Allen Berg

Template:Short description Template:About Template:BLP sources {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Allen Bernard Berg (born August 1, 1961) is a Canadian former racing driver who raced for the Osella team in Formula One.

Racing career

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name="MSC1">Template:Cite news</ref>

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

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

(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
1983	Neil Trundle Racing	Toyota	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	DON Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	CAD Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	DON Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	5th	32
1984	Eddie Jordan Racing	Toyota	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	THR Template:Small	DON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	DON Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small				2nd	67

Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Template:Abbr	Pts
1986	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1G	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small								NC	0
		Osella FA1F											GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA	POR Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	AUS Template:Small

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1990	Template:Flagicon Richard Lloyd Racing	Template:Flagicon John Watson Template:Flagicon Bruno Giacomelli	Porsche 962C	C1	335	11th	11th

External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects
• F1 Rejects interview with Allen Berg
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• Allen Berg Racing Schools