Gil de Ferran

de Ferran won two CART championships in 2000 and 2001

De Ferran at the 2005 United States Grand Prix

Gil de Ferran (born November 11, 1967) in Paris, France to Brazilian parents, is a former racing driver. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 301 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 481 pixel, file size: 100 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gil de Ferran Metadata This file... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 301 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 481 pixel, file size: 100 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gil de Ferran Metadata This file... Image File history File links DeferranChampion. ... Image File history File links DeferranChampion. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x3008, 3169 KB) Gil de Ferran waving at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Taken on June 16, 2005 by Dan Smith. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x3008, 3169 KB) Gil de Ferran waving at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Taken on June 16, 2005 by Dan Smith. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “CART” redirects here. ... Results of the 2003 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 25, 2003. ...

Inspired by the success of fellow Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, de Ferran began his career in kart racing in the early 1980s. He graduated to Formula Ford level in 1987 and Formula Three in 1991. De Ferran won the British Formula Three Championship in 1992, scoring seven wins in the process. 1993 and 1994 were spent driving for Paul Stewart Racing in Formula 3000. De Ferran finished fourth in the series in 1993 and third in 1994. Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice. ... World Champion Davide Fore demonstrate 2007 KF1 Zanardi chassis and KF1 at the Paul Ricard in Feb. ... Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or, in abbreviated form, F3, is a type of formula racing and a class of open-wheeler motor racing. ... The British Formula Three Championship is an annual series of motor races. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ...

At the end of 1994 de Ferran was invited to test a Champ Car by the Jim Hall team. Despite the worries of the team's sponsor Pennzoil that de Ferran was not famous enough name for their car, the team was sufficiently impressed to offer de Ferran a drive for 1995. With no top-line Formula One drive available de Ferran took up the offer to drive in America. “CART” redirects here. ... Pennzoils current version of their logo. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

De Ferran won the rookie of the year award in 1995 by finishing 14th. He scored his first Champ Car win in the last race of the year at Laguna Seca. “CART” redirects here. ... Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, was built in the 1950s near Monterey, California. ...

In 1996 de Ferran was a consistent challenger but only scored one win, at Cleveland. This win was the last for veteran car owner and driver Jim Hall who retired from the sport at the end of 1996. Hall's retirement also spelled the end of the Pennzoil Hall team. Despite rumours that he would be a driver for the new Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team, de Ferran stayed in America for 1997, joining the Derrick Walker/Valvoline team. Jim Hall is a programmer for the FreeDOS project and the original developer of the GNU Robots program. ... Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. ...

De Ferran finished 1997 as runner-up to Alex Zanardi with ten top-ten finishes but failed to score a single victory. He looked on course to win the season opener at Homestead but was knocked out of the lead by a lapped driver. At Portland he lost out to PacWest Racing's Mark Blundell in the closest finish in Champ Car history. Alessandro Alex Zanardi, b. ... Location of Homestead in Miami-Dade County, Florida Homestead is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States nestled between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. ... Mark Blundell (Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April 8, 1966) is a former Formula One, sportscar, and CART racing driver. ...

The expected championship challenge never materialised in 1998, unreliability, driver errors and the inferior performance of the Goodyear tires compared to the Firestone tires all combined to leave de Ferran 12th in the standings, again with no wins in the year. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. ... The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900. ...

In 1999 the breakthrough finally came as de Ferran beat Juan Pablo Montoya at Portland to take his first win since mid-1996 and the Walker team's first since early-1995. However that victory would be the end of an era as Goodyear and Valvoline both left Champ Car racing at the end of 1999. De Ferran signed for a ride with Penske Racing racing for 2000, partnering highly rated Canadian Greg Moore. When Moore was killed in the last race of 1999, the seat went to fellow Brazilian Hélio Castroneves. Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born September 20, 1975 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a race car driver in NASCAR for Chip Ganassi Racing. ... Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. ... Cummins NYSE: CMI, is a maker of diesel and gas engines. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Greg Moore (born April 22, 1975; died October 31, 1999) was a Canadian race car driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART Series,where he had great sucsess with several wins and a championship in the former league, in addition to consistent good finishes. ... Helio at the 2006 Nashville Superspeedway race. ...

The Penske years saw de Ferran finally fulfil the promise of his earlier career with two Champ Car titles and an Indy 500 victory. His analytical approach earned him comparisons with Penske's first driver, Mark Donohue. He also garnered praise for his politeness and integrity: when Penske controversially switched to the Indy Racing League in 2002, he did not criticize the move even though it meant he could not defend his Champcar title. Once in the IRL he also did not deride the rival Champ Car series like Al Unser, Jr. and others who had switched sides had done. “CART” redirects here. ... Mark Neary Donohue, Jr. ... The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ... “CART” redirects here. ... Alfred Unser, Jr. ...

Following his Indianapolis triumph de Ferran decided to retire at the end of 2003. He won his final race, although the moment was soured by a terrifying crash during the race that left fellow Indy winner Kenny Bräck seriously injured. Kenny Bräck (born March 21, 1966 in Arvika, Värmland) is a race car driver from Sweden. ...

In 2005, he moved to BAR Honda Formula One as their Sports Director.

De Ferran currently lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his English wife Angela and children Anna (born 1995) and Luke (born 1997). Nickname: Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Broward Established 27 March 1911 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Jim Naugle Area  - City  36. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Champ Car career results

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Indy Racing League career results

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Indianapolis 500 results

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External links

• Gil de Ferran's official website

Honda Racing F1

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