Emil Bernstorff

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Emil Gustav Johan Bernstorff (born June 7, 1993 in Harrow , England ) is a former British - Danish racing driver . He started in the GP3 series in 2014 and 2015 .

Career

Bernstorff began his motorsport career at the age of eight in karting , in which he was active until 2008. After a one-year break, he switched to formula racing and started for Jamun Racing in the British Formula Ford . With a second place as the best result, he finished seventh overall, while his teammate Scott Pye won the championship title. He also took part in two Benelux Formula Ford races. In 2011 Bernstorff started for Motopark Academy in the ADAC Formula Masters . He won five races and was on the podium a total of 13 times. At the end of the season he was third in the overall ranking behind Pascal Wehrlein and Sven Müller . However, the evaluation was still provisional, as an appeal negotiation regarding a race result was in progress. The rating was corrected in February and Bernstorff moved up to second place. With 310 to 331 he was defeated by Wehrlein. If Bernstorff hadn't retired from the lead shortly before the end of the race, he would have won the championship.

In 2012 Bernstorff switched to ma-con Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He was also entitled to points in the European Formula 3 championship in 2012 . With a third place as the best result, he reached tenth place in both ratings. In 2013 , Bernstorff drove for Lotus in the German Formula 3 Cup . He won six races and at the end of the season was third behind his team-mates Marvin Kirchhöfer and Artjom Markelow . In addition, Bernstorff came third for the Prema Powerteam in the Formula 3 Masters and he took part in two races of the European F3 Open . Outside of Formula 3, he won the Formula Middle East .

In 2014 Bernstorff switched to Carlin in the GP3 series . He won a race and was on the podium five times. While his teammate Alex Lynn was champion with 207 points, Bernstorff achieved fifth place in the overall classification with 134 points. In 2015 Bernstorff completed his second GP3 season for Arden International . He won two races and moved up to fourth place overall as the best driver on his team.

GP2 series 2016 was Bernstorff without full-time engagement. He took part in the final race weekend of the GP2 series for Arden International as the successor to Jimmy Eriksson .

Personal

Bernstorff was born in the United Kingdom , grew up there and mostly starts with a British license. His parents are Danish . He has ancestors from different nations, including Danish and German nobles. Only in 2010 did he start with a Danish racing license.

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2014 Carlin SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 134 5.
DNF 8th 2 1 4th 3 3 DNF 5 7th 9 6th 4th 4th DNF 8th 4th 3
2015 Arden International SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 194 4th
3 5 4th 4th 2 6th 4th DNF 1 DNF 1 DNF 3 6th 2 4th 2 6th

Individual results in the GP2 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd Points rank
2016 Arden International SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 25th
                                        17th 15th

Web links

Commons : Emil Bernstorff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b “Emil's CV” ( memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (emilbernstorff.com; accessed on June 7, 2012)
  2. ↑ "Formula Masters - Bernstorff still runner-up" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 13, 2012)
  3. ↑ "Formula Masters - local hero Wolf takes last win of the season" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 3, 2011)
  4. ↑ “Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport” (autosport.com on April 19, 2012)
  5. ^ Peter Allen: “Bernstorff to race for Carlin in GP3”. paddockscout.com, February 13, 2014, accessed February 13, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Peter Allen: Emil Bernstorff switches to Arden in GP3 for 2015. paddockscout.com, March 16, 2015, accessed on March 18, 2015 (English).
  7. ^ Peter Allen: Emil Bernstorff gets GP2 chance with Arden in Abu Dhabi. paddockscout.com, November 19, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  8. ^ Family tree of Emil Gustav Johan Bernstorff on Geneall.net
  9. ↑ “Exciting international field gathers for Formula Ford” ( Memento from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (britishformulaford.co.uk on March 19, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Bernstorff, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernstorff, Emil Gustav Johan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Danish racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrow , England, UK