Gil de Ferran

Motar De Ferran a shekara ta 2001

De Ferran a gasar Grand Prix ta Amurka ta 2005

Gil de Ferran (11 Nuwamba 1967 - 29 Disamba 2023) ƙwararren direban tsere ne na ƙasar Brazil kuma mai ƙungiyar. De Ferran shine zakaran tseren Champ Car na 2000 da 2001 a ƙungiyar Penske kuma shine wanda ya lashe gasar Indianapolis 500 ta 2003. Ya kuma kammala a matsayi na biyu a ajin American Le Mans Series LMP1 a 2009, tare da nasa Ferran Motorsports .

Farkon aikina

Da kwarin gwiwar nasarar abokin wasansa na Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi, de Ferran ya fara aikinsa a tseren kart a shekarun 1980. Ya lashe gasar Formula Ford a Brazil a shekarar 1987, kuma ya fara tsere a ajin Formula Three a shekarar 1991. Da yake tuki don Edenbridge Racing, de Ferran ya kammala kakar gasar Formula Three ta Burtaniya ta 1991 a matsayi na uku, bayan Rubens Barrichello da David Coulthard kawai. A kakar wasa ta 1992, de Ferran ya koma Paul Stewart Racing kuma ya lashe kambun, inda ya zira kwallaye bakwai a cikin wannan tsari.

A shekarar 1993 da 1994, de Ferran ya tuka motar Paul Stewart Racing a gasar Formula 3000 ta duniya . De Ferran ya kare a matsayi na biyar a jerin a shekarar 1993 sannan ya kai gasar zuwa zagaye na biyu a shekarar 1994, inda daga karshe ya kare a matsayi na uku. A shekarar 1993, de Ferran ya gwada shiga kungiyar Footwork Arrows Formula One tare da dan tseren Holland Jos Verstappen . Ranarsa ta shiga cikin matsala bayan ya buge kansa yayin da yake tafiya kusa da motar, inda de Ferran ya tuna da lamarin kamar haka: "Ina tafiya tsakanin manyan motoci biyu, ina kallon kasa ina tunani, wannan ba ya tafiya yadda ya kamata. Kuma na buge kaina a kan wata kofar kabad mai juyawa a gefen motar. Na raba kaina a bude, jini a ko'ina, wasa ya kare." Lokacinsa ma ya yi daidai da na Verstappen.

IndyCar

A shekarar 1994, an gayyaci de Ferran don gwada motar CART IndyCar ta Hall/VDS Racing . Duk da damuwar da mai tallafawa ƙungiyar Pennzoil ya nuna cewa de Ferran ba sanannen suna ba ne ga motarsu, ƙungiyar ta yi matukar farin ciki da ta ba de Ferran tuki a shekarar 1995. Ba tare da samun tuki na Formula One ba, de Ferran ya karɓi tayin tuki a Amurka. Bayan ya mamaye tseren Cleveland CART PPG Indy Car World Series, an kore shi yayin da yake ƙoƙarin cin nasara a kan Scott Pruett . Zai zira kwallaye na farko a tseren ƙarshe na shekara a Laguna Seca Raceway . Bayan nasarar, De Ferran ya zo na 14 a jerin PPG Indy Car World Series na 1995, kuma ya lashe kyautar PPG Indy Car World Series Rookie Of The Year.

A shekarar 1999, nasarar da aka daɗe ana jira ta zo ne yayin da de Ferran ya doke Juan Pablo Montoya a Portland International Raceway, inda ya lashe gasarsa ta farko tun 1996, kuma ƙungiyar Walker Racing ta farko tun farkon 1995. Duk da haka, bayan wannan nasarar, Goodyear da Valvoline sun bar CART a matsayin manyan masu tallafawa da masu samar da kayayyaki. A ƙarshen wannan kakar wasa, an sanya hannu kan de Ferran da Greg Moore ga ƙungiyar Marlboro Team Penske don maye gurbin Al Unser Jr. Duk da haka, Moore ya mutu a wani hatsarin da ya faru a lokacin wasan ƙarshe na kakar wasa a California Speedway kuma an sanar da ɗan ƙasar de Ferran Hélio Castroneves a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin Moore jim kaɗan bayan haka.

A ranar 28 ga Oktoba 2000, yayin wasan neman cancantar shiga gasar CART a California Speedway da ke Fontana, de Ferran ya kafa tarihin tseren da kuma rikodin zagaye mafi sauri a 241.428 miles per hour (388.541 km/h) . [1] Tun daga Disamba 2022, wannan shine mafi saurin zagayen cancantar shiga gasar da aka taɓa samu a wani taron tsere na hukuma. [2] Zai bi saurin rikodin ta hanyar lashe gasar cin kofin jerin a Fontana a ranar 30 ga Oktoba (Ƙarshen kakar wasa ya fara a ranar 29 ga Oktoba amma an tilasta masa ya ƙare a ranar 30 ga Oktoba saboda ruwan sama)

A shekara ta 2005, de Ferran ya koma ƙungiyar BAR-Honda Formula One a matsayin Daraktan Wasanninsu. Ya yi murabus daga wannan matsayin a watan Yulin 2007 bayan ya fara "rashin jin daɗi" da ƙungiyar. A watan Yulin 2018, an naɗa de Ferran darektan wasanni na McLaren bayan murabus ɗin Eric Boullier . Ya bar ƙungiyar a farkon 2021. A watan Mayun 2023, McLaren ya dawo da de Ferran a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin ba da shawara a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin sake fasalinsu.

Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa

An haifi De Ferran a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1967 a birnin Paris, Faransa. Ya zauna a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tare da matarsa 'yar Ingila Angela (wadda ta yi aiki a Paul Stewart Racing ) da 'ya'yansu biyu.

De Ferran ya mutu a ranar 29 ga Disamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 56. Ya kamu da bugun zuciya yayin da yake tuki a wani taron sirri tare da ɗansa a The Concours Club da ke Opa-locka, Florida .