Jörg Bergmeister

Jörg Bergmeister (born 13 February 1976 in Leverkusen) is a German former racing driver and an ambassador of Porsche.

Since 1996, Bergmeister has raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup. In 2006 he won the Grand-American Rolex Series Championship. He also won the 2003 24 Hours of Daytona overall in a Porsche 911 GT3-RS. His most recent achievement is a win at the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT Class with TRG.

Bergmeister also won the Porsche Supercup in 2001, and the German Cup in 2000. He is one of the tallest sport car drivers at 6'4". He also has a degree in economics. As of 2010, he drives for Flying Lizard Motorsports in the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans and BMS Scuderia Italia in the FIA GT2 European Championship.

His late father, Willi Bergmeister, owned a workshop and dealership where Michael Schumacher learned his trade as a car mechanic in the 1980s. His brother Tim, who won the ADAC GT Masters title in 2008, and nephew Jakob are also racing drivers.

Career

Career summary 2010 – 1st place ALMS GT Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR) 2010 – 1st place 24 Hour of Spa (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR) 2009 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR) 2009 – 1st place GT Class 24 Hours of Daytona 2008 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR) 2006 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR) 2006 – 1st place Grand-Am Daytona Prototype Driver's Championship 2005 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR), 4th Place Daytona Prototype Grand-Am 2004 – 1st place GT Class 24 Hours of Le Mans 2003 – 3rd place ALMS GT Class (Porsche 911 GT3-RS), 1st place 24 Hours of Daytona Overall win 2002 – 4th place ALMS Class (Porsche 911 GT3-RS), 1st place GT Class 24 Hours of Daytona 2001 – 2nd place Porsche Carrera Cup, 1st place Porsche Supercup 2000 – 1st place Porsche Carrera Cup, 6th place Porsche Supercup 1999 – 3rd place Porsche Carrera Cup 1998 – 9th place Porsche Carrera Cup 1997 – 6th place Formula Opel Euroseries 1996 – 7th place Porsche Carrera Cup 1995 – 2nd place Formula Opel 1994 – Deutsche Formula Renault Masterseries 1993 – 1st place Formula König 1992 – 3rd place Formula König

American Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) † Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Freisinger Motorsport Romain Dumas Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 321 17th 2nd The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler Timo Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 304 20th 5th White Lightning Racing Patrick Long Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 327 10th 1st Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing Patrick Long Timo Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 331 11th 2nd White Lightning Racing Krohn Racing Nic Jönsson Tracy Krohn Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 148 DNF DNF Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 124 DNF DNF Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 289 32nd 6th Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 194 DNF DNF Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Darren Law Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 61 DNF DNF Flying Lizard Motorsports Lucas Luhr Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 310 18th 6th Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 114 DNF DNF Porsche AG Team Manthey Patrick Pilet Timo Bernhard Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 315 16th 2nd Porsche Team Manthey Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 309 36th 7th Porsche Team Manthey Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 327 30th 5th Porsche Motorsport Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 140 DNF DNF Team Project 1 Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 332 34th 7th Team Project 1 Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 334 31st 1st

24 Hours of Daytona results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)