Bernd Mayländer

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Mayländer leading the race leader, Felipe Massa, and other drivers at the 2006 Brazilian GP.

Bernd Mayländer (b. May 29, 1971 in Waiblingen) is a German racing driver.

1 Racing career
2 Safety car driver in Formula One
3 Other
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Racing career

Bernd started his career in karting sport at the end of the 1980s. In the following years he made his way to the Formula Ford, the Porsche Carrera Cup and the original DTM. In 2000, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in a Porsche 911 GT3-R.

When the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series was resumed in 2000, he was driving for Mercedes-Benz.

[edit] Safety car driver in Formula One

Mayländer is currently (2008) the safety car driver in Formula One, with his most action being in the 2006 Australian Grand Prix, where he led more laps than everybody but the winner Fernando Alonso.

He has driven the Formula One safety car since 2000^[1], except for the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix, when he was injured and was replaced by team-mate Marcel Fässler.

He also did a notable job at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix, when he led the race for almost 20 laps of heavy rain.

[edit] Other

In May 2005, he was one of six Mercedes-Benz drivers taking part in a record drive. Three stock E320 CDI cars drove 100,000 miles in 30 days around the clock, which resulted in an average speed of 139.7 mph (224.8 km/h).