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.
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 Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM82 BMW SIL HOC THR NÜR MUG VAL PAU SPA HOC DON MAN PER MIS NC 0 Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM83 BMW SIL THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU JAR DON MIS PER ZOL MUG 14th 4 Martini Racing Martini 002 BMW SIL HOC THR VAL MUG PAU 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 Pts 1985 Lola Motorsport Lola T950 Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL 9th 10 Corbari Italia March 85B PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN Equipe Oreca DON 1986 ITI 3000 March 86B Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST 14th 4 Oreca Motorsport BIR Equipe Danielson AGS JH20B BUG JAR 1987 First Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL VAL SPA PAU DON PER BRH BIR IMO BUG JAR NC 0 1988 First Racing March 88B Judd JER VAL PAU SIL MNZ PER BRH BIR BUG ZOL DIJ NC 0 1989 CoBRa Motorsport Reynard 89D Cosworth SIL VAL PAU JER PER BRH BIR SPA BUG DIJ 16th 3
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 LMP1C90 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 GTEAm 292 32nd 7th
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 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 GT500SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN 9th 28
References
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