Fernández Racing

Super Aguri Fernandez Racing's #55 car driven by Kosuke Matsuura

Fernández Racing is a Mexican motor racing team that competes in the American Le Mans Series and previously Champ Car, the IRL IndyCar Series, and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The team was co-founded by Adrian Fernández and Tom Anderson in 2001.

Open wheel

The team competed in the Champ Car ranks with Fernández and Shinji Nakano driving. In 2003 they downsized to one car, dropping Nakano, but scored their first victory at Portland International Raceway. A late decision just prior to the start of 2004 saw Fernández Racing switch ranks, as many other teams did during a tumultuous two-year period, from Champ Car to the IndyCar Series. Adrian won three races that year, at Kentucky Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway and California Speedway.

In 2005 Fernández himself only drove at the Indianapolis 500 in a joint effort with Mo Nunn Racing. The team had two branches under their banner: Delphi Fernandez Racing, which ran Scott Sharp, and Super Aguri Fernandez Racing, co-owned by Aguri Suzuki, that ran Kosuke Matsuura. The team has also branched into the Grand-Am ranks, under the Lowe's Fernandez Racing guise, fielding a Daytona Prototype for drivers Fernandez and Mario Haberfeld.

For 2007, Fernández ended his involvement in both the IndyCar Series and Grand-Am series, with his partner Aguri Suzuki and driver Kosuke Matsuura leaving to join Panther Racing in the IndyCar Series.

American Le Mans Series

Fernández's Lowe's-sponsored Lola B06/43-Acura at Mid-Ohio.

Fernández Racing's Acura ARX-01b at Miller Motorsports Park.

In 2007, Fernández Racing became one of three factory supported teams in Acura's new LMP2 project in the American Le Mans Series. Fernández was chosen as the primary engine development team. Through the 2007 season, the team ran a Lola B07/40 chassis, with Highcroft Racing and Andretti Green Racing running heavily modified Courage chassis in order to compare the engine's performance relative to other Lola teams. In the team's ALMS debut at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring, drivers Adrian Fernández and Luis Díaz finished third overall and second in the LMP2 class, behind the Andretti-Green Acura. After a strong start to the 2008 season for Acura, the Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyders would dominate the rest of the season claiming the next eleven races including eight overall victories. The team finished their debut season fourth in the LMP2 Teams' Championship with Fernández and Díaz eleventh in the Drivers' Championship.

For 2008, the team raced the updated Courage-derived Acura ARX-01b just as the other Acura teams. The 2008 season saw titanic battle between the LMP2 Acura and Porsche teams, and the LMP1 Factory Audi Sport North America team. Despite their consistent pace, the team's best result came as a second place at Mosport. The team finished the season 5th in the LMP2 Teams' Championship with Adrian Fernández and Luis Díaz 12th in the Drivers' Championship.

In 2009, Highcroft Racing and de Ferran Motorsports moved up to the LMP1 class, leaving Fernández Racing as the only Acura team in LMP2. By season's end, the team finished first in the P2 Teams' Championship ahead of the their main rival Dyson Racing with Fernández and Díaz first in the Drivers' Championship. 2009 would be the final season of competition for the Fernández Racing with the team leaving American Le Mans Series competition. However, HPD would continue to develop the ARX line of LMP1 and LMP2 prototypes.

Drivers

CART

IRL IndyCar Series

Grand-Am/ALMS

Adrian Fernández (Grand Am & ALMS 2006-)
Mario Haberfeld (Grand-Am)
Luis Díaz (ALMS 2007-)

Racing results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
2001	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1 V8 t			MTY	LBH	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SRF	FON
			Adrián Fernández	51	19	16	19	16	5	12	19	21	3	25	10	22	3	21	24	23	14	10	19	18
			Shinji Nakano	52	18	12	15	8	16	13	22	22	9	22	16	18	15	14	22	17	15	21	12	21
2002	Lola B02/00	Honda HR-2 V8 t			MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LAG	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SFR	FON	MXC
			Adrián Fernández	51	13	10	7	2	18	14	13	9	11	8		18	12	4	14	7	DNS
			Max Papis												15							14
			Luis Díaz																				19
			Shinji Nakano	52	15	12	10	18	14	11	5	4	10	11	9	11	9	16	16	14	13	15	14
2003	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8 t			STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LAG	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MXC	SFR
2003	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8 t	Adrián Fernández	51	15	4	2	12	15	6	7	1	11	9	12	12	7	8	5	8*	8	12

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
2004	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8			HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	PPIR	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS
			Adrián Fernández	5		20	18	7	5	7	6	10	8	12	1	2	7	1*	1	5
			Kosuke Matsuura	55	11	11	8	11	16	14	18	9	10	17	4	13	21	21	13	19
2005	Panoz GF09C	Honda HI5R V8			HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON
			Adrián Fernández	5					14
			Scott Sharp	8	13	5	18	2	7	4	17	6	4	10	7	1	9	12	8	9	4
			Kosuke Matsuura	55	12	10	13	9	17	7	9	20	14	11	16	8	13	6	23	6	19
2006	Dallara IR-05 Panoz GF09C	Honda HI6R V8			HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	SNM	CHI
			Scott Sharp	8	7	10	16	9	9	5	5	18	17	12	6	16	14	9
			Kosuke Matsuura	55	6	7	7	15	18	8	12	8	13	17	9	19	13	11

External links

Official Site

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