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🇧🇪 Georges Berger

Racing driver from Belgium. Formula 1, Gordini.
Driver facts
Full name
Georges Berger
Born
14 September 1918(b. 1918)
Nationality
Belgium
Current team
Gordini
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
2
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
3,782
Georges Berger
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,782
Rank 4611 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Georges Berger is a racing driver from Belgium who last raced in Formula 1 for Gordini. Berger has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,782 ranks Berger 4611th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1954 form
Last 2 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBELFRA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1954-07-04Reims-GueuxFormula 1DNF−74
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1954▸Formula 1Gordini100100P16−743,782
1953▸Formula 1Simca100100P14+2,4623,812
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Berger finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Mike HawthornHigher-rated, 1× champion6,50421150%
🇮🇹 Alberto AscariHigher-rated, 2× champion6,25221150%
🇮🇹 Sergio MantovaniHigher-rated6,005110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
4,601🇩🇪 Adam Osieka24H Series3,784
4,602🇺🇸 Chet MillerFormula 13,784
4,603🇺🇸 Dave Mader IIIARCA Menards Series3,784
4,604🇨🇭 Franco GroppiFIA GT Championship3,784
4,605🇸🇰 Matej Konopka24H Series3,784
4,606🇧🇪 Sean HudspethGT Winter Series3,784
4,607🇺🇦 Igor SushkoSuper GT3,783
4,608🇵🇹 Jose Fernandes CautelaEuropean Le Mans Series3,783
4,609🇯🇵 Yuki IwasakiSuper GT3,783
4,610🇺🇸 Dave SimpsonPCA Club Racing3,782
4,611🇧🇪 Georges BergerFormula 13,782
4,612🇺🇸 Jeff AgnewNASCAR Truck3,782
4,613🇨🇦 LP MontourIMSA Pilot Challenge3,782
4,614🇫🇷 Nicolas GomarGT World Challenge Europe3,782
4,615🇬🇧 Pete McIntoshNASA3,782
4,616🇺🇸 Ed FerreeNASCAR Xfinity3,781
4,617🇺🇸 John ZartarianSKUSA SuperNationals3,781
4,618🇬🇧 Oliver Bryant24H Series3,781
4,619🇩🇰 Antoine DoquinGT World Challenge Europe3,780
4,620🇺🇸 Cody EricksonNASCAR Truck3,780
4,621🇮🇹 Jesús Diez24H Series3,780
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Georges Berger was a Belgian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 during the 1953 and 1954 seasons. His career consisted of two starts, both for Gordini, without scoring a point or finishing in the top positions. At a Racer Rating of 4,242, Berger sits at the professional level; this reflects a driver capable of securing a seat in the world championship but without the results to establish himself among the stronger competitors at that tier.[1]

Berger's sole documented finish came in the 1954 season, when he completed a race classified in 27th place. The Gordini team he drove for proved uncompetitive in the championship; across its entire history in the index, it never recorded a race win despite fielding 23 drivers, among them the much stronger Harry Schell. Operating within this machinery and field, Berger was unable to demonstrate the pace or consistency required for a sustained Formula 1 career. His time at the highest level was brief, and he did not progress beyond these two World Championship starts.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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