Alain Ferté

Alain Ferté
Ferté in 1994
Nationality	French
Born	Alain Serge Léon Ferté (1955-10-08) 8 October 1955 Falaise, France
Relatives	Michel Ferté (brother)
International Formula 3000
Categorisation	FIA Gold (until 2014) FIA Silver (2015) FIA Bronze (2016–)
Years active	1985–1989
Teams	Lola, non-works March, non-works AGS, non-works Reynard
Starts	25
Wins	0
Best finish	2nd 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
Years	1983–2012
Teams	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
Best finish	8th (1989)
Class wins	0

Alain Serge Léon Ferté (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.

Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 (1985–1989). He won the 1979 French Formula Renault Championship and the 1980 French F3 championship.

In 1993 and 1994 he raced in the Spanish Touring Car Championship driving a BMW M3 and then a BMW 318iS. He finished the 1993 on the third place in the final standing with one victory and 3 podium, while the following year finished second with four victories and four podium. In 1994 he also competed in the 24h of Spa arriving second always driving a BMW 318iS.

Ferté has also competed in prototype and GT racing for many years, driving cars such as the Porsche 911 GT1, Toyota MR2-based SARD MC8-R and Maserati MC12 GT1, and entering the 24 Hours of Le Mans fourteen times. He set pole position at the 1994 edition driving a Courage C32.

In 2013, Ferté was named by Autosport as one of the top 50 drivers who never raced in Formula One.

Ferté racing in Formula 3 at Zandvoort in 1982.

Alain Ferté's helmet.

The JMB Ferrari 458 in which Ferté made his final Le Mans start in 2012.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key)

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)

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

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
1989	Glenn Seton Racing	Tony Noske Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	1	92	DNF	DNF

Complete JGTC results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	DC	Pts
1996	Toyota Team SARD	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ 17	FUJ 3	SEN 4	FUJ 9	SUG 7	MIN	9th	28

External links

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