Emil G. J. Bernstorff (born 7 June 1993) is a former British racing driver and content creator of Danish and German descent.
He last raced in the
2016 GP2 Series
The 2016 GP2 Series season was the fiftieth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also twelfth and final season under the GP2 Series moniker, a motor racing feeder series that was run in support of the 2016 FIA Form ...
.
Career
Karting
Born in
Greater London
Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a Ceremonial count ...
, Bernstorff began
karting
Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...
in 2003 and raced mostly in the United Kingdom for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the
KF2 category by 2009, when he finished in eighth position in the Spanish KF2 championship.
British Formula Ford
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
saw Bernstorff début in the
British Formula Ford Championship
The British Formula Ford Championship was an entry-level single seater Auto racing, motor racing category, designed to give racing drivers their first step into car racing after karting. Drivers from around the world were attracted to the United ...
with Jamun Racing. He finished seventh in the championship with three podiums.
ADAC Formel Masters
In
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, Bernstorff took part in the full
ADAC Formel Masters
ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS F ...
season with
Motopark Academy
Motopark Academy (raced under Lotus moniker from 2012 to 2014) is an auto racing team based in Oschersleben, Germany, next to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben race track. In 2013, the team competed in the GP2 Series under the name Russian Time ...
, taking thirteen podiums in twenty-four races, including five victories, to finish runner-up in the final championship standings.
FIA European Formula 3 Championship
Bernstorff stepped up to the
FIA European Formula Three Championship
The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three (F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...
in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, switching to ma-con Motorsport. He finished tenth, with a podium finish at the
Norisring
The Norisring is a street circuit in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as a motorcycle racing venue in 1947 and named in a 1950 competition to win a light motorcycle, the track became known as a sports car racing venue in the 19 ...
.
German Formula Three Championship
Bernstorff moved to the
German Formula Three Championship
The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship ...
in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, reviving his collaboration with Motopark Academy, now running under the Lotus moniker.
GP3 Series
Bernstorff competed in the
2014 GP3 Series
The 2014 GP3 Series was the fifth season of GP3 Series, a third-tier motor racing feeder series for Formula One and sister series GP2. The series continued to use the Dallara GP3/13 car, AER V6 engines and Pirelli tyres.
The title was claime ...
for
Carlin. He finished fifth in the standings with one win.
Twitch Streaming
Bernstorff began streaming iRacing on Twitch.tv in July 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic and started streaming on YouTube in 2022 mainly on
iRacing
''iRacing'' is a subscription-based online sim racing video game developed and published by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations in 2008. All in-game sessions are hosted on the publisher's servers. The game simulates real world cars, tracks, and ...
. In 2022 he also started streaming on
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete GP3 Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP2 Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernstorff, Emil
1993 births
Living people
Racing drivers from London
British people of Danish descent
British people of German descent
Danish racing drivers
English racing drivers
Formula Ford drivers
ADAC Formel Masters drivers
Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
German Formula Three Championship drivers
Euroformula Open Championship drivers
GP3 Series drivers
GP2 Series drivers
Carlin racing drivers
Arden International drivers
Ma-con Motorsport drivers
Motopark Academy drivers
Prema Powerteam drivers
Team West-Tec drivers