Adrian Fernández

Adrian Fernandez (born the April 20th 1965 with Mexico City with the Mexico) is a racing driver Mexican. After having controlled a long time in the single-seater in the championships CART and IndyCar Series, it takes part today in the championship of endurance American Mans Series in which it has its own team.

Biography

After having begun its sporting career on two wheels (in tests of moto-cross), Adrian Fernandez passes to the automobile sport in 1981, at the 16 years age. It controls in various categories of single-seater in America and even in Europe and gains the championship of Mexico of Formule 3 in 1991.

In 1992, it takes part in the championship Indy Lights (the anteroom of CART) and created sensation by gaining four races (a record for a beginner) and by finishing third of the championship. As of the following season, it reaches the CART, within the stable Wales Racing. After first discrete seasons, it explodes in 1996, year which corresponds to its transfer in the stable Tasman Motorsports. In Toronto, he becomes the first Mexican pilot since Hector Rebaque in 1982 with gains a sleeve of the championship, and finishes with the twelfth places championship. After one missed season 1997, it finds the way of the victory thanks to its passage in 1998 in Patrick Racing: remarkable of regularity, it finishes the championship in the fourth place with two victories (in Mid-Ohio and Motegi in Japan). Its successes in what is then the principal automobile championship in the United States are worth him to be named " Athlete of the année" in Mexico, where he enjoys a great popularity. It continues on its impetus in 1999 (two victories and 6th of the championship) and in 2000 (still two victories).

In 2001, Fernandez leaves Patrick Racing to found her own stable, the Fernandez Racing. Even if it continues to appear regularly in the first places, it must wait until 2003 to join again with the victory, in Portland. Its success made of him the first pilot-owner impose itself in a sleeve of the championship since Bobby Rahal in 1993.

In 2003, parallel to its engagement in CART, Fernandez engages in the competitor championship IndyCar Series by the means of Super Aguri Fernandez Racing, a structure of which he is joint owner with the old driver of Formule 1 Aguri Suzuki. In 2004, it leaves the CART to engage (as a pilot and a director of stable) in IndyCar, where it thus finds owner of two cars (one under the banner of Super Aguri Fernandez Racing, the other under that of Fernandez Racing which it controls). After a complicated beginning of the season, it is not long in finding its marks in this new championship and gains three races at the end of the season, which enables him to finish in the fourth place of classment general. In spite of its successes, he pains to find sponsors and to ensure the survival of his stable, must yield his wheel to Scott Sharp, which brings an important personal sponsor. He does not forsake piloting for as much since he takes part in several handles of NASCAR Busch Series (on a car of the Hendrick Motorsports), of Large-Am (on a car of its own team) and finds even the IRL at the time of the 500 miles of Indianapolis 2005 on the second car of Fernandez Racing.

In 2007, Fernandez Racing ceases her implication in IndyCar Series for lack of money and Adrian Fernandez concentrates (at the same time as pilot and owner) on the championship American Mans Series, where it engages a Acura official LMP2. To prepare probable the future participation of its team in the 24 hours of Mans 2008, it took part besides in traditional mancelle for the first time of its career in 2007, at the wheel of Zytek. ----

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