Jörg Bergmeister

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Jörg Bergmeister
Bergmeister at the 2014 Super GT Suzuka 1000km.
NationalityGermany German
Born (1976-02-13) February 13, 1976 (age 48)
Leverkusen, Germany
Racing licence FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2002 –2019
TeamsFreisinger Motorsport, The Racer's Group, White Lightning Racing, Petersen Motorsports, Flying Lizard Motorsports
Best finish10th (2004, 2019)
Class wins2 (2004, 2019)

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

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, 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.

Career[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2002 American Le Mans Series - GT Alex Job Racing 10 1 6 186 4th
2003 American Le Mans Series - GT Alex Job Racing 9 3 4 104 3rd
2004 American Le Mans Series - GT Alex Job Racing 8 4 6 132 4th
2005 American Le Mans Series - GT2 Petersen Motorsports

White Lightning Racing

10 5 9 179 1st
2006 American Le Mans Series - GT2 Petersen Motorsports

White Lightning Racing

10 3 6 147 1st
2007 American Le Mans Series - GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports 12 3 7 170 3rd
2008 American Le Mans Series - GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports 11 4 9 187 1st
2009 American Le Mans Series - GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports 10 6 6 181 1st
2010 American Le Mans Series - GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports 9 4 5 157 1st
2011 American Le Mans Series - GT Flying Lizard Motorsports 9 1 3 106 4th
2012 American Le Mans Series - GT Flying Lizard Motorsports 10 1 4 111 5th
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro Porsche AG Team Manthey 8 0 0 5 99.5 6th
2014 United Sports Car Championship - GTLM Porsche North America 4 1 1 107 18th
FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro Porsche Team Manthey 8 0 0 3 99 6th
2015 United Sports Car Championship - GTLM Porsche North America 10 0 5 276 6th
FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro Porsche Team Manthey 1 0 0 0 0 12 18th
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Park Place Motorsports 10 0 0 4 203 11th
2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Park Place Motorsports 11 1 0 4 275 10th
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Park Place Motorsports 5 0 0 0 1 112 16th
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am Team Project 1 8 2 0 6 151 1st
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am Team Project 1 1 1 1 38 16th

American Le Mans Series results[edit]

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
2002 Alex Job Racing GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB
9†
SON
3
MID
2
AME
1
WAS
3
TRO
2
MOS
6
MON
7
MIA|
2
PET
DNF
4th 186 [2]
2003 Alex Job Racing GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB
5
ATL
1
SON
2
TRO
DNF
MOS
1
ELK
13
LAG
9
MIA
6†
PET
1
3rd 104 [3]
2004 Alex Job Racing GT Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB MDO
2
LRP
10
SON
1
POR
4
MOS
1
ELK
1
PET
1
LAG
2
4th 132 [4]
2005 Petersen Motorsports
White Lightning Racing
GT2 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB
1
ATL
3
MDO
2
LRP
2
SON
2
POR
8
ELK
1
MOS
1
PET
1
LAG
1
1st 179 [5]
2006 Petersen Motorsports
White Lightning Racing
GT2 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB
7
HOU
4
MDO
7
LRP
1
UTA
2
POR
2
ELK
1
MOS
6
PET
1
LAG
2
1st 147 [6]
2007 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT2 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 SEB
2
STP
2
LBH
9
HOU
2
UTA
2
LRP
1
MDO
1
ELK
5
MOS
5
DET
DNF
PET
1
LAG
4
3rd 170 [7]
2008 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT2 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 SEB
1
STP
9
LBH
2
UTA
1
LRP
1
MDO
3
ELK
2
MOS
3
DET
1
PET
2
LAG
10
1st 187 [8]
2009 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT2 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB
4
STP
1
LBH
1
UTA
1
LRP
1
MDO
1
ELK
4
MOS
5
PET
5
LAG
1
1st 181 [9]
2010 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB
4
LBH
1
LAG
1
UTA
5
LRP
1
MDO
4
ELK
2
MOS
1
PET
5
1st 157 [10]
2011 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB
6
LBH
DNF
LRP
2
MOS
13
MDO
9
ELK
4
BAL
11
LAG
1
PET
2
4th 106 [11]
2012 Flying Lizard Motorsports GT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB
10
LBH
7
LAG
6
LRP
1
MOS
DSQ
MDO
2
ELK
2
BAL
5
VIR
2
PET
5
5th 111 [12]

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[edit]

