Jörg Bergmeister

Jörg Bergmeister
Jörg Bergmeister
	Bergmeister at the 2014 Super GT Suzuka 1000km.
Nationality	German
Born	February 13, 1976 (age 48); Leverkusen, West Germany
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2002–2019
Teams	Freisinger Motorsport, The Racer's Group, White Lightning Racing, Petersen Motorsports, Flying Lizard Motorsports
Best finish	10th (2004, 2019)
Class wins	2 (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

Career summary

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
2014	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
2015	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

2010 – 1st place ALMS GT Class Driver's Championship (Porsche 911 GT3-RSR)^[1]
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)


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

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
Sources:^[13]^[14]

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2002	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Michael Schrom Timo Bernhard	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GT	669	7th	1st
2003	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Michael Schrom Timo Bernhard	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GT	695	1st	1st
2004	The Racer's Group/Monster Cable	Kevin Buckler Timo Bernhard Patrick Long	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GT	494	14th	5th
2005	Krohn Racing/The Racer's Group	Max Papis Oliver Gavin	Riley Mk XI	DP	653	16th	10th
2006	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Colin Braun	Riley Mk XI	DP	717	5th	5th
2007	Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing	Romain Dumas Patrick Long	Crawford DP03	DP	615	18th	12th
2008	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Eric Lux Leh Keen Sascha Maassen Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	580	33rd	19th
2009	The Racer's Group	Justin Marks Andy Lally R. J. Valentine Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	695	9th	1st
2010	The Racer's Group/Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	703	9th	2nd
2011	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Riley Mk. XI	DP	654	22nd DNF	13th DNF
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Seth Neiman Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	706	26th	15th
2013	The Racer's Group	Dominik Farnbacher Ben Keating Kuno Wittmer	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	622	31st	20th
2014	Porsche North America	Patrick Long Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR	GTLM	489	54th DNF	9th DNF
2015	Porsche North America	Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR	GTLM	581	31st DNF	7th DNF
2016	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Matt McMurry Norbert Siedler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	524	41st	17th
2017	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Matt McMurry Norbert Siedler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	102	51st DNF	24th DNF
2018	Park Place Motorsports	Patrick Lindsey Tim Pappas Norbert Siedler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	675	40th	18th
Source:^[14]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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

(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

^ "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.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2002 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2003 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2004 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2005 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2006 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2007 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2008 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2009 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2010 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2011 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2012 American Le Mans Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jörg Bergmeister Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Referenece. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ "Jörg Bergmeister – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links

Bergmeister company

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 Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen

[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.

[MSportStats-14] "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.

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