Jörg Bergmeister | |||||||||||
Nationality: | German | ||||||||||
Birth Date: | 13 February 1976 | ||||||||||
Birth Place: | Leverkusen, West Germany | ||||||||||
Racing Licence: | FIA Platinum
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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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | |
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2013 | Porsche AG Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 6th | 99.5 | |
2014 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | 6th | 99 | |
2015 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 18th | 12 | |
2018–19 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | 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 | 16th | 38 | |
(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 | |
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2014 | Porsche North America | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | GTLM | DAY | SEB | COA | PET | 18th | 107 | [13] | |||||||||
2015 | Porsche North America | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | GTLM | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | AUS | PET | 6th | 276 | [14] | |||
2016 | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | GTD | DAY | SEB | LGA | BEL | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | AUS | PET | 11th | 203 | [15] | ||
2017 | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | GTD | DAY | SEB | LBH | AUS | BEL | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 10th | 275 | [16] | |
2018 | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | GTD | DAY | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 16th | 112 | [17] | ||