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 privateerBMW 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.
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This article is about the Canadian racing driver For the American attorney and talk show host see Alan Berg This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Allen Berg news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Allen Bernard Berg born August 1 1961 is a Canadian former racing driver who raced for the Osella team in Formula One Allen BergBorn 1961 08 01 1 August 1961 age 62 Vancouver British Columbia CanadaFormula One World Championship careerNationalityCanadianActive years1986TeamsOsellaEntries9Championships0Wins0Podiums0Career points0Pole positions0Fastest laps0First entry1986 Detroit Grand PrixLast entry1986 Australian Grand Prix Contents 1 Racing career 2 Racing record 2 1 Complete Formula One results 2 2 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results 2 3 24 Hours of Le Mans results 3 References 4 External linksRacing career EditBerg 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 EditComplete Formula One results Edit key Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts1986 Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1G Alfa Romeo 890T 1 5 V8t BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DETRet FRARet GBRRet NC 0Osella FA1F GER12 HUNRet AUTRet ITA POR13 MEX16 AUSNCComplete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Edit 24 Hours of Le Mans results Edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 1990 Richard Lloyd Racing John Watson Bruno Giacomelli Porsche 962C C1 335 11th 11thReferences Edit When Canadian Allen Berg drove for Osella in Formula 1 Motorsport com January 11 2018 Retrieved June 6 2023 Rene Fagan 2018 01 11 When Canadian Allen Berg drove for Osella in Formula 1 motorsport com Motorsport Network Retrieved 4 August 2019 External links EditProfile on F1 Rejects F1 Rejects interview with Allen Berg Richard s F1 interview with Allen Berg Allen Berg Racing SchoolsSporting positionsPreceded byCarlos Guerrero Mexican Formula Two Champion1993 Succeeded byFernando Plata This Formula One biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article related to Canadian auto racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allen Berg amp oldid 1163530286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
