Georges Berger (14 September 1918 in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, near Brussels – 23 August 1967 at the

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) was a

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who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix. He initially competed during the 1950s in a Formula 2 BMW-engined Jicey with which he finished third in the

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. In 1953 he raced for the

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team and finished fifth at the same track. He entered the same car (a 1.5-litre 4 cylinder Gordini type 15) in the Belgian Grand Prix but retired after only three laps with engine failure. The following year he raced a Gordini with nothing more than a fourth position at

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. After this he faded from single-seater racing. Later in his career he shared the winning

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at the 1960 Tour de France automobile. He was killed racing a

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in the 1967 84-hour

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Complete Formula One results

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References

1918 births 1967 deaths Belgian racing drivers Belgian Formula One drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Racing drivers who died while racing Sport deaths in Germany World Sportscar Championship drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers People from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Racing drivers from Brussels 20th-century Belgian people {{F1-bio-stub