Georges Berger (racing driver)

Georges Berger

Nation:	Belgium
Automobile world championship
First start:	1953 Belgian Grand Prix
Last start:	1954 French Grand Prix
Constructors
1953–1954  Georges Berger
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 2 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Georges Berger (born September 14, 1918 in Molenbeek , † August 23, 1967 in Adenau at the Nürburgring ) was a Belgian racing driver .

Career

Georges Berger began his career in national races in Belgium. His first vehicle was a Jicey BMW , with which he competed in numerous Formula 2 races between 1948 and 1952 . In 1953 he bought a Gordini Type 15 , with which he reached third place in the Formula 1 race in Rouen , which was not part of the world championship . Berger also took part in two races for the world championship. In 1953 he drove the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps and in 1954 the French Grand Prix in Reims . He contested both races with his Gordini, but each time he had an engine failure.

Berger has participated in countless sports car races with vehicles such as the Maserati , AC Bristol and a Ferrari 250 GT . His greatest successes remained the victories in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1960 and 1961 , as co-driver of Willy Mairesse .

Berger had a fatal accident at the wheel of a Ferrari in an 84-hour sports car marathon on the Nürburgring in 1967.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1953	Georges Berger	Gordini type 15	Gordini 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1954	Georges Berger	Gordini Type 16	Gordini 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1953
				DNF
1954
				DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	AC Cars Ltd.	AC Ace LM	Hubert Patthey	Rank 9
1961	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Lucien Bianchi	failure	Clutch damage
1962	Equipe Nationale Belge	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Robert Darville	failure	accident

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1953		Borgward Hansa 1500 sports coupe	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
						DNF
1956		Maserati 150S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					146
1957	Georges Berger	Maserati 150S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					79	DNF
1958	AC Cars	AC Ace	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							9
1959	Georges Berger	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
					DNF
1960	Ecurie Azur	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
						31
1961	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 250 GT	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
					16	DNF
1962	Ecurie Francorchamps Equipe Nationale Belge André Simon	Ferrari 250 GT	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF	DNF							6th
1964	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			1

Web links

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