Jörg Bergmeister

Jörg Bergmeister (born February 13, 1976 in Leverkusen) is a race car driver from Germany.

His father, Willi Bergmeister, owns 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 Rolex 24 at Daytona overall in a Porsche 911 GT3-RS.

He also won the Porsche Supercup in 2001, and the German Cup in 2000.He is one of the tallest sport car drivers at 6'7"He also has a degree in economics. As of 2007, Jörg drives for Flying Lizard Motorsports in the American Le Mans Series and the Le Mans 24 Hours

Career

*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 (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 Rolex 24 at Daytona Overall win
*2002 - 4th place ALMS GT Class (Porsche 911 GT3-RS), 1st place GT Class Rolex 24 at Daytona
*2001 - 2nd place Porsche Carrera Cup, 1st place Porsche Supercup
*2000 - 1st place Porsche Carrera Cup, 6th place Porsche Pirelli 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

External links

* [http://www.pierre-kaffer.de/home.en.html Website]
* [http://www.bergmeister.de/frmset.htm Bergmeister company]