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Timo Bernhard
Bernhard in 2014
Nationality	German
Born	(1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (age 44) Homburg,West Germany
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2002–2003, 2005, 2009–2011, 2013–2018 Teams Porsche LMP Team #2Porsche GT Team #94 The Racer's Group Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Audi Sport Team Joest Best finish 1st (2010,2017) Class wins 3 (2002,2010,2017)

Timo Bernhard (born 24 February 1981) is a former racing driver fromGermany. He was asports car driver fromPorsche,^[1] but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He is the ninth driver to complete the informaltriple crown of endurance racing. On 29 June 2018, he became the first person in 35 years to break the all-timeNürburgring Nordschleife lap record, set byStefan Bellof in 1983 with aPorsche 956, in a derestrictedPorsche 919 Evo with a time of 5:19.546.^[2]

Bernhard was born inHomburg, Saarland. He debuted in karting in 1991. He finished 5th at the CIK/FIA Junior World Championship and was crowned German junior champion. The next two years, Bernhard was 6th and 3rd at the German Karting Championship. In 1998 he moved to formula cars as he joinedFormula Ford, finishing 6th in both the German series and the Eurocup in 1998. In his last year in open-wheelers, 1999, Bernhard finished 3rd in the German Formula Ford.

For 2000, Bernhard drove inPorsche Supercup as a UPS Porsche Junior driver, finishing 3rd in the championship. In 2001, he made hisAmerican Le Mans Series debut at the12 Hours of Sebring, where he finished 2nd in the GT class withRandy Pobst andChristian Menzel, driving forAlex Job Racing. He also made four other ALMS starts, and won the Porsche Carrera Cup championship.

In 2002 he began the season with a class win in the24 Hours of Daytona forThe Racer's Group. He then finished second overall at the24 Hours Nürburgring driving forAlzen Motorsport. The crowning achievement of the year was winning the GT class at the24 Hours of Le Mans, withKevin Buckler andLucas Luhr. He also finished 3rd in the Carrera Cup, and won his first ALMS race (withJörg Bergmeister) and finished 4th in the championship.

Bernhard began the season by winning the24 Hours of Daytona outright in aPorsche 911 GT3-RS, driving with Buckler, Michael Schrom, and Bergmeister. Bernhard and Bergmeister won 3 ALMS races, includingPetit Le Mans, and finished second in the championship. He also finished 3rd at the Nürburgring 24 Hours.

In 2004, Bernhard again partnered withJörg Bergmeister in the ALMS. The duo took six wins from nine starts and won the GT class driver's championship. Their successes included class wins at Sebring and Petit Le Mans, both time joined bySascha Maassen. Bernhard also finished 4th overall and 2nd in class in theSpa 24 Hours. He finished on the podium at the Nürburgring 24 Hours for the 3rd straight year, finishing in third in aManthey Racing Porsche.

Bernhard joinedRomain Dumas in the ALMS for 2005. They scored four class wins, and Bernhard won four poles, but finished second in the championship. Dumas also finished 2nd in the GT2 class at the24 Hours of Le Mans, driving withJörg Bergmeister andPatrick Long.

In 2006, Bernhard moved toPenske Racing who owned and captained by legendary ownerRoger Penske and the newPorsche RS Spyder in the LMP2 class of the ALMS, again partnering Dumas. After a frustrating start to the season, Bernhard and Dumas took advantage of theAudi R10's absence from the series to take the overall win atMid-Ohio. This was the first overall win for an LMP2 class car, and the first win for an under-class car since 2003. Bernhard also won the LMP2 class atPetit Le Mans (withSascha Maassen andEmmanuel Collard), and took four class victories in total and finished 3rd in the championship. He also won the24 Hours Nürburgring outright, partneringLucas Luhr,Marcel Tiemann, andMike Rockenfeller.

Bernhard and Dumas moved toJoest Racing, in which he ran the newAudi R15 TDI. Along withAlexandre Prémat, the #3 car finished 17th in the2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Along with Dumas and Rockenfeller, Bernhard took the overall win in the2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. This was the first win for either driver and set records throughout and after the race, including breaking the1971 distance record of 5,335.313 km (3,315.210 mi); the car (#9) ran 397 laps and 5,410.713 km (3,362.061 mi). Bernhard's victory made him the eleventh driver to complete theTriple Crown in endurance racing, with Bernhard also winning not only the 2003 24 Hours of Daytona but also the2008 12 Hours of Sebring with Penske (also with Dumas but also with Collard). Bernhard partneredKlaus Graf in the Muscle Milk TeamCytoSportPorsche RS Spyder to second place atRoad America, the seventh round of the2010 ALMS season.

• ALMS LMP2 class champion:2007,2008
• ALMS GT class champion:2004
• 24 Hours of Le Mans GT class winner:2002
• 24 Hours of Le Mans Overall winner:2010,2017
• 12 Hours of Sebring GT class winner:2004
• 12 Hours of Sebring Overall winner:2008
• Petit Le Mans LMP2 class winner:2006
• Petit Le Mans GT class winner:2003,2004
• 24 Hours of Daytona overall winner:2003
• 24 Hours of Daytona GT class winner:2002,2003
• 24 Hours Nürburgring winner: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
• Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion: 2001

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	322	16th	1st
2003	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	304	20th	5th
2005	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	331	11th	2nd
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Romain Dumas Alexandre Prémat	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	333	17th	13th
2010	Audi Sport North America	Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	397	1st	1st
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	116	DNF	DNF
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	16th	2nd
2014	Porsche Team	Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1-H	346	NC	NC
2015	Porsche Team	Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	394	2nd	2nd
2016	Porsche Team	Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	346	13th	5th
2017	Porsche LMP Team	Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	367	1st	1st
2018	Porsche GT Team	Romain Dumas Sven Müller	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	92	DNF	DNF
Sources:[5][3]

Year	Team		Class	Chassis Engine	Co-drivers		Results									Championship
							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Rank
2013		Porsche AG Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR 4.0 L Flat-6		Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet	SIL 7	SPA Ret	LMS 2	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		42	12th
2014		Porsche Team	LMP1-H	Porsche 919 Hybrid 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)		Mark Webber Brendon Hartley	SIL 3	SPA 12	LMS NC	COA 5	FUJ 3	SHA 6	BHR 3	SÃO Ret		64.5	9th
2015		Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)		Mark Webber Brendon Hartley	SIL Ret	SPA 3	LMS 2	NÜR 1	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR 5		166	1st
2016		Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)		Mark Webber Brendon Hartley	SIL Ret	SPA 26	LMS 10	NÜR 1	MEX 1	COA 1	FUJ 3	SHA 1	BHR 3	134.5	4th
2017		Porsche LMP Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)		Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber	SIL 2	SPA 3	LMS 1	NÜR 1	MEX 1	COA 1	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 2	208	1st
Sources:[3][6]

^* Season still in progress.(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† Bernhard did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

• Official website
• Timo Bernhard career summary at DriverDB.com

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