Michel Ferté Explained

Michel Ferté
Birth Date:	8 December 1958
Birth Place:	Falaise, Calvados, France ^[1]
Death Place:	Le Mans, France
Occupation:	Racing driver

Michel Ferté (8 December 1958 – 4 January 2023) was a French professional racing driver. He was the younger brother of Alain Ferté, who is also a professional racing driver.

Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 from 1985 to 1989.

Ferté died on 4 January 2023, at the age of 64.^[2]

Career

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
	Ford France	Alain Ferté Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M482-Ford	C	90	DNF	DNF
	Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop	Edgar Dören Preston Henn	Porsche 962	IMSA GTP	247	DNF	DNF
	Primagaz Competition	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Cougar C20B-Porsche	C1	120	DNF	DNF
	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Alain Ferté Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	368	8th	7th
	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-12	C1	282	DNF	DNF
	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-12	C2	360	2nd	2nd
	Jacadi Racing	Olivier Grouillard Michel Neugarten	Venturi 600LM	GT1	107	DNF	DNF
^[3]	Pilot Aldix Racing	Olivier Thévenin Carlos Palau	Ferrari F40 LM	GT1	270	12th	6th
	Pilot Pen Racing	Olivier Thévenin Nicolas Leboissetier	Ferrari F40 LM	GT1	93	DNF	DNF
	Pilot Racing	Adrián Campos Charlie Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP	18	DNF	DNF
	Pilot Racing	Pascal Fabre François Migault	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP1	203	DNF	DNF
	Pescarolo Promotion Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Patrice Gay	Courage C50-Porsche	LMP	327	9th	8th
	XL Racing	Ange Barde Gaël Lesoudier	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GTS	227	DNF	DNF

European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Pts
	Marlboro Team Martini	Martini 001	BMW	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU DNQ	JAR	DON 12	MIS Ret	PER 6	ZOL	MUG	20th	1
	Marlboro Racing France	Martini 002	BMW	SIL 3	HOC 3	THR Ret	VAL 4	MUG 2	PAU Ret	HOC 3	MIS Ret	PER 5	DON Ret	BRH 2		3rd	29

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Pts
1985	Marlboro Racing France			SIL 3	THR 3	EST 2	NÜR	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	SPA Ret	DIJ 8	PER Ret	ÖST Ret	ZAN Ret	DON 4	5th	17
1986	Marlboro Racing France			SIL 9	VAL 12	PAU 3	SPA 5	IMO 12	MUG 2	PER 12	ÖST Ret	BIR 3	BUG 2	JAR 3		5th	24
1987		Lola T86/50		SIL Ret												14th	5
		Lola T87/50			VAL 10	SPA 14	PAU 3	DON 6	PER
	Genoa Racing									BRH DNQ	BIR 11	IMO DNQ	BUG	JAR
1988	Sport Auto Racing	Lola T88/50		JER	VAL	PAU	SIL	MNZ	PER 13	BRH Ret	BIR 6	BUG 10	ZOL 12	DIJ 15		20th	1
1989	Cobra International			SIL	VAL	PAU	JER	PER Ret	BRH	BIR	SPA	BUG	DIJ			NC	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Falaise. L'ancien pilote automobile Michel Ferté est décédé à l'âge de 64 ans. 5 January 2023. actu.fr.
2. https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/24-heures-du-mans/24-heures-du-mans-l-ancien-pilote-michel-ferte-est-decede-4b890164-8c54-11ed-9fb2-0b86ee40425f 24 Heures du Mans. L’ancien pilote, Michel Ferté, est décédé
3. Web site: 1995 24 HOURS OF LE MANS June 17-18, Le Mans, France STARTING ORDER. Motorsport.com. 1995-05-08.