17 Facts About Timo Bernhard

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Timo Bernhard was born on 24 February 1981 and is a former driver from Germany.

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Timo Bernhard was a sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010.

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Timo Bernhard is the ninth and most recent driver to complete the informal triple crown of endurance racing.

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The next two years, Bernhard was 6th and 3rd at the German Karting Championship.

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For 2000, Timo Bernhard drove in Porsche Supercup as a UPS Porsche Junior driver, finishing 3rd in the championship.

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Timo Bernhard made four other ALMS starts, and won the Porsche Carrera Cup championship.

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Timo Bernhard then finished second overall at the 24 Hours Nurburgring driving for Alzen Motorsport.

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Timo Bernhard finished 3rd in the Carrera Cup, and won his first ALMS race and finished 4th in the championship.

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Timo 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.

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In 2004, Timo Bernhard again partnered with Jorg Bergmeister in the ALMS.

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Timo Bernhard finished 4th overall and 2nd in class in the Spa 24 Hours.

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Timo Bernhard finished on the podium at the Nurburgring 24 Hours for the 3rd straight year, finishing in third in a Manthey Racing Porsche.

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In 2006, Timo Bernhard moved to Penske Racing who owned and captained by legendary owner Roger Penske and the new Porsche RS Spyder in the LMP2 class of the ALMS, again partnering Dumas.

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Timo Bernhard won the LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans, and took four class victories in total and finished 3rd in the championship.

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Timo Bernhard won the 24 Hours Nurburgring outright, partnering Lucas Luhr, Marcel Tiemann, and Mike Rockenfeller.

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Timo Bernhard's victory made him the eleventh driver to complete the Triple Crown in endurance racing, with Timo Bernhard winning not only the 2003 24 Hours of Daytona but the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring with Penske.

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Timo 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.