Willi Bergmeister
Wilhelm "Willi" Bergmeister (born September 25, 1949 - † July 9, 2013 in Langenfeld ) was a German racing driver and sponsor of Michael Schumacher .
Racing career
Willi Bergmeister started in an NSU TT in 1969 and became German Bergmeister in 1974 . From 1976 drove Bergmeister together with the Swiss Jörg Siegrist on a VW Scirocco , the European Touring Car Championship and came second here. In 1976 Willi Bergmeister won the VW Junior Cup in a VW Scirocco. In 1980 Bergmeister won the European Touring Car Championship together with Hans-Joachim Nowak.
Entrepreneur and Family
Bergmeister ran an NSU - or later an Audi branch. The seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher trained as a car mechanic here. In 2006 the company merged with the Schnitzler car dealership.
His sons Tim and Jörg Bergmeister are also racing drivers. The orange painted NSU TT was included in the model: Revell put a series of 2000 models in the scale of 1:32.
statistics
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Spiess tuning | VW Scirocco |
 DAY
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 MUG
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 DIJ
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MON
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 SIL
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 ONLY
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VAL
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BY
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WAT
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 EST
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LEC
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 MOS
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IMO
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 SAL
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BRH
|
HOK
|
VAL
|
| DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Abex Pagid Racing | Audi 80 |
DAY
|
SEB
|
MUG
|
VALLEY
|
DIJ
|
RIV
|
SIL
|
ONLY
|
LEM
|
BY
|
DAY
|
WAT
|
 SPA
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BRH
|
ROA
|
VAL
|
 ELS
|
| 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Abex Pagid Racing | Audi 80 |
DAY
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BRH
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SEB
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MUG
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MON
|
RIV
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SIL
|
ONLY
|
LEM
|
DAY
|
WAT
|
SPA
|
MOS
|
ROA
|
VAL
|
DIJ
|
|
| DNF |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honor roll of all mountain awards in Germany from 1958 onwards ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Oliver Runschke: Willi Bergmeister 1949–2013. In: Speedweek , July 9, 2013, accessed July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Willi Bergmeister has died. In: Motor Klassik , July 9, 2013, accessed July 10, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergmeister, Willi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bergmeister, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1949 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 2013 |
| Place of death | Langenfeld |