Leanne Laura Ferrier (formerly Tander; born 5 June 1980 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian race car driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and in the Supercars Championship.
Career
Ferrier started in karts in 1993, and progressed to Formula Ford in 1998. After mixed success there, she moved up into Development V8 Supercars in 2001 with Garry Rogers Motorsport and 2002 with Fleetcare Racing. The next three seasons saw her race her father Mark's Mazda RX-7 in Improved Production racing, winning the Victorian and New South Wales championships in 2005, as well as driving in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 for Team Toyota Australia. In 2005, she had her first taste of a Formula 3 car, contesting three rounds that year, and moved to the Australian Formula Three Championship full-time in 2006, where she became the first female to win a race in 2007. After a pair of second places at Symmons Plains Raceway at the penultimate round, she went into the final round of the championship leading by four points.
After qualifying on pole position for both races at the season finale, at Oran Park Raceway, Ferrier scored a third and a second in the two races, respectively, to narrowly miss out on the championship by just two points. It remains the best ever performance by a female driver in a National Australian circuit-racing Championship, and possibly the best ever by a female driver in a National or International F3 series.
In 2008, Ferrier remained in Australian F3 scoring four poles positions, five race wins and narrowly missed out on the title at the final round to James Winslow.
In 2007, with then husband Garth leading the Supercars standings, and Leanne having led the Australian Drivers Championship during the season, it was the first time that a married couple have simultaneously led Australian Motor Racing Championships.
In the 2009 V8 Supercar Series, Ferrier joined Paul Cruikshank Racing. She also returned to the Super2 Series driving a TanderSport prepared Ford Falcon BF.
In 2010, Ferrier competed in the Touring Car Masters, driving a replica Ford Falcon XA GTHO Phase IV. She placed fifth in the series, having won the last race of Round 5, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit as a support category to the 2010 Bathurst 1000.
As of 2012, Ferrier has been a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4.
Personal life
Ferrier married Australian racing driver Garth Tander in 2004. The couple separated in 2022. Ferrier has two children with Tander, a son, Sebastian, and a daughter, Scarlett.
Karting results Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 1995New South Wales Kart Championships - Junior J1st 1996CIK Asian-Pacific Championship - ICA 13thQueensland Karting Championship - ICA1stAustralian Karting Championship - ICA 2ndNew South Wales Kart Championships - Senior J1st
Career results
Season Series Position Car Team 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship 27th Van Diemen RF94 Ford Leanne Ferrier 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship 7th Stealth Van Diemen RF94 Ford Fastlane Racing 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship 3rd Stealth Van Diemen RF94 Ford Garry Rogers Motorsport 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series 5th Holden VT Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport Shell Championship Series 59th 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series 18th Holden VS Commodore Fleetcare Racing 2003 Australian Production Car Championship 22nd Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corporation 2004 Australian Production Car Championship 3rd Toyota Corolla Sportivo Neal Bates Motorsport Australian Production Car Championship Class C 1st 2005 Victorian Improved Production Car Championship 1stMazda RX-7Mark Ferrier New South Wales Improved Production Car Championship 1st Australian Drivers' Championship 7th Dallara F301 Alfa RomeoDallara F304 Spiess Opel Piccola ScuderiaFleetcare TanderSport 2006 Australian Drivers' Championship 5th Dallara F304 Spiess Opel Fleetcare TanderSport 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series 17thToyota Racing Series - 2007 results Retrieved 21 July 2011 Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota European Technique 2007 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Dallara F304 Spiess Opel Fleetcare TanderSport 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Dallara F307 HWA Mercedes-Benz TanderSport 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 19th Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 44th 2010 Touring Car Masters 5th Ford XA Falcon GT Phil Morris 2015 Australian Formula Ford Series 10th Mygale SJ10a Fleetcare TanderSport 2016 Australian Formula Ford Series 1st Mygale SJ10a Fleetcare TanderSport 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 14th Audi RS3 TCR Note: Ferrier raced under her married name of Tander between 2005 and 2022.
Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2006-07 European Technique PUK11 PUK12 PUK13 RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 TIM1 TIM2 TIM3 TER1 TER2 TER3 PUK21 PUK22 17th 225
Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2007 European Technique Tatuus TT104ZZ – Toyota 12th 10th
Supercars Championship results Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pts 2001 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 59th 168 2009 Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford BF Falcon ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQR PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 BARR25 BARR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 44th 192
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2001 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VX Paul Dumbrell DNF 41 2009 Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford Falcon FG David Wall 18th 160
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2009 Peter Conroy Motorsport Terry Conroy Lee Burges Honda Integra Type S F 226 13th2nd 2010 Peter Conroy Motorsport Terry Conroy Lee Burges Honda Integra Type S D 188 13th2nd 2017 MARC Cars Australia Tim Leahey Gerard McLeod Nick Rowe MARC Mazda 3 V8 I 218 30th 7th
TCR Australia results TCR Australia results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points 2019 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 LMS TCR SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BENR7 BENR8 BENR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 SANR16 SANR17 SANR18 BENR19 BENR20 BENR21 14th 220
References
External links Leanne Tander's Official Site Tander Sport Speedsport Germany V8 Supercar Statistics