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2002 Germany Freisinger Motorsport France Romain Dumas
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 321 17th 2nd
2003 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
Germany Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 304 20th 5th
2004 United States White Lightning Racing United States Patrick Long
Germany Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 327 10th 1st
2005 United States Petersen Motorsports
United States White Lightning Racing
United States Patrick Long
Germany Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 331 11th 2nd
2006 United States White Lightning Racing
United States Krohn Racing
Sweden Nic Jönsson
United States Tracy Krohn
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 148 DNF DNF
2007 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 124 DNF DNF
2008 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 289 32nd 6th
2009 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Darren Law
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 194 DNF DNF
2010 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Seth Neiman
United States Darren Law
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 61 DNF DNF
2011 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Lucas Luhr
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Pro
310 18th 6th
2012 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Germany Marco Holzer
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Pro
114 DNF DNF
2013 Germany Porsche AG Team Manthey France Patrick Pilet
Germany Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
315 16th 2nd
2014 Germany Porsche Team Manthey France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
309 36th 7th
2015 Germany Porsche Team Manthey Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
327 30th 5th
2016 Germany Porsche Motorsport New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
140 DNF DNF
2018 Germany Team Project 1 United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
332 34th 7th
2019 Germany Team Project 1 United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
334 31st 1st
Sources:[13][14]

24 Hours of Daytona results[edit]

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2002 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Michael Schrom
Germany Timo Bernhard
Porsche 996 GT3-RS GT 669 7th 1st
2003 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Michael Schrom
Germany Timo Bernhard
Porsche 996 GT3-RS GT 695 1st 1st
2004 United States The Racer's Group/Monster Cable United States Kevin Buckler
Germany Timo Bernhard
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 996 GT3-RS GT 494 14th 5th
2005 United States Krohn Racing/The Racer's Group Italy Max Papis
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Riley Mk XI DP 653 16th 10th
2006 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United States Colin Braun
Riley Mk XI DP 717 5th 5th
2007 United States Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing France Romain Dumas
United States Patrick Long
Crawford DP03 DP 615 18th 12th
2008 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing United States Eric Lux
United States Leh Keen
Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 580 33rd 19th
2009 United States The Racer's Group United States Justin Marks
United States Andy Lally
United States R. J. Valentine
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 695 9th 1st
2010 United States The Racer's Group/Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Patrick Long
United States Seth Neiman
United States Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 703 9th 2nd
2011 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Patrick Long

United States Seth Neiman
United States Johannes van Overbeek

Riley Mk. XI DP 654 22nd
DNF
13th
DNF
2012 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports United States Patrick Long
United States Seth Neiman
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 706 26th 15th
2013 United States The Racer's Group Germany Dominik Farnbacher
United States Ben Keating
Canada Kuno Wittmer
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 622 31st 20th
2014 United States Porsche North America United States Patrick Long
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR GTLM 489 54th
DNF
9th
DNF
2015 United States Porsche North America New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR GTLM 581 31st
DNF
7th
DNF
2016 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Matt McMurry
Austria Norbert Siedler
Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD 524 41st 17th
2017 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Matt McMurry
Austria Norbert Siedler
Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD 102 51st
DNF
24th
DNF
2018 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Tim Pappas
Austria Norbert Siedler
Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD 675 40th 18th
Source:[14]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
7
SPA
Ret
LMS
2
SÃO
3
COA
9
FUJ
3
SHA
3
BHR
2
6th 99.5
2014 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
11
COA
4
FUJ
4
SHA
2
BHR
4
SÃO
6
6th 99
2015 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS
7
NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 18th 12
2018–19 Team Project 1 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 SPA
9
LMS
3
SIL
3
FUJ
1
SHA
2
SEB
3
SPA
5
LMS
1
1st 151
2019–20 Team Project 1 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR
1
16th 38
Sources:[14][15]

IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team Car Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2014 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTLM DAY
9
SEB
1
LBH LAG WGI MOS IMS ELK VIR COA
11
PET
5
18th 107 [16]
2015 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTLM DAY
7
SEB
7
LBH
8
LGA
3
WGL
2
MOS
7
ELK
2
VIR
2
AUS
5
PET
8
6th 276 [17]
2016 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 GTD DAY
17
SEB
17
LGA
11
BEL
2
WGL
8
MOS
6
LIM
10
ELK
2
VIR AUS
5
PET
12
11th 203 [18]
2017 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 GTD DAY
24
SEB
6
LBH
4
AUS
8
BEL
9
WGL MOS
9
LIM
1
ELK
2
VIR
10
LGA
3
PET
3
10th 275 [19]
2018 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 GTD DAY
18
SEB
9
MOH BEL WGL
6
MOS LIM ELK
11
VIR LGA
2
PET 16th 112 [20]
Source:[14]

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2002 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2003 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2004 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2005 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2006 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2007 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2008 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2009 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2010 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2011 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2012 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d "Jörg Bergmeister Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Referenece. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
champion

2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Porsche Supercup
champion

2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Rolex Sports Car Series
DP Champion

2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2018–19
With: Patrick Lindsey & Egidio Perfetti
Succeeded by