Alain FertÃ©

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

After he drove in Formula 3 where it won the prestigious race in Monaco, he moved to the Formula 2, which later became the formula was 3000. He took several times on the 24 - hour race at Le Mans in part, for the first time in 1983. 1986 he drove at Le Mans for the team Brun on the side of Belgian Thierry Boutsen and Didier Theys a Porsche 956 in 1989, he presented a Jaguar a new lap record on. In 1991, he had almost won in a Sauber-Mercedes race. He shared the car with Jean- Louis Schlesser and Jochen Mass. The trio led the race for 21 hours, but had to give up three hours before the end of the race. But in 1994 he was able to conquer the pole position.

After his career in the sports car, walked Alain Ferté 1998 in Truck race at the start. In his first season he drove a 83 points. In 2000 he joined the Dutch designer DAF, with whom he made his debut at the trucks, the German manufacturer MAN, where he remained until 2001. In 2002 he moved to the Czech manufacturer Tatra.

Eleven years after his last appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997, Alain Ferté 2008 returned to this race back and competed in a Ferrari F430 GT for the team JMB Racing and finally finished in fourth place in the GT2 class. In 2012 he started again in this classic endurance race.

Le Mans results

Formula 3000 racer
DTM racer
Drivers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Racers (France)
Frenchman
Born in 1955
Man
World Sports Car Championship racer

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