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Finding Jörg Bergmeister…

Jorg Bergmeister, Team Project 1 on 10/06/2019 at the Le Mans 24H 2019

Jörg Bergmeister at scrutineering in the Place de la République, Le Mans city centre
Le Mans 24 Hour, 15-16 June 2019: Jörg Bergmeister at scrutineering in the Place de la République, Le Mans city centre, 10 June 2019

PORSCHE ROAD & RACE caught up with the amiable Jörg Bergmeister, to ask him how he has been dealing with the Coronavirus lock-down. With all major motorsport activities on hold or cancelled, and with no end to the Coronavirus outbreak in sight, there is no way of knowing when things will return to a sense of normality.

Jörg Bergmeister during an interview immediately following the Team Project 1’s first podium at Silverstone in 2018
WEC Silverstone 6 Hours, 19 August 2018: Jörg Bergmeister during an interview immediately following the Team Project 1’s first podium (3rd place in GTE Am), which he shared with Egidio Perfetti and Patrick Lindsey

Those who have been following the sport for some time will know that Jörg Bergmeister has been around Porsche GT cars for quite a long time. In fact, Jörg’s time behind the wheel of a Porsche started back in 1996, when he finished seventh in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, scoring one pole and two podiums in his first year. However, Bergmeister’s time in a Porsche began in earnest in ’98, winning the Carrera Cup Deutschland in 2000 and the Porsche Supercup title in 2001, which earned him a full-time seat as Porsche works driver as from 2002.

Jörg Bergmeister and the author chatting in the Team Project 1 pit garage
WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours, 4 May 2019: Jörg Bergmeister and the author chatting in the Team Project 1 pit garage

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