Eric Bernard

Eric Bernard

Nation:	France
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1989 French Grand Prix
Last start:	1994 European Grand Prix
Constructors
1989–1990  Lola  • 1991  Larrousse  • 1994  Ligier  • 1994  Lotus
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-13. ( 1990 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 45 - - -
World Cup points :	10
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	-

Éric Bernard (born August 24, 1964 in Martigues near Marseille ) is a former French racing driver . He started in Formula 1 between 1989 and 1994 .

Career

Bernard made his Formula 1 debut at the French Grand Prix in the 1989 season for the Larrousse team . Bernard also drove for Larrousse in a total of 31 Grands Prix in 1990 and 1991 . His best result for Larrousse was fourth place in the 1990 British Grand Prix .

After an accident at the Japanese Grand Prix in 1991, Bernard paused for two years before he competed 13 times for Ligier in 1994 and once in his last Formula 1 race for Lotus . At the German Grand Prix , Bernard achieved the best placement of his career with third place.

Overall, Bernard was able to collect 10 World Championship points from 45 starts.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1995	Courage Compétiton	Courage C41	Henri Pescarolo	Franck Lagorce	failure	Clutch damage
1996	Enna SRL Igol	Ferrari F40 GTE	Jean-Marc Gounon	Paul Belmondo	failure	Electrics
1997	DAMS	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Franck Lagorce	failure	Oil pump
1998	Panoz Motorsports Inc.	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	Christophe Tinseau	Johnny O'Connell	failure	Gearbox damage
1999	Panoz Motorsports	Panoz LMP-1	David Brabham	Butch Leitzinger	Rank 7
2000	Team DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Emmanuel Collard	Franck Montagny	Rank 19
2001	DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Emmanuel Collard	Marc Goossens	failure	accident
2002	DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Emmanuel Collard	JJ Lehto	Rank 12

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1997	Panoz Motorsport	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	Doc Bundy	Jeff Purner	failure	Electrics
1998	Panoz Motorsport	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	Doc Bundy	Jamie Davies	Rank 4
1999	Panoz Racing	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	David Brabham		failure	Wagon fire
2000	Motorola DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Emmanuel Collard		failure	Clutch damage
2002	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Emmanuel Collard	JJ Lehto	failure	Electrics

Web links

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• Éric Bernard at Racing Sports Cars