(1959-08-27) 27 August 1959 (age 64) Wörgl, Austria
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Austrian
Active years
1984–1997
Teams
ATS, Arrows, Benetton, Ferrari, McLaren
Engines
BMW, Ferrari, Honda, Renault
Entries
210
Championships
0
Wins
10
Podiums
48
Career points
385
Pole positions
12
Fastest laps
21
First entry
1984 Austrian Grand Prix
First win
1986 Mexican Grand Prix
Last win
1997 German Grand Prix
Last entry
1997 European Grand Prix
Gerhard Berger (German pronunciation:[ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁtˈbɛʁ.ɡɐ]; born 27 August 1959) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. He competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, twice finishing 3rd overall in the championship (1988 and 1994), both times driving for Ferrari. He won ten Grands Prix, achieved 48 podiums, 12 poles and 21 fastest laps.
With 210 starts, Berger is amongst the most experienced Formula One drivers of all time. He led 33 of the 210 races he competed in and retired from 95 of them. His first and last victories were also the first and last victories for the Benetton team, with eleven years separating them. He was also a race winner with Ferrari and with McLaren. When at McLaren, Berger drove alongside Ayrton Senna, contributing to the team's 1990 and 1991 constructors' titles.
Between 2006 and 2008, Berger owned 50% of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team. In 2008, Red Bull became the 100% owner of Toro Rosso, having bought back the 50% stake it sold to Berger two years before.[1]
^"Red Bull buys back Toro Rosso – does it want STR's Ferrari engines?". f1fanatic.co.uk. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
GerhardBerger (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈbɛʁ.ɡɐ]; born 27 August 1959) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. He competed in Formula...
at McLaren for Stefan Johansson, after he got replaced at Ferrari by GerhardBerger. Satoru Nakajima made his debut at Lotus, next to Ayrton Senna, having...
race neither driver won was the Italian Grand Prix, where Ferrari's GerhardBerger took an emotional victory four weeks after the death of team founder...
Rene Arnoux next up. The top 10 was completed by the Benetton-BMWs of GerhardBerger and Teo Fabi while Patrick Tambay was 11th in his Lola-Hart. The Imola...
Ghinzani was replaced by GerhardBerger, who joined from Arrows. The B186 demonstrated its pace throughout the season, with Berger securing the team's first...
Britain's Nigel Mansell, in his first season with the team, and Austria's GerhardBerger, winning three races between them. An early version known as the 639...
Jordan. GerhardBerger fell ill before the Canadian Grand Prix and was unable to race for Benetton. He was replaced by countryman Alexander Wurz. Berger ultimately...
and Tyrrell. The B186 was a competitive car: in the hands of drivers GerhardBerger and Teo Fabi, it set two pole positions, three fastest laps, and was...
overall unhappy year at McLaren, despite winning the 1989 championship. GerhardBerger moved to McLaren to complete the switch. Triple world champion Nelson...
third place on six points, tied on points with Ferrari driver GerhardBerger. Berger's teammate Jean Alesi was fifth on four points. In the World Constructors'...
Häkkinen in the McLaren and the Ferraris of GerhardBerger and Jean Alesi. After the second round pit stops, Berger took third place and stayed there. After...
close friends with McLaren teammate GerhardBerger, and the two were always playing practical jokes on each other. Berger is quoted as saying: "He taught...
challenge. He displaced Jean Alesi, who moved in the opposite direction. GerhardBerger was offered the chance to stay as Schumacher's teammate, but eventually...
approximately 20 hp (15 kW)). During the 1986 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, GerhardBerger's BMW-powered Benetton B186 recorded the highest straight line speed...
track after several seasons of poor competitiveness in the early 1990s. GerhardBerger and Jean Alesi proved the car's competitiveness throughout the season...
Ferrari's GerhardBerger and Michele Alboreto an emotional 1–2 Italian Grand Prix result only a month after the death of Enzo Ferrari. Berger's win handed...
rejoined behind Alesi and Berger. He quickly closed up on them with Berger attacking Alesi but unable to pass. Patrese passed Berger on lap 34. On the next...
Jean Alesi, in his third season with Ferrari, and Austrian veteran GerhardBerger, who had returned to the team after three years at McLaren. The car...
teammate Nelson Piquet; the 3rd and final title of his career. Austrian GerhardBerger won the race for Ferrari, their first victory since 1985. Suzuka played...
death in 1988. The final race win Ferrari saw before his death was when GerhardBerger and Alboreto scored a 1-2 finish at the final round of the 1987 season...
died the year before. It was another notable event which saw Austrian GerhardBerger crash heavily while going straight on at Tamburello; he was knocked...
(GPDA). The representatives elected were Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, GerhardBerger and Christian Fittipaldi. Following the tragic accidents during the...
Italian Nicola Larini, leaving Schumacher to lead all 83 laps. Austrian GerhardBerger was second in the other Ferrari with another Brazilian, Rubens Barrichello...
45-lap race was won from pole position by Austrian driver GerhardBerger, driving a Ferrari. Berger achieved the first victory for the Ferrari team since...
of 1994. Martin Brundle finished second in a McLaren-Peugeot, with GerhardBerger third in a Ferrari. After the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger...
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