Jörg Bergmeister

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

Jörg Bergmeister
Bergmeister at the 2014 Super GT Suzuka 1000km.
NationalityGerman
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2002 
TeamsFreisinger Motorsport, The Racer's Group, White Lightning Racing, Petersen Motorsports, Flying Lizard Motorsports
Best finish10th ([[2004-2019 24 Hours of Le Mans|2004-2019 ]])
Class wins2 (2004, 2019)

His late father, Willi Bergmeister, owned a workshop and dealership where Michael Schumacher learned his trade as a car mechanic in the 1980s.

Since 1996, Jörg 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 1st place at the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT Class with TRG.

He 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, Jörg 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.

Career

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 Freisinger Motorsport Romain Dumas
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 321 17th 2nd
2003 The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler
Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 304 20th 5th
2004 White Lightning Racing Patrick Long
Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 327 10th 1st
2005 Petersen Motorsports
White Lightning Racing
Patrick Long
Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 331 11th 2nd
2006 White Lightning Racing
Krohn Racing
Nic Jönsson
Tracy Krohn
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 148 DNF DNF
2007 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 124 DNF DNF
2008 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 289 32nd 6th
2009 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law
Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 194 DNF DNF
2010 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Darren Law
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 61 DNF DNF
2011 Flying Lizard Motorsports Lucas Luhr
Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Pro
310 18th 6th
2012 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long
Marco Holzer
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Pro
114 DNF DNF
2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey Patrick Pilet
Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
315 16th 2nd
2014 Porsche Team Manthey Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
309 36th 7th
2015 Porsche Team Manthey Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
327 30th 5th
2016 Porsche Motorsport Earl Bamber
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
140 DNF DNF
2018 Team Project 1 Patrick Lindsey
Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
332 34th 7th
2019 Team Project 1 Patrick Lindsey
Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
334 31st 1st

References

  1. "FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS" (PDF). American Le Mans Series. International Motor Sports Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Lucas Luhr
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Champion

2000
Succeeded by
Timo Bernhard
Preceded by
Patrick Huisman
Porsche Supercup
Champion

2001
Succeeded by
Stéphane Ortelli
Preceded by
Max Angelelli
Wayne Taylor
Rolex Sports Car Series
DP Champion

2006
Succeeded by
Alex Gurney
Jon Fogarty
Preceded by
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Paul Dalla Lana
FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2018-19
With: Patrick Lindsey & Egidio Perfetti
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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