Werner Lupberger

Werner Lupberger (born December 15, 1975 in Pretoria ) is a former South African racing driver .

Racing career

Werner Lupberger came to Europe in the early 1990s and competed in Formula 3 and Formula 2 races . After his first races in the British Formula 3 Championship , he was third overall in the British Formula 2 Championship in 1996 . Two years followed, 1997 and 1998 , in the International Formula 3000 Championship and in 1999 a second place behind Giorgio Vinella in the Italian Championship .

At the beginning of the 2000s, Lupberger competed in sports car races . He competed in the American Le Mans Series , finished seventeenth overall in the 2004 Le Mans 24 Hours and 27th in the Sebring 12 Hours in 2002 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2001	Ascari Cars	Ascari A410	Ben Collins	Harri Toivonen	failure	fuel pump
2002	Ascari Cars	Ascari KZR-1	Ben Collins	Timothy Bell	failure	accident
2003	Team Nasamax	Reynard 01Q	Robbie Stirling	Romain Dumas	failure	Fire
2004	Team Nasamax	Nasamax DM139	Robbie Stirling	Kevin McGarrity	Rank 17

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2002	Team Ascari	Ascari KZR-1	Kristian Kolby	Timothy Bell	Rank 27

Web links

• Werner Lupberger at the Driver Database
• Werner Lupberger at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ British Formula 2 Championship 1996
2. ↑ 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship