Alain Ferté

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.

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 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)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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