de Ferran named BAR Sporting Director
04-06-2005, 10:15 AM
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de Ferran named BAR Sporting Director
From BAR's website:
Gil de Ferran appointed B.A.R Honda Sporting Director
Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda has appointed Gil de Ferran to help steer its course towards the Formula One World Championship.
37 year-old Gil, winner of the 2003 Indy 500 and twice winner of the North American CART Championship, brings over 20 years of racing experience to the newly created role of Sporting Director, responsible for the B.A.R Honda team on-event.
Gil embarked on his highly successful motor racing career in 1982, competing in his native Brazil. He progressed through the ranks of the European single-seater Formulae, winning the British F3 Championship in 1992, before heading Stateside in 1995 where he raced Indy Cars for nine seasons, retiring from driving at the end of 2003. Gil has been working as an expert commentator for ABC and ESPN's motorsport coverage in the US. He commences his role with B.A.R Honda with immediate effect.
Gil's first-hand racing success will complement the 25 years of automotive and motorsport experience of Chief Executive Officer Nick Fry and 16 years of Formula One design experience of Technical Director Geoffrey Willis, and provide B.A.R Honda with a management team that combines experience and energy with an absolute determination to win.
Wow, this is huge. So I guess this means that Gil de Ferran will run the race team, including making decisions on race strategy. Kind of curious, since he has never run a race team. I've been a big fan of Gil ever since he first went to ChampCar and drove for the Hall/VDS team. One of the best races I ever attended was when he dominated the Houston race in 2001. Best of luck to him and BAR on making this work.
Gil de Ferran appointed B.A.R Honda Sporting Director
Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda has appointed Gil de Ferran to help steer its course towards the Formula One World Championship.
37 year-old Gil, winner of the 2003 Indy 500 and twice winner of the North American CART Championship, brings over 20 years of racing experience to the newly created role of Sporting Director, responsible for the B.A.R Honda team on-event.
Gil embarked on his highly successful motor racing career in 1982, competing in his native Brazil. He progressed through the ranks of the European single-seater Formulae, winning the British F3 Championship in 1992, before heading Stateside in 1995 where he raced Indy Cars for nine seasons, retiring from driving at the end of 2003. Gil has been working as an expert commentator for ABC and ESPN's motorsport coverage in the US. He commences his role with B.A.R Honda with immediate effect.
Gil's first-hand racing success will complement the 25 years of automotive and motorsport experience of Chief Executive Officer Nick Fry and 16 years of Formula One design experience of Technical Director Geoffrey Willis, and provide B.A.R Honda with a management team that combines experience and energy with an absolute determination to win.
Wow, this is huge. So I guess this means that Gil de Ferran will run the race team, including making decisions on race strategy. Kind of curious, since he has never run a race team. I've been a big fan of Gil ever since he first went to ChampCar and drove for the Hall/VDS team. One of the best races I ever attended was when he dominated the Houston race in 2001. Best of luck to him and BAR on making this work.
04-06-2005, 11:14 AM
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Great news for Gil. He's always come across as a pretty smart guy to me. Hopefully he'll have much more success in this position than Rahal did in his role at Jaguar.
04-06-2005, 05:26 PM
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Should have keep David Richards back on the job as BAR chief. Looks like everything starts going downhill after he's left.
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