Michel Ferté

Michel Ferté
Michel Ferté
Born	8 December 1958; Falaise, Calvados, France
Died	4 January 2023 (aged 64); Le Mans, France
Occupation	Racing driver

Michel Ferté (8 December 1958 – 4 January 2023) was a French professional racing driver. He was the younger brother of Alain Ferté, who is also a professional racing driver.

Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 from 1985 to 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Ferté died on 4 January 2023, at the age of 64.^[2]

Career edit

24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1983	Ford France	Alain Ferté Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M482-Ford	C	90	DNF	DNF
1984	Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop	Edgar Dören Preston Henn	Porsche 962	IMSA GTP	247	DNF	DNF
1988	Primagaz Competition	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Cougar C20B-Porsche	C1	120	DNF	DNF
1989	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Alain Ferté Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	C1	368	8th	7th
1990	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-12	C1	282	DNF	DNF
1991	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-12	C2	360	2nd	2nd
1994	Jacadi Racing	Olivier Grouillard Michel Neugarten	Venturi 600LM	GT1	107	DNF	DNF
1995^[3]	Pilot Aldix Racing	Olivier Thévenin Carlos Palau	Ferrari F40 LM	GT1	270	12th	6th
1996	Pilot Pen Racing	Olivier Thévenin Nicolas Leboissetier	Ferrari F40 LM	GT1	93	DNF	DNF
1997	Pilot Racing	Adrián Campos Charlie Nearburg	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP	18	DNF	DNF
1998	Pilot Racing	Pascal Fabre François Migault	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP1	203	DNF	DNF
1999	Pescarolo Promotion Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Patrice Gay	Courage C50-Porsche	LMP	327	9th	8th
2003	XL Racing	Ange Barde Gaël Lesoudier	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GTS	227	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[4]^[5]

European Formula Two Championship results edit

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1983	Marlboro Team Martini	Martini 001	BMW	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU DNQ	JAR	DON 12	MIS Ret	PER 6	ZOL	MUG	20th	1
1984	Marlboro Racing France	Martini 002	BMW	SIL 3	HOC 3	THR Ret	VAL 4	MUG 2	PAU Ret	HOC 3	MIS Ret	PER 5	DON Ret	BRH 2		3rd	29
Source:^[6]

Complete International Formula 3000 results edit

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1985	Marlboro Racing France	March 85B	Cosworth	SIL 3	THR 3	EST 2	NÜR C	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	SPA Ret	DIJ 8	PER Ret	ÖST Ret	ZAN Ret	DON 4	5th	17
1986	Marlboro Racing France	March 86B	Cosworth	SIL 9	VAL 12	PAU 3	SPA 5	IMO 12	MUG 2	PER 12	ÖST Ret	BIR 3	BUG 2	JAR 3		5th	24
1987	BS Automotive	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	SIL Ret												14th	5
	BS Automotive	Lola T87/50	Cosworth		VAL 10	SPA 14	PAU 3	DON 6	PER
	Genoa Racing	March 87B	Cosworth							BRH DNQ	BIR 11	IMO DNQ	BUG	JAR
1988	Sport Auto Racing	Lola T88/50	Cosworth	JER	VAL	PAU	SIL	MNZ	PER 13	BRH Ret	BIR 6	BUG 10	ZOL 12	DIJ 15		20th	1
1989	Cobra International	Reynard 89D	Cosworth	SIL	VAL	PAU	JER	PER Ret	BRH	BIR	SPA	BUG	DIJ			NC	0
Source:^[5]

External links edit

Michel Ferté career summary at DriverDB.com

References edit

^ "Falaise. L'ancien pilote automobile Michel Ferté est décédé à l'âge de 64 ans". actu.fr. 5 January 2023.
^ 24 Heures du Mans. L’ancien pilote, Michel Ferté, est décédé Ouest-France (in French)
^ "1995 24 HOURS OF LE MANS June 17-18, Le Mans, France STARTING ORDER". Motorsport.com. 8 May 1995.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Michel Ferte". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Michel Ferté Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "Michel Ferte". Motor Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pierre Petit	French Formula Three Champion 1983	Succeeded by Olivier Grouillard

[1] "Falaise. L'ancien pilote automobile Michel Ferté est décédé à l'âge de 64 ans". actu.fr. 5 January 2023.

[2] 24 Heures du Mans. L’ancien pilote, Michel Ferté, est décédé Ouest-France (in French)

[3] "1995 24 HOURS OF LE MANS June 17-18, Le Mans, France STARTING ORDER". Motorsport.com. 8 May 1995.^{[permanent dead link]}

[LeMansResults-4] "Michel Ferte". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[MSportStats-5] "Michel Ferté Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[6] "Michel Ferte". Motor Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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Michel Ferté
Born	(1958-12-08)8 December 1958 Falaise, Calvados, France ^[1]
Died	4 January 2023(2023-01-04) (aged 64) Le Mans, France
Occupation	Racing driver