Gil de Ferran News

After a two-month summer break de Ferran Motorsports is back in action next weekend as the American Le Mans Series reconvenes at the scenic Lime Rock Park circuit near Lakeville in Northwest Connecticut.

Some sections of the media have been putting two and two together and getting five about the future of New Zealand IndyCar driver, and defending champion, Scott Dixon.

Scott Dixon's father is playing down pit lane chatter that has the IndyCar champion changing teams next season.

While writers across the country continue to speculate as to whether or not Danica Patrick is going to NASCAR, it has been reported that the U.S.-based Formula One team, USF1, is considering Patrick for the 2010 Grand Prix series.

Raphael Matos is the fastest rookie for Indianapolis 500 20/05/2009 3:30 PM INDIANAPOLIS - Raphael Matos has been a champion everywhere he's driven.

Gil de Ferran's retirement has gone full circle like a lap on the tracks he used to dominate on the IndyCar circuit.

The 100th Michelin overall race victory in the American Le Mans Series was delivered in a powerful performance by the young de Ferran Motorsports Acura team and drivers Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud here at the Utah Grand Prix, just the 103rd event in series history.

A picture of The Acuras of de Ferran Motorsports and Patron HIghcroft racing lead the field at the start of the American Le Mans Series race in Utah on Sunday.

One element characterized the way Gil de Ferran and teammate Simon Pagenaud attacked the track at Miller Motorsports Park.

Special to indycar.com The spare car -- or T car -- is pretty much a thing of the past at the Indianapolis 500.

On first glance it sounds like someone just picked three names out of a hat: Gil de Ferran, Takuma Sato, Marty Roth.

Gil De Ferran raced four times in the Indianapolis 500 and he established an enviable record, winning the race in 2003 and finishing runner-up two years earlier.

A picture of De Ferran Motorsports drivers Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won earlier this month in Long Beach as the result of a penalty to the Patron Highcroft Racing team.

Gil de Ferran has had plenty of heartbreak in Long Beach. There was 1996, when he earned the pole before engine trouble five laps from the finish cost him his first Indy Car victory.

Gil de Ferran, Simon Pagenaud won their first American Le Mans Series victory for de Ferran Motorsports.

A picture of Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won for Acura at Long Beach. Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won for Acura at Long Beach.

David Brabham recorded his 11th career American Le Mans Series pole position Friday in a spectacular duel with fellow Acura racer Gil de Ferran during Tequila Patron Grand Prix qualifying on the streets of Long Beach.

Gil de Ferran says he is hopeful that his team's luck will change as the American Le Mans Series heads to Long Beach next weekend for the third round of the year.

Scott Sharp did all he could Friday to shake the disappointment of a less than stellar season opening event for Danbury based Patron Highcroft Racing.

David Brabham and Scott Sharp led an Acura 1-2 sweep Saturday in the Acura Sports Car Challenge, the second race of the 2009 American Le Mans Series, through the streets of St Petersburg.