancien pilote Michel Ferté est décédé. Medhi. Casaurang. 4 January 2023. AutoHebdo.
  3. Web site: Tom Kristensen, Gil de Ferran, Dario Franchitti and many others Missing out on F1. autosport.com/8W. 21 May 2010. 30 April 2015.