Born: 13 February 1976
Where: Leverkusen, Germany
Lives: Langenfeld, Germany
Marital status: Single, 1 child
Height/Weight: 1.94 m/80 kg
Hobbies: Snowboarding
Of all the successes that Joerg Bergmeister has celebrated with Porsche, he is particularly proud of his victories at the famed long distance races. Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring, Petit Le Mans and Spa. He laid the foundation for his notable career in sports car racing in Porsche’s one-make race series, when in 2000, he won the Carrera Cup Deutschland and went on to claim the 2001 Porsche Supercup title thanks to seven wins and eight pole positions. This earned the passionate snowboarder a seat in the Porsche works driver squad. His collection of accolades in the USA is impressive: he won the popular American Le Mans Series a record-breaking five times – in 2006 back-to-back with the Grand-Am Series: a feat that no other driver has managed so far.
Bergmeister contests the GTE-Pro class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Porsche 911 RSR run by the Porsche Motorsport team as well as the IMSA Sports Car Championship (GTD) for Park Place Motorsports. At the Nürburgring 24-hour race he drives a 911 GT3 R for the Manthey Racing team. He also contests the Japanese Super GT Series with the 911 GT3 R.
Career
2016 Porsche works driver
2015 Porsche works driver; 2nd TUSC Watkins Glen (GTLM); 2nd TUSC Road America (GTLM); 2nd TUSC Virginia (GTLM)
2014 Porsche works driver; 1st Sebring 12 Hours (GTLM); 6th FIA World Endurance Cup for GT drivers (WEC, 3 podiums); 2nd WEC Silverstone (GTE-Pro); 2nd WEC Spa (GTE-Pro); 2nd WEC Shanghai (GTE-Pro)
2013 Porsche works driver; 2nd Le Mans 24 Hours (GT), 2nd Bahrain (WEC, GT), 3rd Sao Paulo, Fuji, Shanghai; (WEC, GT), 6th World Endurance Cup (WEC)
2012 Porsche works drivers; 1st Lime Rock (ALMS, GT)
2011 Porsche works driver; 1st Nürburgring 24 Hours (GTH); 1st Laguna Seca (ALMS, GT)
2010 Porsche works driver; Winner American Le Mans Series (GT2 – 4 wins); 2nd Daytona 24 Hours (GT); 1st Spa 12 Hours (overall)
2009 Porsche works driver; Winner American Le Mans Series (GT2 – 6 wins); 1st Daytona 24 Hours (GT)
2008 Porsche works driver; Winner American Le Mans Series (GT2 – 3 wins); 1st Sebring 12 Hours (GT2); 2nd Petit Le Mans (GT2)
2007 Porsche works driver; 2nd in the American Le Mans Series (GT2 – 3 wins); 1st Petit Le Mans (GTL)
2006 Winner Grand-Am Series (DP); Winner American Le Mans Series (GT2 – 3 wins); 1st Petit Le Mans (GT2)
2005 Winner American Le Mans Series (GT2 – 5 wins); 1st Sebring 12 Hours (GT2); 1st Petit Le Mans (GT2)
2004 Porsche works driver; 1st Le Mans 24 Hours (GT); 1st Petit Le Mans (GT); 3rd American Le Mans Series (GT)
2003 Porsche works driver; 1st Daytona 24 Hours (overall); 2nd American Le Mans Series (GT); 1st Petit Le Mans (GT)
2002 Porsche works driver; 1st Daytona 24 Hours (GT)
2001 Winner Porsche Pirelli Supercup; 2nd Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland
2000 Winner Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland; 6th Porsche Pirelli Supercup
1999 3rd Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland
1998 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland
1997 6th Formula Opel Euro Series
1996 7th Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, 1 pole, 2 podiums
1995 2nd Formula Opel Challenge, Deutschland; Formula Opel Euro Series
1994 Formula Renault
1993 1st Formual König, 3 wins
1992 3rd Formula König
1987-1991 Karting
Source: Porsche
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