Allen Berg
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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 1 August 1961
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1986 |
Teams | Osella |
Entries | 9 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1986 Detroit Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1986 Australian Grand Prix |
Allen Bernard Berg (born August 1, 1961) is a Canadian former racing driver who raced for the Osella team in Formula One.
Racing career
[edit]Berg was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began in karting in 1978 and switched to cars when he was 20, into Formula Atlantic. In 1982 he won the prestigious Tasman Formula Pacific Series in Australia and New Zealand and entered the British Formula 3 series in 1983. However, his timing was bad since he had to compete against Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle. He won one race (one which Senna and Brundle opted out of to compete for European F3 points and outright race win) and ended up fifth in the series. The following year he was runner-up in the British F3 series to Johnny Dumfries with eight second places. At the end of the season he tested for Arrows and Tyrrell and held discussions with Spirit and RAM Racing but neither led to a drive in Formula 1.[1]
In 1985 he returned to Canada to seek funding for Formula One.
In 1986 he managed to buy a seat in the Osella F1 team midway through the season, taking the seat vacated by Christian Danner, who had left to join the Arrows team to replace Marc Surer. Surer suffered career-ending injuries in the 1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye between the Belgian and Canadian Grands Prix. Berg took part in nine races before his sponsorship ran out and he missed the Italian Grand Prix; further sponsorship did at least mean he was able to see out the season. He had advanced discussions with several F1 teams to continue in F1 in 1987, including Larrousse, but, with the cancellation of the Canadian Grand Prix that season, he could not raise enough sponsorship and was unable to secure a drive.[2]
Berg has remained involved in motor sport as a professional driver, team owner, series administrator, driving coach and instructor. He has competed in sportscar racing and the Trans-Am Series. He spent a season driving a privateer BMW M3 in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in 1991, before enjoying success on the Mexican racing scene, winning the Mexican Formula 2 championship in 1993. He also won the Indy Lights Panamericana title in 2001 as a driver-owner, before retiring from driving.
He currently operates Allen Berg Racing Schools primarily in Monterey, California, based at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Allen Berg Racing Schools provides a race driving experience in formula racing cars for people with little to no experience. The school also provides instructional programs for up-and-coming drivers to work their way into driving professionally. Multiple graduates of the school have gone on to drive race cars for a career.
Racing record
[edit]Complete British Formula 3 results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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1983 | Neil Trundle Racing | Toyota | SIL 10 |
THR 8 |
SIL 7 |
DON Ret |
THR 5 |
SIL 7 |
THR 6 |
BRH 5 |
SIL 3 |
SIL 10 |
CAD Ret |
SNE Ret |
SIL 4 |
DON Ret |
OUL 3 |
SIL 4 |
OUL 5 |
THR Ret |
SIL 5 |
THR DNS |
5th | 32 |
1984 | Eddie Jordan Racing | Toyota | SIL 2 |
THR 2 |
SIL 8 |
ZOL 3 |
THR 16 |
THR 4 |
DON 2 |
SIL 3 |
SNE 15 |
DON 2 |
OUL Ret |
SIL 2 |
SPA 2 |
ZAN 3 |
BRH 2 |
THR 6 |
SIL 2 |
2nd | 67 |
Complete Formula One results
[edit]Key | |
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Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | Second place |
Bronze | Third place |
Green | Other points position |
Blue | Other classified position |
Not classified, finished (NC) | |
Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Race cancelled (C) | |
Light blue | Practiced only (PO) |
Thursday/Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) | |
Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) | |
Did not arrive (DNA) | |
Withdrawn (WD) | |
Text formatting | Meaning |
Bold | Pole position |
Italics | Fastest lap |
Superscript | Sprint race result |
Abbreviation | Meaning |
WDC | World Drivers' Championship position |
WCC | World Constructors' Championship position |
NC | Not classified |
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts |
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1986 | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1G | Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | BEL | CAN | DET Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||
Osella FA1F | GER 12 |
HUN Ret |
AUT Ret |
ITA | POR 13 |
MEX 16 |
AUS NC |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1990 | ![]() |
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Porsche 962C | C1 | 335 | 11th | 11th |
References
[edit]- ^ "When Canadian Allen Berg drove for Osella in Formula 1". Motorsport.com. January 11, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ Fagan, Rene (2018-01-11). "When Canadian Allen Berg drove for Osella in Formula 1". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 August 2019.