Alain Ferté

Alain Ferté (born 8 October 1955 in Falaise, Calvados) is a professional racing driver. He is the elder brother of Michel Ferté, who is also a professional racing driver.

Alain Ferté
NationalityFrench
Born (1955-10-08) 8 October 1955
Falaise, France
Related toMichel Ferté (brother)
International Formula 3000
Years active1985–1989
TeamsLola, non-works March, non-works AGS, non-works Reynard
Starts25
Wins0
Best finish2nd in 1985 (Spa)
Previous series
?–1979

1980–?

1982–1984
Championnat de France Formule Renault
French Formula Three Championship
European Formula Two Championship
Championship titles
1979

1980
Championnat de France Formule Renault
French Formula Three Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1983-2012
TeamsFord 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
Best finish8th 1989
Class wins0

Alain Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 1985–1989. He won the 1979 French Formula Renault Championship and the 1980 French F3 championship.[1]

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) (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 13 Pos Pts
1982 Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM82 BMW SIL HOC THR NÜR MUG VAL PAU SPA HOC
Ret
DON MAN PER MIS NC 0
1983 Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM83 BMW SIL
Ret
THR
14
HOC
12
NÜR
5
VAL
14
PAU
DSQ
JAR
5
DON
Ret
MIS PER ZOL MUG 14th 4
1984 Martini Racing Martini 002 BMW SIL HOC THR VAL MUG PAU
5
HOC MIS PER DON BRH 14th 2

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 Pos. Pts
1985 Lola Motorsport Lola T950 Cosworth SIL
8
THR
12
EST
7
NÜR
C
VAL
Ret
9th 10
Corbari Italia March 85B PAU
Ret
SPA
2
DIJ
4
PER ÖST ZAN
Equipe Oreca DON
6
1986 ITI 3000 March 86B Cosworth SIL
13
VAL
Ret
PAU
Ret
SPA
14
IMO
3
MUG
7
PER
18
ÖST 14th 4
Oreca Motorsport BIR
Ret
Equipe Danielson AGS JH20B BUG
Ret
JAR
Ret
1987 First Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL VAL SPA PAU DON PER BRH BIR IMO BUG
Ret
JAR NC 0
1988 First Racing March 88B Judd JER VAL PAU SIL MNZ PER BRH BIR BUG
12
ZOL DIJ NC 0
1989 CoBRa Motorsport Reynard 89D Cosworth SIL VAL
6
PAU
5
JER PER BRH BIR SPA
Ret
BUG
Ret
DIJ
13
16th 3

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1983 Ford France Jean Rondeau
Michel Ferté
Rondeau M482-Ford Cosworth C 90 DNF DNF
1984 McCormack and Dodge Jim Mullen
Walt Bohren
Rondeau M482-Ford Cosworth C1 293 13th 10th
1986 Brun Motorsport Thierry Boutsen
Didier Theys
Porsche 956 C1 89 DNF DNF
1987 Italya Sports Anders Olofsson
Patrick Gonin
Nissan R86V C1 86 DNF DNF
1989 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Michel Ferté
Eliseo Salazar
Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 368 8th 7th
1990 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Martin Brundle
David Leslie
Jaguar XJR-12 C1 220 DNF DNF
1991 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Mercedes-Benz C11 C2 319 DNF DNF
1992 Peugeot Talbot Sport Karl Wendlinger
Eric van de Poele
Peugeot 905 Evo 1B C1 208 DNF DNF
1994 Courage Compétition Henri Pescarolo
Franck Lagorce
Courage C32LM-Porsche LMP1
C90
142 DNF DNF
1995 SARD Co. Ltd. Kenny Acheson
Tomiko Yoshikawa
SARD MC8-R-Toyota GT1 14 DNF DNF
1996 Team Menicon SARD Co. Ltd. Mauro Martini
Pascal Fabre
SARD MC8-R-Toyota GT1 256 24th 15th
1997 JB Racing Jürgen von Gartzen
Olivier Thévenin
Porsche 911 GT1 GT1 236 DNF DNF
2008 JMB Racing
Aucott Racing
Ben Aucott
Stéphane Daoudi
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 312 25th 4th
2012 JMB Racing Philippe Illiano
Manuel Rodrigues
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Am
292 32nd 7th

References

  1. "Tom Kristensen, Gil de Ferran, Dario Franchitti and many others Missing out on F1". autosport.com/8W. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Philippe Alliot
Championnat de France Formule Renault Champion
1979
Succeeded by
Denis Morin
Preceded by
Alain Prost
French Formula Three
Champion

1980
Succeeded by
Philippe Streiff
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