Timo Bernhard

Nationality	German
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2002-2003, 2005, 2009-
Teams	The Racer's Group, Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing, Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish	1st (2010)
Class wins	2 (2002, 2010)

Timo Bernhard (born February 24, 1981 in Homburg, Saarland, Germany) is a sports car racer. He is currently a Porsche factory driver,^[1] but has been seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He has also raced for the CytoSport in the 2010 American Le Mans Series season (ALMS) and is a winner of the Triple Crown in endurance racing.

Early career[link]

Bernhard debuted in karting in 1991. He finished 5th at the CIK/FIA Junior World Championship y 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 join the Formula Ford, finishing 6th in both the German series and the Eurocup en 1998. In his last hear in open-wheelers, 1999, Bernhard finished 3rd at the German Formula Ford.

Sports cars[link]

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For 2000, Bernhard drove in Porsche Supercup as a UPS Porsche Junior driver, finishing 3rd in the championship. In 2001, he made his American Le Mans Series debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring, where he finished 2nd in the GT class with Randy Pobst and Christian Menzel, driving for Alex Job Racing. He also made four other ALMS starts, and won the Porsche Carrera Cup championship.

2002[link]

2002 proved to be a breakout year for Bernhard. He began the season with a class win in the 24 Hours of Daytona for The Racer's Group. He then finished second overall at the 24 Hours Nürburgring driving for Alzen Motorsport. The crowning achievement of the year was winning the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Kevin Buckler and Lucas Luhr. He also finished 3rd in the Carrera Cup, and won his first ALMS race (with Jörg Bergmeister) and finished 4th in the championship.

2003[link]

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

2004[link]

In 2004, Bernhard again partnered with Jörg 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 by Sascha Maassen. Bernhard also finished 4th overall and 2nd in class in the Spa 24 Hours. He finished on the podium at the Nürburgring 24 Hours for the 3rd straight year, finishing in third in a Manthey Racing Porsche.

2005[link]

Bernhard joined Romain 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 the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long.

2006[link]

In 2006, Bernhard moved to Penske Racing and the new Porsche 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 the Audi R10's absence from the series to take the overall win at Mid-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 at Petit Le Mans (with Sascha Maassen and Emmanuel Collard), and took four class victories in total and finished 3rd in the championship. He also won the 24 Hours Nürburgring outright, partnering Lucas Luhr, Marcel Tiemann, and Mike Rockenfeller.

2009[link]

Bernhard and Dumas moved to Joest Racing, in which he ran the new Audi R15 TDI. Along with Alexandre Prémat, the #3 car finished 17th in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2010[link]

Along with Dumas and Rockenfeller, Bernhard took the overall win in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. This was the first win for either driver and set records throughout and after the race, including breaking the 1971 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 the triple crown of endurance racing, with Bernhard also winning not only the 2003 24 Hours of Daytona but also the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring with Penske (also with Dumas but also with Collard). Bernhard partnered Klaus Graf in the Muscle Milk Team CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder to second place at Road America, the seventh round of the 2010 ALMS season.

Race Achievements[link]

Bernhard driving an Audi R15 TDI at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

• 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
• 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

24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	GT	81	M	Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Lucas Luhr	322	16th	1st
2003	GT	81	M	Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Jörg Bergmeister	304	20th	5th
2005	GT2	90	M	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	331	11th	2nd
2009	LMP1	3	M	Audi R15 TDI Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	Romain Dumas Alexandre Prémat	333	17th	13th
2010	LMP1	9	M	Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	Audi Sport North America	Mike Rockenfeller Romain Dumas	397	1st	1st
2011	LMP1	1	M	Audi R18 TDI Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	116	DNF	DNF

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Porsche bio

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Timo
—  Village  —
Country	Estonia
County	Põlva County
Parish	Veriora Parish
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Timo is a village in Veriora Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia.

v t e Settlements in Veriora Parish Small borough Veriora Villages Haavapää Himmiste Jõevaara Jõeveere Kikka Kirmsi Koolma Koolmajärve Kullamäe Kunksilla Laho Leevi Lihtensteini Männisalu Mõtsavaara Nohipalo Pahtpää Sarvemäe Soohara Süvahavva Timo Väike-Veerksu Vändra Vareste Verioramõisa Viira Viluste Vinso Võika

Coordinates: 57°58′N 27°09′E / 57.967°N 27.15°E / 57.967; 27.15

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Olaf Manthey (born 21 April 1955 in Bonn) is a German former racecar driver, and current owner of Porsche team Manthey Racing.

Manthey's career as a driver began in 1974. In the 1980s, he won two races of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft.^[1] Retiring as DTM racer after 1993, he since 1994 he worked for Persson Motorsport in Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, which ran Mercedes cars.

After the DTM faltered in late 1996, he set up his own business near the Nürburgring, focussing on Porsche road cars and his team Manthey Racing in the German Porsche Carrera Cup, which he as driver had won in 1990, and in the Porsche Supercup. He continued racing on the long Nürburgring and has won 28 VLN endurance races there,^[2] mostly in the 1990s with DTM-based Mercedes 190, later with Porsche 911 GT3. Since 1999, his team receives a various degree of factory support from Porsche, or acts as factory team, or with factory-paid drivers.

Results[link]

Driver[link]

• 1982 1st Ford Sport cup, Ford Escort RS 2000
• 1983 1st Ford Sport cup
• 1984 2nd DTM, Rover Vitesse
• 1985 2nd DTM, Rover Vitesse
• 1988 High speed record, Audi 200 Turbo
• 1990 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, Porsche 911 Carrera
• 1992 – 1995: 22 VLN wins, Mercedes 190 EVO II

Team[link]

• 1996 4th ranked Team in Porsche Supercup
• 1997 1st & 2nd Driver, 1st Team, Porsche Supercup
• 1998 1st & 2nd Driver, 1st Team, Porsche Supercup
• 1999 1st GT class 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche 911 GT3-R
• 1999 1st Driver & Team, Porsche Supercup
• 2000 1st Driver & Team, Porsche Supercup
• 2001 3rd Team, DTM, Mercedes
• 2001 3rd Team Porsche Supercup
• 2002 4th Team Porsche Supercup
• 2003 3rd 24 Hours Nürburgring
• 2004 3rd 24h Nürburgring
• 2005 9th 24h Nürburgring
• 2006 1st 24h Nürburgring
• 2007 1st 24h Nürburgring
• 2008 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th and 12th 24h Nürburgring
• 2009 1st, 3rd and 7th 24h Nürburgring
• 2011 1st, 10th and 13th 24h Nürburgring

References[link]