| Leanne Ferrier | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Tander (left in white shirt) in 2010 | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | Leanne Laura Ferrier (1980-06-05) 5 June 1980 (age 44) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Touring Car Masters career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Car number | 11 |
| Starts | 20 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 1998–2000 2001–02, 2009 2004 2005–2008 | Australian Formula Ford Development V8 Supercar Australian Production Car Australian Drivers' Champ. |
Leanne Laura Ferrier (sometimes known as Leanne Tander, born 5 June 1980 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian race car driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and in the Supercars Championship.
Career
Ferrier started in karts in 1993, and progressed to Formula Ford in 1998. After mixed success there, she moved up into Development V8 Supercars in 2001 with Garry Rogers Motorsport and 2002 with Fleetcare Racing. The next three seasons saw her race her father Mark's Mazda RX-7 in Improved Production racing, winning the Victorian and New South Wales championships in 2005, as well as driving in the Australian Production Car Championship in 2004 for Team Toyota Australia. In 2005, she had her first taste of a Formula 3 car, contesting three rounds that year, and moved to the Australian Formula Three Championship full-time in 2006, where she became the first female to win a race in 2007. After a pair of second places at Symmons Plains Raceway at the penultimate round, she went into the final round of the championship leading by four points.
After qualifying on pole position for both races at the season finale, at Oran Park Raceway, Leanne scored a third and a second in the two races, respectively, to narrowly miss out on the championship by just two points. It remains the best ever performance by a female driver in a National Australian circuit-racing Championship, and possibly the best ever by a female driver in a National or International F3 series.
In 2008, she remained in Australian F3 scoring four poles positions, five race wins and narrowly missed out on the title at the final round to James Winslow.
In 2007, with then husband Garth leading the Supercars standings, and Leanne having led the Australian Drivers Championship during the season, it was the first time that a married couple have simultaneously led Australian Motor Racing Championships.
In the 2009 V8 Supercar Series, Ferrier joined Paul Cruikshank Racing. She also returned to the Super2 Series driving a TanderSport prepared Ford Falcon BF.
In 2010 Ferrier competed in the Touring Car Masters, driving a replica Ford Falcon XA GTHO Phase IV. She placed 5th in the series, having won the last race of Round 5, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit as a support category to the 2010 Bathurst 1000.
As of 2012, Leanne has been a regular contributor to entertainment and lifestyle website Live4.
Personal life
Ferrier married Australian racing driver Garth Tander in 2004. The couple separated in 2022. Ferrier has two children with Tander, a son, Sebastian, and a daughter, Scarlett.
Career results
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Tander placed 5th in the 2006 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Tander (Mygale SJ10a) placed 10th in the 2015 Australian Formula Ford Series.
Note: Ferrier raced under her married name of Tander between 2005 and 2022.
Supercars Championship results
| Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | PHI R1 |
PHI R2 |
ADE R3 |
ADE R4 |
EAS R5 |
EAS R6 |
HDV R7 |
HDV R8 |
HDV R9 |
CAN R10 |
CAN R11 |
CAN R12 |
BAR R13 |
BAR R14 |
BAR R15 |
CAL R16 |
CAL R17 |
CAL R18 |
ORA R19 |
ORA R20 |
QLD R21 12 |
WIN R22 |
WIN R23 |
BAT R24 Ret |
PUK R25 |
PUK R26 |
PUK R27 |
SAN R28 |
SAN R29 |
SAN R30 |
59th | 168 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford BF Falcon | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
HAM R3 |
HAM R4 |
WIN R5 |
WIN R6 |
SYM R7 |
SYM R8 |
HDV R9 |
HDV R10 |
TOW R11 |
TOW R12 |
SAN R13 |
SAN R14 |
QLD R15 |
QLD R16 |
PHI QR 27 |
PHI R17 19 |
BAT R18 18 |
SUR R19 |
SUR R20 |
SUR R21 |
SUR R22 |
PHI R23 |
PHI R24 |
BAR R25 |
BAR R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
44th | 192 | |||||||||||
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VX | Paul Dumbrell
|
DNF | 41 |
| 2009 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon FG | David Wall
|
18th | 160 |
References
- Leach, Sarah (16 March 2016). "Fast and The Not so Furious 2: women in NASCAR, F1, and Formula Ford". Zela. SBS. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- "Tander Set for V8 Return". Auto Action (1337). Sydney: ACP Magazines: 6. 22–28 April 2009.
- "Leanne Tander". Live. NRMA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- "Leanne Ferrier on Instagram".
- Toyota Racing Series - 2007 results Retrieved 21 July 2011
External links
- Leanne Tander's Official Site
- Tander Sport
- Speedsport Germany
- V8 Supercar Statistics
- Leanne Ferrier career summary at DriverDB.com
- Leanne Ferrier driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Australian Formula 3 Championship drivers
- Australian female racing drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Racing drivers from Sydney
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Toyota Racing Series drivers
- Supercars Championship drivers
- Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers
- Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers
- Racing drivers from New South Wales
- V8 Utes drivers
- TCR Australia Touring Car Series drivers