Jörg Bergmeister

Jörg Bergmeister 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, Bergmeister 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 a win at the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT Class with TRG.
Bergmeister 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

2010 – 1st place ALMS GT Class Driver's Championship
2010 – 1st place 24 Hour of Spa
2009 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship
2009 – 1st place GT Class 24 Hours of Daytona
2008 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship
2006 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship
2006 – 1st place Grand-Am Daytona Prototype Driver's Championship
2005 – 1st place ALMS GT2 Class Driver's Championship, 4th Place Daytona Prototype Grand-Am
2004 – 1st place GT Class 24 Hours of Le Mans
2003 – 3rd place ALMS GT Class, 1st place 24 Hours of Daytona Overall win
2002 – 4th place ALMS Class, 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