Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Gerhard Berger
Sign in to saveAustrian former Formula One racing driver
Film & TV
Wörgl, Austria
Gerhard Berger is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. He competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, twice finishing 3rd overall in the championship, both times driving for Ferrari. He won ten Grands Prix, achieved 48 podiums, 12 poles and 21 fastest laps.
Known for
- Benetton Formula — Self2025
- Hermann Maier’s Star Challenge — Self2024
- Jean Todt: The Method — Self2022
- Mosley: It's Complicated — Self2021
- Race to Perfection — Self2020
- Niki Nationale - Ein Leben in der Pole-Position — Self (archive footage)2019
- Ferrari 312B — Self2017
- F1 How It Was — Self2016
- Ayrton: Retratos e Memórias — Self2015
- Legends of Speed — Self2015
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-08-27 ) 27 August 1959 (age 66) , Wörgl , Tyrol, Austria
- Spouse
- Ana Corvo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2013 )
- Relatives
- Lucas Auer (nephew)
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Active years
- 1984 – 1997
- Teams
- ATS , Arrows , Benetton , Ferrari , McLaren
- First entry
- 1984 Austrian Grand Prix
- First win
- 1986 Mexican Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1997 German Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1997 European Grand Prix
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Motorsport
- Position
- Driver
- Nationality
- Austria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Family name
- Berger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Wörgl
- Occupation
- sporting director
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- auto racing
- Member of team
- Scuderia Ferrari
- Image
- Gerhard Berger 1991USA.jpg
- Height
- 185
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1959-08-27
- Commons gallery
- Gerhard Berger
- name in native language
- Gerhard Berger
- Commons category
- Gerhard Berger
- number of wins
- 10
- points for
- 385
- pole positions
- 12
- podium finishes
- 48
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 211
via Wikidata · CC0
~27 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Gerhard Berger ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈbɛʁ.ɡɐ]; born 27 August 1959) is an Austrian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1997. Berger won ten Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
Berger competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, twice finishing third overall in the championship in 1988 and 1994 with Ferrari. With 210 starts, Berger is amongst the most experienced Formula One drivers of all time. 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. Berger retired in 1997 with ten wins, 12 pole positions, 21 fastest laps and 48 podiums in Formula One.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerhard Berger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.