Adrián Fernández

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Adrián Fernández Meir (born April 20, 1963) is a Mexican retired racing driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.

Personal life

Fernández decommissioned from motorsports in 2012. Valentina and Niko Fernández's children, and he and longtime girlfriend, author, and former actress Priscila Perales married on October 21, 2017. They got married in Miami Beach, Florida, on May 4, 2018. Adrián Fernández Jr., the happy couple's son, was born on October 29, 2020.

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Racing career

Fernández began his career in Mexico by racing motocross at the age of eight. He began racing in 1981 at the "24 Hours of Mexico" race in Mexico City, and at the age of 15, he made the permanent change to cars in 1982. Fernández competed in the Formula Vee Championship from 1982 to 1984, winning the title in both 1981 and 1984. In 1984, he began competing in the Formula K Series for the first time until 1986. All three years in Formula K, he ranked in the top four in the standings.

He ran in one race in the Benelux Formula Ford 1600 Championship, one British RAC Formula Ford 1600 Championship event, and also competed in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in 1987. He competed in the British RAC and Esso Formula Ford 1600 Championship series from 1988 to 1989, winning the title in 1991.

Fernández debuted in 1992, when he moved to the United States to compete in the Firestone Indy Lights Championship (now PPG-Dayton Indy Lights Championship). He came third in the points winning four races, a rookie record, and earned more than $2 million in prize earnings.

Fernández made the jump to the CART IndyCar World Series in 1993, qualifying in five races for Galles Racing International, demonstrating his charisma. Galles was 19th in full CART season in 1994, winning the "Marco Maga" and "Luchador Olmeca" awards as well as the "JC" trophy for "Best Driver" outside Mexico. Fernández placed 12th in the standings placing at number ten times in 1995, competing with Galles for the second time.

In 1996, Fernández moved to Tasman Motorsports. He had six top ten finishes, including his first CART win at Toronto. Jeff Krosnoff's win was marred by his excitement at winning his first victory, which was unfortunately stifled early in the season. Fernández's victory in Toronto made him the first Mexican to win a CART event since Héctor Rebaque in 1982, and he remained ranked 12th in the season points total. Fernández's 1997 was, however, a trying season. The Tasman crew ran a Lola chassis, but it didn't turn out as expected. Fernández came to three top ten finishes and 18th in the PPG Cup standings, thanks to a combination of will, perseverance, and talent.

Fernández rode Patrick Racing for the 1998 season and demonstrated his ability to challenge for the championship. With eight top-five finishes and two victories, Japan and Mid-Ohio, en route to his fourth appearance in the PPG Cup championship in the 1998 FedEx Championship, he achieved his fourth best ten finishes. He captured his first pole at Michigan and led the championship race for the first time in his career. Fernández was unfortunately struck by tragedy once more — a crash in Michigan resulted in his car's errant wheel crashing into the stands and killing three spectators. However, it was his triumph at the Miller Lite 200 that gave Patrick Racing one of the most memorable moments ever, when Fernández stood at the podium with his colleague Scott Pruett. Fernández was also named "Athlete of the Year" in Mexico.

Adrián Fernández, who was enjoying his most fruitful season in the CART series, rodes the #40 Tecate/Quaker State Reynard Ford-Cosworth's sixth season in the championship battle for the sixth time in 1999. For the first time in his CART career, he led the points series early in the season, but an accident in Detroit resulted in a fracture in one of his hands, requiring him to miss numerous races. However, he took the Firestone Firehawk 500 and the Marlboro 500 in Fontana, California, a run marred by the death of good friend Greg Moore. In addition,, he was chosen to compete in the IROC series in 1999, where he met other top-named drivers, including NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, and Dale Earnhardt. Fernández has a solid racing career that began in 1993 and now has 80 percent of the series. During his seven-year career, he has been ranked in the top ten 41 times.

Fernández had his best season in the CART series in 2000, coming close to winning the championship despite not being on the front row all season. He earned points in 17 of the 20 races, including 2 victories in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Australia, as well as 3 others with podium finishes. In the championship, he came in second, second behind Gil de Ferran.

Fernandez Racing was founded in 2001 with former Ganassi chief Tom Anderson as his partner and ex-F1 racer Shinji Nakano as his teammate. He finished third twice and took 2 poles this year, but his team's first victory came in 2003 at Portland, the first victory for an owner-driver since Bobby Rahal achieved the feat in 1992. Roger Yasukawa, an Asian-American from Aguri Suzuki, was the IRL entry for Asian-American Roger Yasukawa, as part of Aguri Suzuki in 2004, and he moved the entire team to the series in 2004. Despite winning 3 victories and 4th overall in the 2004 IRL, he was unable to gain funding for racing in 2005 - Delphi was driver Scott Sharp's personal sponsor, but engine manufacturers Honda insisted on Japanese driver Kosuke Matsuura in the second vehicle.

He rode the No. 5 in 2005. In the first NASC Busch Series race held outside of the United States, 5 Lowe's / Hitachi Chevrolet in Mexico for Hendrick Motorsports. Fernández rode in this one-time run to help promote NASCAR racing to the local audience. He rode many laps in the competition before relinquishing the lead to eventual race champion Martin Truex Jr. He had been confirmed that he would run four more races in Hendrick Motorsports' Busch Series, but he did not run up front at any of those races. In 2006, he participated in two Busch races for Hendrick and then competed full time in the Grand-Am series for his own team with Lowe's sponsorship.

Fernández migrated the team as an Acura factory team to the American Le Mans Series LMP2 class in 2007. Luis D'az, a Mexican and Grand-Am veteran, was his teammate.

Fernández and his co-driver Luis D'az won the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, on October 10, 2009. Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01B's win brings an end to the season with the drivers' championship and teams' championship in the LMP2 class.

Fernández debuts in the 2007 Fernández debuts in the LMP2 category of the Barazi-Epsilon team Zytek's famed race, with a 3.4-liter V8 prototype on the back of a 07S/2. Haruki Kurosawa and Robbie Kerr were his coworkers. This was the first podium of a Mexican at the Circuit de la Sarthe in many years to honor those achieved by Ricardo and Pedro Rodra respectively in 1962 and 1968 respectively. The English-French team took pole position in its class.

Fernández, who was out of action for three years, with Aston Martin Racing finishing fifth in his class (sixth absolute) with a Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, his co-drivers were Harold Primat and Stefan Mücke.

The fortune did not favor Adrian in 2011, when his team, Aston Martin Racing in LMP1 class, was unable to afford 2 laps with their Aston Martin AMR-One and left the field due to engine issues in the 56th location.

Fernández and the Aston Martin Racing Team earned the third place in the GTE-Pro class, as well as his co-drivers, Stefan Mücke and Darren Turner, in the Circuit de la Sarthe, without failure or serious mechanical issues. The team also ran the fastest lap of the record in 3 minutes and 54,928 seconds. Adrián had the honor of navigating the final stage of the competition.

Fernández, a former professional with Aston Martin Racing, announced on September 12, 2012, that he would be retiring from the FIA World Endurance Championship at the end of the season, as well as his friendship with the Aston Martin Racing team, which began in 2010. The Mexican driver will place his attention in the United States on competitions.

Sergio Pérez, a Formula One racer, revealed that Férnandez will be his boss on September 28, 2012.

Fernández's contributions have been recognized by the naming of Turn 12 of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in his honour on September 20, 2016.

Motorsports career results

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