Fernández Racing

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

Fernández Racing was a Mexican motor racing team that competed in the American Le Mans Series, 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.

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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

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 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	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pts Pos	Pts
2001						MTY	LBH	TEX	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SRF	FON
	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1 V8 t	F	Adrián Fernández	51	19	16	C¹	19	16	5	12	19	21	3	25	10	22	3	21	24	23	14	10	19	18	18th	45
	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1 V8 t	F	Shinji Nakano	52	18	12	C¹	15	8	16	13	22	22	9	22	16	18	15	14	22	17	15	21	12	21	26th	11
2002						MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LAG	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SFR	FON	MXC
	Lola B02/00	Honda HR-2 V8 t	B	Adrián Fernández	51	13	10	7	2	18	14	13	9	11	8		18	12	4	14	7	DNS					14th	59
				Max Papis												15							14				19th	32
				Luis Díaz																				19			23rd	0
				Shinji Nakano	52	15	12	10	18	14	11	5	4	10	11	9	11	9	16	16	14	13	15	14			17th	43
2003						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	B	Adrián Fernández	51	15	4	2	12	15	6	7	1	11	9	12	12	7	8	5	8*	8	12				8th	105

^ The Firestone Firehawk 600 was canceled after qualifying due to excessive g-forces on the drivers.

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts Pos	Pts
2003						HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	GAT	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS
2003	Dallara IR-03	Honda HI3R V8	F	Roger Yasukawa	55	14	17	21	10	9	17	11	7	15	8	18	12	8	8	7	10		12th	301
2004						HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	PPIR	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS
	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8	F	Adrián Fernández	5		20	18	7	5	7	6	10	8	12	1	2	7	1*	1	5		5th	445
	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8	F	Kosuke Matsuura	55	11	11	8	11	16	14	18	9	10	17	4	13	21	21	13	19		14th	280
2005						HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON
	Panoz GF09C	Honda HI5R V8	F	Adrián Fernández	5					14													29th	16
				Scott Sharp	8	13	5	18	2	7	4	17	6	4	10	7	1	9	12	8	9	4	5th	444
				Kosuke Matsuura	55	12	10	13	9	17	7	9	20	14	11	16	8	13	6	23	6	19	14th	320
2006						HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	SNM	CHI
	Dallara IR-05 Panoz GF09C	Honda HI6R V8	F	Scott Sharp	8	7	10	16	9	9	5	5	18	17	12	6	16	14	9				12th	287
	Dallara IR-05 Panoz GF09C	Honda HI6R V8	F	Kosuke Matsuura	55	6	7	7	15	18	8	12	8	13	17	9	19	13	11				13th	273

IndyCar wins

#	Season	Date	Sanction	Track / Race	No.	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Grid	Laps Led
1	2003	June 22	CART	Portland International Raceway (R)	51	Adrián Fernández	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	Bridgestone	3	15
2	2004	August 15	IRL	Kentucky Speedway (O)	5	Adrián Fernández (2)	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8	Firestone	4	51
3		September 12	IRL	Chicagoland Speedway (O)	5	Adrián Fernández (3)	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8	Firestone	10	83
4		October 3	IRL	Auto Club Speedway (O)	5	Adrián Fernández (4)	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8	Firestone	4	18
5	2005	August 14	IRL	Kentucky Speedway (O)	8	Scott Sharp	Panoz G-Force GF09C	Honda HI5R V8	Firestone	7	60